Approaching a new woman every day for a month, Day 8:
So I am finding this to be easier and easier every day that I do this. It's like getting used to playing a sport or performing music for people. It's just a performance or a game with a one-person audience.
One thing that I am absolutely sure of (and knew going into this) is to
disregard lots of what women say when they talk about how to get girls. This includes them wanting a "nice guy" (although you wouldn't think they'd ever asked for one, ever online these days), wanting a guy who will simp on them, always tell them they're beautiful, etc. I remember years ago when I was listening to the radio the host said that the number one awesome pickup line to use on girls was, "Hi."
I knew from there that it was total bullshyt because it failed to address the following factors:
- Context: Is this a situation where a girl wants to be approached by anyone at all, let alone a stranger?
- Are you good looking enough for her to want you to say hi?
- WHAT THE fukk DO I SAY NEXT?
Even then my awkward ass knew that women, especially
beautiful women, are approached every day by guys fumbling to introduce themselves. I would always get mad at myself every time a beautiful woman would be nearby and my brain would short out and I would find myself lacking anything to say. It wasn't hard to say hi, it was knowing what to follow up with that killed me. Going up and saying, "Hi" without anything else that was relevant would turn me into the goofy centerpiece of a mildly amusing story that she would tell her friends later when she met up with her friends for cocktails later on.
Now when I talk to women, I like to have a
reason to make sure and establish solid relevance for myself early on. That way she has a reason to talk to me and she can feel safer knowing that I'm not just some guy who's going to just waste her time.
If a girl feels like a guy is picking up on her, her guard goes up. Well, at least in my experience.
This is what I did today.
I was headed to class but the previous class hadn't left the room, yet. I was in the hallway and saw a girl that I had the next class with. Tall, great legs, pretty face. She sits in front of me, so I recognized her, but I'm not sure that she recognized me.
"You've got Professor Thompson next, too, huh?" I asked.
She smiled excitedly at me. "Yeah! I can't stand when professors take forever to leave!"
We chatted for a bit. I didn't expect it to go so well so fast. This is where I
kinda screwed up. I pointed out that we turned really chatty to each other in a really short amount of time. In retrospect,
I should have played it off calmly like it was something that happened all the time.
Turns out that she was a globe-trotting accomplished singer and that she was in law school just to have something to fall back on. Impressive
and hot. She seemed ready to gush about herself and her accomplishments. She was actually easy to listen to, fortunately, because she was a really interesting person.
Anyway, by the end of the conversation she gave me her phone number without me asking and told me to call her. So it wasn't
all bad, but I don't want to keep doing this without self-critique, otherwise I'll never improve.
tl;dr: I learned to establish relevance to keep a girl's guard down, don't get too outwardly excited when the conversation is going really well.