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As per my new goals, I decided to get out in unfamiliar territory once and for all. Too often I've been stuck in warm environments, rarely ever meeting new people. I can't even remember my last cold approach.
So, I decided to go to this event being held by the International Students at our school. It took me a lot of effort just to convince myself to go inside (I circled the building twice). I know a guy that's a part of the program, so I saw him and paid him a hello. Didn't want to get sucked into a group mentality, so I left and then they started a flag ceremony.
A bunch of different countries waved their flags on a stage and walked around. Near the end this blond girl in a tight black dress and black stockings walks up. Every single guy in the room has his eyes on her, thinking to himself, "God, this girl is hot," with some guys audibly cheering and others lightly clapping on the side.
I, too, thought she was hot. One of the hottest girls I've ever seen.
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I start walking around after the flag ceremony to check out some booths and one thing is clear. These girls are cute as fuck. Korean girls and Japanese girls make up the majority of the people there, and hell there was a good selection of cuteness about.
I walk past the American booth (boring...) and right next to it happens to be... you guessed it, the French booth. There's an older lady there that I start talking to, then the French10 comes up to work at the booth. She looks at me and I look at her and we smile at each other.
Me: What do you have here?
Her: Want some food?
Me: What is it?
Her: *inaudible through her accent*
Me: Huh? *I lean in* (Note: in the future, get her leaning in!)
Her: Oh! It's crepes!
older lady hands me some flyers on travel abroad
Her: What do you want on it? We have blah blah blah.
Me: Can't I have it all? (Bad attempt at flirting, more on this below)
Her: *laughs and looks down* Well...
Me: I'll just have that though
Yes, I know, lame interaction. I could justify that by saying it's my first cold approach in ages, which is probably why I wasn't thinking about taking the conversation anywhere meaningful. It's not like I was feeling nervous with her.. Actually she was more nervous than me. As she prepared the crepe she kept apologizing to me, telling me that they were so unprepared, etc etc.
Failed to ask any follow up questions or expand the conversation any further. But I did succeed in going out and trying something novel, as well as talked to the hottest girl I've seen without really being nervous. Just wasn't thinking on improving my conversation skills, so all that came out of me was small talk.
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After that interaction I walked over to a German girl, but didn't have much of an interaction with her besides her explaining the foods she had with me awkwardly telling her I didn't really want any of it. Lol, whoops.
I wanted to talk to some asian girls but damn. They were in these giant circles and I was burnt out after forcing myself to go in there and forcing myself to engage in a few awkward encounters. Figured half-ass approaching a bunch of cute girls I was likely to bump into again wasn't worth it.
Lessons learned: Go into social situation with conversation goals (deep diving, social interaction). Get involved with international students, because they are some of the highest quality girls on campus and offer a different, interesting perspective on life. Luckily, I already know the world languages department head and he likes me a lot, so I can probably attend some events of his.
So, I decided to go to this event being held by the International Students at our school. It took me a lot of effort just to convince myself to go inside (I circled the building twice). I know a guy that's a part of the program, so I saw him and paid him a hello. Didn't want to get sucked into a group mentality, so I left and then they started a flag ceremony.
A bunch of different countries waved their flags on a stage and walked around. Near the end this blond girl in a tight black dress and black stockings walks up. Every single guy in the room has his eyes on her, thinking to himself, "God, this girl is hot," with some guys audibly cheering and others lightly clapping on the side.
I, too, thought she was hot. One of the hottest girls I've ever seen.
~~~~~~
I start walking around after the flag ceremony to check out some booths and one thing is clear. These girls are cute as fuck. Korean girls and Japanese girls make up the majority of the people there, and hell there was a good selection of cuteness about.
I walk past the American booth (boring...) and right next to it happens to be... you guessed it, the French booth. There's an older lady there that I start talking to, then the French10 comes up to work at the booth. She looks at me and I look at her and we smile at each other.
Me: What do you have here?
Her: Want some food?
Me: What is it?
Her: *inaudible through her accent*
Me: Huh? *I lean in* (Note: in the future, get her leaning in!)
Her: Oh! It's crepes!
older lady hands me some flyers on travel abroad
Her: What do you want on it? We have blah blah blah.
Me: Can't I have it all? (Bad attempt at flirting, more on this below)
Her: *laughs and looks down* Well...
Me: I'll just have that though
Yes, I know, lame interaction. I could justify that by saying it's my first cold approach in ages, which is probably why I wasn't thinking about taking the conversation anywhere meaningful. It's not like I was feeling nervous with her.. Actually she was more nervous than me. As she prepared the crepe she kept apologizing to me, telling me that they were so unprepared, etc etc.
Failed to ask any follow up questions or expand the conversation any further. But I did succeed in going out and trying something novel, as well as talked to the hottest girl I've seen without really being nervous. Just wasn't thinking on improving my conversation skills, so all that came out of me was small talk.
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After that interaction I walked over to a German girl, but didn't have much of an interaction with her besides her explaining the foods she had with me awkwardly telling her I didn't really want any of it. Lol, whoops.
I wanted to talk to some asian girls but damn. They were in these giant circles and I was burnt out after forcing myself to go in there and forcing myself to engage in a few awkward encounters. Figured half-ass approaching a bunch of cute girls I was likely to bump into again wasn't worth it.
Lessons learned: Go into social situation with conversation goals (deep diving, social interaction). Get involved with international students, because they are some of the highest quality girls on campus and offer a different, interesting perspective on life. Luckily, I already know the world languages department head and he likes me a lot, so I can probably attend some events of his.