TLDR
I approached 6 girls, asked them about their day, introduced myself, and a little more.
I confronted some beliefs I had on who would notice and what is allowed. I did this with little tests in public.
As much as Chase, and other awesome PUAs on the blog, have written for us, some things we just have to figure out on our own.
Some of my approaches fell on deaf ears, sometimes I persisted, and sometimes it worked.
Day 5 (beginning of post)
Hello everyone. Todays another big day. I ask girls how their day is going, and introduce myself, how fun.
Yesterday I ran into problems with girls being unreceptive on approach, outright ignoring it.
While reading through some articles last night, I may have found a solution. Lower the pressure on them to respond. Ask for directions or something situationally relevant, instead of walking up and saying hi. Let’s see how it goes.
Tried to approach in transit but it fell on deaf ears. I’ll have to make it more obvious next time, while remaining low pressure.
My first approach was in the library. Walking to the elevator, there was a lone girl waiting. I looked in her eyes until she looked back. I waved and said hi, she smiled. Then I motioned with my hand to take her earbuds out, so I could ask her how her day was going.
I wanted to build momentum, so I asked if she was studying too, what college she’s going to, what she’s studying, and what the major is about. Not bad.
I had this big fear about being noticed by other people that was stopping me from approaching, so I did a little test.
I sat down near everyone, pulled out my phone, and pretended to take a call from family. Nobody watched me, or even heard me. Most people had headphones in, were absorbed in what they were doing, or was out of earshot.
This is huge.
It didn’t take me more than a minute for my next approach and it was in front of people. I pulled a chair, sat down, stared at the girl in front of me until she looked back, and started small talking.
My third approach was in an elevator. I wasn’t planning on saying hi, but I got off on the wrong floor and hopped back in. I asked how her day was going, and introduced myself
Fourth approach, sitting down. I walked up to her side, asking her about her textbook, then sat down and asked how her day was going, and then introduced myself. This time both of us smiled, like a warm smile.
I went back to the station, practically empty. There was one girl I attempted to approach. I got her to look, smile and say hi. Then I asked how her day was going. But she didn’t hear, her headphones were in. Then the train came. Next time, I need to motion her earbuds out.
Out of the train, there was a cute girl behind me on the escalator and nobody was around to stop me. I quickly turned back, smiled and said hi. She looked at me, and then pretended I didn’t exist. Maybe she was uncomfortable because there was no one around, or I went to fast, or came across an uncalibrated way.
Waved at a girl on the street. No response. Maybe I need to stop and motion her to stop first.
On the bright side, I found another great place to meet more well put together women in the up and coming side of town
Fifth girl at the park. I she let me sit, but went back to doodling. I didn’t want this approach to go, so I pulled up a picture of what I thought the her art looked like to get her attention, then I said hi. Turns out, she wasn’t as cold when I finally got her headphones of. I’m sitting next to her as I am writing this paragraph. Onto the next one.
6th approach and my favorite. Back to the library and I walk past this absolute stunner. I grab a book and walk back to her, then walk past her thinking to myself, there is no way I…can approach HER! Then I say fuck it and walked to her anyways.
She was super warm. Her voice was soft and she welcomed me. It was awesome.
I’ll add a summary because a lot happened.
TLDR
I approached 6 girls, asked them about their day, introduced myself, and a little more.
I confronted some beliefs I had on who would notice and what is allowed. I did this with little tests in public.
As much as Chase, and other awesome PUAs on the blog, have written for us, some things we just have to figure out on our own.
Some of my approaches fell on deaf ears, sometimes I persisted, and sometimes it worked.