Post by phoenixd on Dec 29, 2010 3:06:16 GMT -5
LAST NIGHT
Back in town on xmas break, and I hit up a house party a friend was throwing. Crowd was a split between college aged 18-21 and 25-30, with about 50 total. More guys than girls.
I know about half the guys at the party, so the first 15 minutes is just going around saying hi to people I haven't talked to in a few months. I figure it was good to let the girls there see that I knew everyone. Enroute to the bathroom, opened up a two set standing in hallway and introductions were made. Opened them with the Vegas wedding question: crazy or romantic. Interrupted halfway through by guy coming out of bathroom, and then another dude walking down hallway--gave it up and just went in to take a piss.
Came out, and got caught up in another 15 minute "how have you been" type convo with some guys (is this cool to be seen talking to dudes all the time? how do you guys politely excuse yourself out of these catching up conversations?)
Manage to excuse myself and open up a one guy-two girl set. Run vegas opener again, yada yada yada, then tease the girls for believing in love at first sight (for those who haven't heard it, story is a friend gets married in vegas to a girl he's dated for 3 weeks). Story prompts the guy to talk about his own true love experience, which my target isn't really listening to. I hit her with "excuse you your friend's talking" then turn away. Question: Is this an effective neg?
Guy finishes story, gets distracted by friend and walks away leaving me with girls. I run the ESP routine, asking if they believe in mind reading. Hold out my hands to target, and she complies by putting her hands on top of mine while I tell her "this only works if there's hand to hand contact." Lower my hands to see if she'll follow and she does.
I get both #'s right, and she's pretty mystified, bugging me to tell her how I knew. I ignore her question and tell her she just spit on me. She apologizes, blah blah blah, I go "it's okay, I know you're just excited to have met a psychic." Then ask her if she reads her horoscope, which she does. I ask her her sign, then tell her I'm a pisces, and that my horoscope told me today I'd meet a person who had a problem overanalyzing things instead of relying on her intuition (complete bs FYI). Told her there were no tricks, and that was enough for her.
Motion to her that there's an eye booger, then brush it out for her. She's somewhat embarrassed. After pausing a bit and looking away, I turn back and say "Don't worry, we're all human." <--lifted from Mystery or Style I think. Follow up with a "Sometimes we forget to look in the mirror when we're getting dressed to go out." She says yeah she never checks the mirror (really? i don't buy that though).
I use Style's EV routine on her, and she tells me her favorite thing to do is charity. I'm legitimately impressed because it kind of caught me off guard, and I tell her that. I start telling her let's go outside and talk some more cause it was too loud, when my friend grabbed me urgently. Told her to stay there and that I'd be right back. Came back a minute later and she was gone =/
Whatever, going around room just making conversation--not really running canned game anymore. Start talking to a girl when target + first guy shows back up. Turns out new girl is target's friend. Guy is excited to see me again since I tell funny stories, and we're having a good time. Sort of cut the target out of our conversation briefly, and she makes a whiny comment about keeping secrets from her to new girl. Over the shoulder "Don't tell this one secrets, she can't keep them" to new girl, and then back to the guy. She leaves a lil pissed off. Question: effective neg?
Later when I'm leaving, run into target + new girl + old girl (other girl when I met target). Shot the shit a bit with them, then said bye to everyone. As I left, turned to target and tried # close.
"You're shy for such a bold girl"
her: "haha what?"
"Here I am saying bye to everyone, about to leave your life forever, and you aren't going to ask for my #"
her: "uhh well, i don't normally ask for guy's #'s..."
"Tell you what, how about we exchange them then, sound fair?"
her: "haha, i can just give you mine "
"Okay, but I only have one rule for when we talk on the phone. I'm going to text you so you have my #, and when I call I want you to answer with 'Hi Andrew, how's it going? I was just thinking about you.' and I'll do the same."
her: "lol what? how about you just text me?"
"This is for when we talk on the phone"
bounce, and text her so she has my #. tell her her 4th smile is my favorite (so that next time we meet up I can use the 3 smiles comfort routine on her). she responds back laughing but confused and I go to sleep.
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okay, looking back on that i see where i made some mistakes, but i thought overall i did things right. i was feeling unstoppable that night, and was meeting people left and right introducing myself, and really having a good time. i could have handled the interruptions better and should have focused on isolating her, but shit kept coming up.
i'd like some feedback on how i did last night.
texted her earlier today around 2pm with "just picked up some movies. want to watch" and no response. how long before i try another text, or should i just give a call next time?
Back in town on xmas break, and I hit up a house party a friend was throwing. Crowd was a split between college aged 18-21 and 25-30, with about 50 total. More guys than girls.
I know about half the guys at the party, so the first 15 minutes is just going around saying hi to people I haven't talked to in a few months. I figure it was good to let the girls there see that I knew everyone. Enroute to the bathroom, opened up a two set standing in hallway and introductions were made. Opened them with the Vegas wedding question: crazy or romantic. Interrupted halfway through by guy coming out of bathroom, and then another dude walking down hallway--gave it up and just went in to take a piss.
Came out, and got caught up in another 15 minute "how have you been" type convo with some guys (is this cool to be seen talking to dudes all the time? how do you guys politely excuse yourself out of these catching up conversations?)
Manage to excuse myself and open up a one guy-two girl set. Run vegas opener again, yada yada yada, then tease the girls for believing in love at first sight (for those who haven't heard it, story is a friend gets married in vegas to a girl he's dated for 3 weeks). Story prompts the guy to talk about his own true love experience, which my target isn't really listening to. I hit her with "excuse you your friend's talking" then turn away. Question: Is this an effective neg?
Guy finishes story, gets distracted by friend and walks away leaving me with girls. I run the ESP routine, asking if they believe in mind reading. Hold out my hands to target, and she complies by putting her hands on top of mine while I tell her "this only works if there's hand to hand contact." Lower my hands to see if she'll follow and she does.
I get both #'s right, and she's pretty mystified, bugging me to tell her how I knew. I ignore her question and tell her she just spit on me. She apologizes, blah blah blah, I go "it's okay, I know you're just excited to have met a psychic." Then ask her if she reads her horoscope, which she does. I ask her her sign, then tell her I'm a pisces, and that my horoscope told me today I'd meet a person who had a problem overanalyzing things instead of relying on her intuition (complete bs FYI). Told her there were no tricks, and that was enough for her.
Motion to her that there's an eye booger, then brush it out for her. She's somewhat embarrassed. After pausing a bit and looking away, I turn back and say "Don't worry, we're all human." <--lifted from Mystery or Style I think. Follow up with a "Sometimes we forget to look in the mirror when we're getting dressed to go out." She says yeah she never checks the mirror (really? i don't buy that though).
I use Style's EV routine on her, and she tells me her favorite thing to do is charity. I'm legitimately impressed because it kind of caught me off guard, and I tell her that. I start telling her let's go outside and talk some more cause it was too loud, when my friend grabbed me urgently. Told her to stay there and that I'd be right back. Came back a minute later and she was gone =/
Whatever, going around room just making conversation--not really running canned game anymore. Start talking to a girl when target + first guy shows back up. Turns out new girl is target's friend. Guy is excited to see me again since I tell funny stories, and we're having a good time. Sort of cut the target out of our conversation briefly, and she makes a whiny comment about keeping secrets from her to new girl. Over the shoulder "Don't tell this one secrets, she can't keep them" to new girl, and then back to the guy. She leaves a lil pissed off. Question: effective neg?
Later when I'm leaving, run into target + new girl + old girl (other girl when I met target). Shot the shit a bit with them, then said bye to everyone. As I left, turned to target and tried # close.
"You're shy for such a bold girl"
her: "haha what?"
"Here I am saying bye to everyone, about to leave your life forever, and you aren't going to ask for my #"
her: "uhh well, i don't normally ask for guy's #'s..."
"Tell you what, how about we exchange them then, sound fair?"
her: "haha, i can just give you mine "
"Okay, but I only have one rule for when we talk on the phone. I'm going to text you so you have my #, and when I call I want you to answer with 'Hi Andrew, how's it going? I was just thinking about you.' and I'll do the same."
her: "lol what? how about you just text me?"
"This is for when we talk on the phone"
bounce, and text her so she has my #. tell her her 4th smile is my favorite (so that next time we meet up I can use the 3 smiles comfort routine on her). she responds back laughing but confused and I go to sleep.
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okay, looking back on that i see where i made some mistakes, but i thought overall i did things right. i was feeling unstoppable that night, and was meeting people left and right introducing myself, and really having a good time. i could have handled the interruptions better and should have focused on isolating her, but shit kept coming up.
i'd like some feedback on how i did last night.
texted her earlier today around 2pm with "just picked up some movies. want to watch" and no response. how long before i try another text, or should i just give a call next time?