HTGG,
Howtogetgirls said:
what do people mean when they say fundamentals?
Fundamentals is two things. Tangible and Intangible
Tangible = Body Language
Intangible = Mentality
and then two unspoken principles, which is independent of the two above:
- awareness
- feeeellll (bruce lee) or to say the modern term: vibe.
Howtogetgirls said:
I think on this forum we tend to forget that women are people too and they might be scared of rejection as well.
Definitely.
Thank you for bringing that up because i bump into this recently. This has 3 pointers
-intimidating (vibe)
-intimidating (if you are black, this amplifies a lot)
-their fear of rejection.
You never really know. So compliance is key.
Howtogetgirls said:
So flirting to gauge how attractive you are to the opposite sex without risking to get rejected is an understandable thing. Even though you might mislead the other person big time.
Ever heard the term "i wish he didn't open his mouth"?
Yea, Gauging is important but principle (fundamentals) is first. Gauging is method. IF your principle are on point but method is wrong, it can put you "off" in her image.
But you should not worry about this yet.
Howtogetgirls said:
I hate wasting time so I thought I would just get straight to the point and ask if she has a boyfriend as quickly as possible in the conversation. Depending on the answer and the way she says it I want to figure out if she's interested in dating me by asking her out to get a drink. That's the plan for now I don't have a lot of experience asking a girl out, so are there more things I should consider?
We all start somewhere. Even experienced guys get nervous and annoyed, and wish we have stayed home or do business. It's crash course when you are new, and still is when you experienced.
Take it like a job. A low skilled job means you packing boxes everyday. A middle management job means you bullshitting (office politics) everyday. IT has always been this way.
We all have to sell/practice.

"How To Get Your 10 In 5 Steps" is BS. It's advertising. Keep this mindset first. Then as you get better, then you learn that it's the practice that get your 10 in 5 steps.
Not the advertising
Zac