FR One for One

[AsianPersuasion]

My brief session of pickup made possible by a request from my mom to pick up groceries, in which I ended up going to Rainbow, Aldi's, and Cub Foods. This also gave me the opportunity to go to Walmart to find a cute girl, something Mr. Rob suggested I do. If you're reading this, thanks for the tip

Success: My day started with Walmart as I went in to find a pretty girl. I found my girl as I was looking for the bathroom. She had the most amazing pair of breasts I had seen all day, dark eyeliner, and dark colored clothing. I looked at her, and smiled at her, but she seemed to not notice. After I had stupidly let her pass me, I turned around and ran back to get her. I touched her on the elbow and opened. This interaction was pretty clumsy on my part, but nonetheless, she did give me her number.

Me: "I.. didn't want to be one of those guys who just let you walk by without telling you how great I thought you look. My name's AP, I think you look amazing! What's your name?" (I need to just ask "who are you" as a more ambiguous question.)
Her: "Haha, um... thanks! Haha, I'm Jessie."
Me: "Jessie? Okay, tell me something interesting about you!"
Her: "Um... I box? Haha"
Me: "Really? Like at a club?"
Her: "Yeah!"
Me: "Do you do stuff in the ring?"
Her: "Yeah, I've been fighting in the ring for about 12 years now."
Me : *I turned my body so that our shoulders were facing and it wasn't chest to chest* "That's really cool! So if someone got you pissed off, you'd be able to take them down in a second!"
Her: "Haha, yeah."
Me: "I've always wanted to box. I used to have hand wraps and gloves, but I lost those, so now I've got scars on my knuckles from hitting the bag bare handed."
Her: "Oh, yeah, you don't want to do that! Haha"
Me: "I'm like a huge fan of the Rocky movies and when I was a kid and watched real boxing, I always thought the real boxers were wussies because they couldn't take ten thousand shots to the face like Rocky could."
Her: "Haha!"
Me: "What school do you go to?"
Her: "Um.. why?"
Me: "Because I feel like I've seen you around my school.. I go to Tartan."
Her: "Oh, I actually did go to Tartan!"
Me: "Oh, and you transferred?"
Her: "Well I graduated. I'm going to (some college) for criminal investigation."
Me: "So you'll be an investigator that can take someone down with a hell of a left hook."
Her: "Haha, yeah!"
*pause*
Me: "I'm trying to find out what kind of person you are."
Her: "Haha, why?"
Me: "Because you're this girl I found randomly in a store that was so pretty that I had to just come say hello to. I want to know who you are." (Smile) "Of course, I'm trying to find the bathroom right now, and this isn't exactly the best place for talking."
Her: *laughs* "No, not at all!"
Me: "Are you single at all?"
Her: "Um... yeah, I kind of am!"
Me: "Cool! Do you want to meet up for coffee sometime so we can continue talking?"
Her: "Sure! Just take your phone out and I'll give you my number."

So she took my phone and punched her number in. I think we talked about something boxing related as I typed it in, but I'm horrible at multitasking so I don't remember it. We hugged, and then I went to go find the bathroom. I called back to her though before we were out of sight, and I'm not sure if it helped me out or not.

Me: "Oh, hang on!"
Her: "What?" *turning around smiling and giving me the "seriously?" expression*
Me: "When we get to caribou, what's your favorite drink? You seem like a caramel cooler kind of person to me, but I could be wrong."
Her: "From caribou?"
Me: "Yeah."
Her: "That's fine!"

Probably one of my more clumsy interactions. I was surprised she still gave me my number, but after that, we went our separate ways. I texted her so she could have my number early on, but she hasn't responded, so I'll probably call her while I'm at the fair with my bros. I'll also be practicing pickup there too, so I should have a fresh FR tomorrow.

I left Walmart without looking for another girl, because I didn't want her to see me. I also went to Aldi's and Cub Foods for groceries and for some pickup along the way, but I didn't find anyone. I went to the pet store next door, but my day ended with only one approach.

Things that went well:
1) Thanks to Mr. Rob, I've found my new hunting grounds! Hopefully I can get to approach so many girls there, they kick me out too.
2) I'm forcing myself to stay in conversation and I pull the trigger far later.
3) Still doing pickup, even if I have to do it less.

Things that need improvement:
1) My thread expansion could use more work
2) I need to move the girl and sort of set up a mini date so she can invest in the interaction.
3) When I ask for a date, I need to set it up then and there

Things I learned:
1) I do shake the girl up a bit by approaching and will need to find a way to calm them down a bit when I approach.

 

[Smurf]

Yo AP!

Good to see you at it again. Me personally I would think twice about the "so tell me something interesting about yourself" because it gives them too much opportunity to give you a response like, "Um...I don't know?" At least that early in the interaction. They haven't really invested in you a whole lot to try and give thought to the conversation, but it also depends on the girl, and if you get results from it by all means go ahead.

You could've delved a bit further into why she got into boxing and possibly talked about her past. Good job on snagging a number, though!

I like the progress,
Jake.

 

[AsianPersuasion]

Yeah, it'd be great to get her on a mini date just walking around the store talking about that. I need to remember that for future reference. Today, I've got a good fair ground to practice on.

 

[Richard]

Nice job AP, I actually gotta go to Walmart later myself, hopefully you're FR is a good sign to go to Walmart All in all though, nice fundamentals, and pretty tight game, a couple subtle tweaks here and there and you'll be golden man. Nevertheless WAY TO GO! =)
- Richard

 

[AsianPersuasion]

Thanks Zphix! Let me know how it goes for you then! I never thought Walmart would be good for finding cute girls, but for some reason, it worked for me, and it's fairly populated.

 

[PinotNoir]

Nice job. She must be really attracted to you physically

Her: "Well I graduated. I'm going to (some college) for criminal investigation."
Me: "So you'll be an investigator that can take someone down with a hell of a left hook."
Her: "Haha, yeah!"

Perfect opportunity for my go-to deep-dives. This is what usually happens here for me:

Me: "Why criminal investigation? Want to be batman? "

Branch 1:
Her: "Haha, no, I just hate criminals... blah"
Me: "Well, I love women that are so eager to fight injustice (relating). So did you have a dramatic childhood experience or something? (diving deeper into the reason)"

Branch 2:
Her: "Haha, no, well, I just kind of picked something."
Me: " We've all been there; I did that for blah (relating). So if you could choose any profession what would you choose? Professional boxer? Stunt driver? Maybe a french mime? (diving deeper)"


You had some missed opportunities for deeper conversation and qualification (don't worry, I miss qualifying/relating a lot!). Really try to listen while a girl talks and think about "threads" (as Chase puts it) to go deeper into or relate with. Eventually, after enough conversation, you'll have go-to deep-dives. Her "dream job" and "dream location" are some of my typical ones. Dream location may look like this:

Me: "Where would you want to live if anywhere? Money is no object. Fiji, Japan, France? (I offer suggestions here, just like Chase suggests in his articles; it really helps.)"
Her: "Oh, I guess France!"
Me: "I knew you were a hopeless romantic "
Her: "Hehe"
Me: "So why really France? The culture? The accent? The fashion? The hot men!"
...

Good job man, keep up the good work.

 

[AsianPersuasion]

Haha, I always see missed opportunities for deep diving after the fact. Hopefully, I can get something going soon since my wing girl is back, and I have access to women's stores now.

Hopefully while I deep dive, I can get sort of a mini date going on with the girl. The girls at my age seem to be really wary of strangers, so I think that'd be my key to flake prevention.

Thanks for the support PinotNoir! I really appreciate it!