Hiya, my name's Corey. I just got interested in this after a party I went to the other night. I've always felt I did well around people, I always got along and everything, but at this party, everything I did seemed to backfire. I new a few people, so I figured I would be ok, I feel I was dead wrong.
There was an awesome DJ group throwing some wicked Dubstep mixes there, and I got introduced to a couple of the members, they were pretty cool. But after I was introduced, they all seemed to pretty much go on like I wasn't there. I'm guessing my first impression was sh!t, so I felt I had to put a little more effort in.
Every so often, I would go up and say hi when I saw them, compliment them on the sick beats and everything. They said hey, thanks, and I figured that was a "Cue" that I could stay, but I guess I was wrong, because about 30 seconds after that, all the people in the little chat circle disbanded. I didn't think much of this at first, but after this was repeated about 3 more times in various situations throughout the night, I pretty much gave up and just stuck to dancing.
There were some pretty sexy girls running around, and I tried to strike up a conversation with a couple of them, one just smiled and moved to the other end of the dance floor, the other said she had to head back home (I believed her until I saw her 10 minutes later at the bar).
Any advice on where I went wrong? I'm here to pick up some techniques to actually introduce myself to people, and make a decent impression. I don't have much practice, seeing as how I'm only starting to get into the "Social Scene" so any and all advice and tips are greatly appreciated, Thx!.