Hey I'm a freshman from Bulgaria, and I found out about this forum and I see it has a lot of good info. Soo about me, I'm a shy guy, haven't had much of the female attention and so on. I did had a girlfriend for almost an year but after that... I haven't had much of the female attention. So I consider myself as a total newbie in this sphere I'm very shy and cannot start the conversations that some guys do. Currently I'm reading 'The Game' by Neil Strauss, very interesting book, but if it isn't big problem could you give me starter tips on this PUA please?
Thank you

hey man, i'm from Bulgaria too... i've read and watched countless material - books, forum posts, podcasts etc...
and i've learned the following thing which changed it all for me: forget about all of it. forget about openers, forget about gimmicks and routines. (at least in the beginning)
I'm telling you this out of personal experience - girls catch up on you if you're not congruent - you could say the coolest thing ever, but if you have poor body language or articulation, it wont do you any good. Thats why initially i did very well chatting with girls on Facebook - you have plenty of time to study her interests and more importantly - to figure out how to respond to her messages.
however, when you get to meet women, everything changes. i knew the lines, learned palm reading and some psychological games which is exciting for the girls, but it only helps you get friendzoned quickly

I'd suggest that you internalize the following things: being talkative, being positive, having a good sense of humor, being confident, being interesting
Trust me, inner game is 99% of all game. I have a good friend who is like 6/10 only talks about football and bodybuilding, has a 6/10 physique too, dresses terribly, is a total try-hard when it comes to jokes, BUT... he's the most confident guy i know. like super Alpha, nevermind how socially inept he is at times. I'm telling you, he has deflowered at least 4 girls, all of them 7+, and has never had a girl below 7. (been with about 10 for the past 5 years (he's 20, during this time he's been alone for a total of 3 months)

that's why building confidence and self-esteem is the first pivot point. whether you acquire it through visualizatoins, sentence completeion (think nathaniel branden), NLP stuff, tony robbins material, trial and error - doesnt matter. just build them.

i'll be glad to help you with whatever else you want or need, PM me if you wish

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Hey Vladito!

I'm new at this, too and I see a lot of similarities between us. I am also a shy guy and my bigest problem right now is the approach. Since I'm dealing with the same situation you are, my advice might not be very great but I'll give you an example of what I do sometimes:

The other weekend, some friends and I went to the mall just to walk around because we were bored. I saw it as an opportunity to try talking to random strangers just to learn to put myself out there more. I started by simply giving high fives to random strangers as we walked around. Easy enough. Once that got boring, I started stopping in front of random strangers with my arms held out trying to get them to hug me. This was awkward but quickly became fun (it's surprising how many will hug you). Next I would see a girl walking in front of me with a free hand, so I would walk up and just start holding her hand and walking with her. Very awkward and very funny. This may all seem very stupid, but by the time I got through those steps I had the confidence to start talking to girls. I got two numbers while at the mall, then got the number of our waitress when we went to Hooters afterward.

Again, it sounds stupid, but just try it. It may work for you. If not, then it might at least give you and your friends a good laugh and might help you develop a bit of a careless attitude. Feel free to private message me anytime, too. We're here to help each other.

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