Hello,
I'm Henk-Jan from the Netherlands. I'm a 20 year old AFC (still got AA) and got involved into the game by reading 'The Game' , 'The Mystery Method' and this forum. I would like to get some feedback on an approach I did about 3 months ago (I don't know why I post this right now, should have done it more early).
So. About 3 months ago I was at a bar with a friend of mine. We were there really early (around 23:30) so it wasn't that crowded yet.
My friend saw a really nice girl (HB 5, in my opinion) but didn't have the guts to start a conversation. My friend and the girl were making eye-contact a lot. I was just sitting there enjoying my drink and minding my own business.
When it got more crowded (around 0:30/1:00) the girl and her girl friend (HB 4.5) were slowly moving towards us. After a while my friend managed to start a conversation with the girl he liked. I instantly knew what to do: Start a conversation with her friend. I don't know where it did come from, but I didn't feel any AA at all.
The conversation went something like this (for as far as I remember):
Me: Hi! I didn't meet you before, did I? I'm Henk-Jan *shaking hand*
Her: Hi, I'm ... (forgot it; I'll call her Jen from now on)
Me: Do you often visit parties like this?
Jen: No not really, I usually go to Eindhoven.
Me: Eindhoven?! You have got so many nice places to go to and you go to Eindhoven. What on earth are you doing there? (Some kind of a neg?)
Jen: I often visit hardstyle parties. (She didn't really seem to like my neg)
Me: Ah okay! By the way I saw you were here with a friend of yours, how do you know her?
Jen: We met on high school and we have been friends since then blablabla. But I'm going to smoke a cigarette I'll be right back.
Note 1: I was using basic KINO (touching her shoulder when speaking to her), but it was impossible to escalate it without creating a REALLY awkward situation.
She left. The smokers room is about a 3 minute walk from the position where I was standing. But the thing is stayed away for about 30 minutes, and when she did come back she didn't really want to talk to me.
Not that I cared, I was only talking to her to help my friend, but is there anything I could have done better?
I would like to hear from you
Henk-Jan
(My friend #-closed, k-closed and f-closed her in one evening and gave me most of the credit. (I still don't know why)