| I'm so close to reaching that one month benchmark. I'm not stopping at one month, though.
Day 28: Normally, after 10 blowouts in a row, I would stop for the day and say "I did 10 approaches, that's good enough". However, since my new rule is that I must stay in set for at least one minute for it to count, that was not good enough. My goal continues to be 5 quality sets every day. I got blown out 10 times in a row and then I went out to dinner with Diamonds, Jackal, and Jimbean. Afterwards, Jackal, Jimbean, and I went to Wetherspoon's where I got my first set done.
2 set seated
I approached them and said I wanted to talk to them because they looked nice/cute/friendly. If you do this kind of approach at a bar and they don't like you, they usually say things like 'it's girls night out', which they did. I ignored it and plowed, saying anything that came to mind. In this case, it was boring questions. 90 seconds in, they still weren't won over. Then, Jimbean came in to wing me. Jackal also came in 15 seconds after that. The girls really wanted us to leave, so we ejected.
HB Romania
She walked in my direction on the street. It was dark out by now. I had unsuccessfully tried to stop girls all day and didn't think this one would work, but it did. We talked about Romania. She mentioned that she was only here for 2 more days. After about 2 minutes of normal conversation (I thought it was going well), she said she had to go and she walked away.
I walked back to my flat with Jimbean and there was a bunch of people outside of it partying. This was a Godsend because I had only done 2 sets and I thought that was it for the day. This gave a chance to complete my 5. I said to Jimbean that we should pull girls to the flat. He said 'how do you that?' I said 'it's easy, like this' and I did my next set.
Girl standing near my dorm
I said 'Hey, I'm here to pull you'. Now, as you can imagine, the set did not go so well. However, I stayed in for 2 minutes and near the end of the conversation, she said she had a boyfriend. She got her phone out, called someone, walked away, and said good night.
2 set in the party group
Now, I approached the party group. There was only one all-girl set. I went up to the 2 set and asked what they were celebrating. They said they were having a birthday party and they pointed to the birthday girl. I continued and introduced myself. I asked some random questions. They were not into the conversation at all. They walked to another section of the party after one minute.
2 set asian
I approached a 2 set that were away from the party. They were only outside in order to smoke. This had to be one of the most awkward conversations ever. I stayed in with them between 5 and 10 minutes. I really love this challenge because I really wanted to leave at many points during the conversation. By the end of the conversation, I was saying things like 'You guys are shorter than me' and other stupid observations because I could think of nothing else to say. They were done with their cigarette, so they left and went back inside the dorm.
This really showed me that tension and awkwardness is really not a big deal. I always avoided talking to girls because I thought it would be awkward, but now I realise there is nothing to fear. On Sunday, I had an instant date with a vietnamese girl (which I documented here). I'm meeting up with her today for a Day 2. I'm a little nervous.
One last thing, when we were near Paradise Forum, Jimbean approached a girl and within 15 minutes, they had their arms around each other and it was going so well. I was so excited, but that excitement led me to ask guys who were walking by 'How long do you think that couple have known each other?' Unfortunately, the girl heard this and I ruined the interaction. My behavior was childish and I apologise for doing that.
Thanks Jackal, for pushing me into that Romanian girl set and pushing me to set up the Day 2 with the vietnamese girl. The polish girl responded today and said she wants to meet up with me next week. You have helped me so much.
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