Im sure Ive posted this routine before but I dont think I ever have as an opener in its own right.This is a perfect warm up opener if your waiting for your wing or are just out alone. It came from my own improvisation whilst waiting for mates, and its a good one...
In a moderately busy bar stand at a table near a set of girls, or pass by or whatever is most comfortable for you. When you know a set is free to be hit on and you've worked out the dynamics ie the target the obstacles, the leader of the group it is time to set this up. Txt your wing who is on his way to the bar, or pivot (the female teist might work well on DHVs) and say send me a txt back saying...
"I cant believe youre wearing that (shirt)" ... "it looks so gay!" or "it realy doesn't suit you, give me the rest of the package any day" or "its so (colour), but it always works" See the idea is to get your wing to neg you and DHV you via txt at the same time, plus giving you a non-awkward opener and making you not seem weird in the bar alone.
You can now turn around and go "excuse me, I wont be long I'm just waiting for a friend, but does this shirt look gay?" (or whatever the neg is). usually met with resounding NOs! Then go "cos look! he/she sent me this". --Show the text to the biggest obsticle--!!!
Then move round the set leaving the best till last, make it seem you might not show it to her. If she grabs or leans in you can neg her with "is she always this grabby?" or "excuse me, this is a private txt :p" Now you can say "only joking, being like that just shows you have good energy" or "my college crush was like that, but it was never to be *aaahhh*"
Break into a DHV story about your item of clothing (ie lucky shirt) or your friend your meeting. "How do you know each other" them, "what do you do for a living?" them... DHV on your career path. Now isolate, "you know you do remind me of my college crush a lot, do you want to go play pool/ darts/ go sit over there with me i know some fun games..."
Thats just about it, if your wing shows up before then he'll thank you and never think twice about sending a txt for you! Just have fun with it, but remember dont over use this or youll be known as the guy that gets txts, its not a normal situation which is why its so good, girls love a good scandal. Personally Iv used it twice in 2 and a half years but i recognise its brilliance.

The "I just got this txt" theme sounds like it has a lot of potential.. this can spawn a whole legion of great openers if properly developed

exactly!... if anyone gets ideas for variations on the theme post them here!

good work man. I like this one because you can show off your sense of humor and engage the whole group.

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That is a pretty intelligent routine to try out. But here is a twist for it if you are comfortable with doing it solo, assuming you dont need a wing.

If your confident with openning, simply use "Excuse me, I wont be long I'm just waiting for a friend, but what do you think of my outfit/clothing?"

If she says something negative just try and have fun with it or say something like "I'm glad you noticed, most woman would compliment me so I guess I have to respect your opinion". Then just move away from her or do your own thing. Haven't field tested this one but believe it would be successful if you don't open awkwardly.

Later Don D. Flow

One problem with that opener (because I spotted it and you might get a girl spot it too). If you get your mate to text you saying "you look gay in that shirt" or what ever, if you're waiting for him and he hasnt turned up yet how would he know what shirt you are wearing?
Thought I'd point that out just in case anyone gets put on the spot. I guess you could say he asked what you were wearing or another friend who you're not waiting for spotted you walking to the bar and text you.
Just be prepared for a girl that says "how does he know what shirt you're wearing if you havent seen him yet?"

The whole idea of the routine is so if you're flying solo you dont look like a looser by yourself and can get into a group of girls without appearing threatening. The routine I used and it worked btw is...
Me: excuse me, do i look gay in this shirt?
All girls: laugh
Lead girl/obsticle: Noo, its fine
Me: oh great thanks... (turn as if to go away) because look. (Show txt)
Wing: aww man, not that shirt. It makes you look gay :p Ill be there in a bit

the lead girl will then procede to look at the txt then you pass it on and hold it back from the HB.

See there is no hole there! the "aww man, not that shirt" implies theres a conversation before hand! and theyre not going to go to your sent messages and check and if they do just go how rude! and then say yeah i just wanted to hit on you and then thats an ice breaker.
Its solid guys trust me... you have to put a bit of thought into it though, dont just use it as a canned routine. I was wearing a brown paisly shirt so it worked, it is questionably gay lol.

anymore questions?

I just re-read my original post and I wrote something different lol. I still dont see the hole, but either way you can put bits in the txt to make it more like a reply.
its flexible:
no no no, that necklace looks so gay! why?! take it off lol! Yeah Im half way, no more than 10 minutes! Im sure you'll keep yourself entertained

New to all of this, but had my first go last night.

I felt most comfortable using my phone as a tool to feel genuine.

I basically used the opener from style "larger smaller jumper for a friends girlfriend", but said oh look I just received this text from my friend asking for help bla bla bla..


It felt good.

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aahh *wave of satisfaction*. Im really glad you said that! That is exactly why I invented it! You can use normal routines, but make it seem like you have a genuine excuse to ask the opinion so nobody goes, oh why are you talking to me?
I just always felt uncomfortable with the cold approach, but this makes it all so much better.
So thanks for using it. Please feel free to develope it more.

Yeah, keep me up-to date with the openers beaves.

What I meant to say was I linked the "txt" with a canned opener on my first ever sarge session.

Then came on here to find you have already stated it and seams to be a very natural way forward.

I suppose you could have a crazy picture as a wallpaper to work a DHV or extra peacocking?

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uhuh, I always had a black and white floral animation on my old phone. Its just different to what other guys would have, and it shows you're comfortable having something a bit girly on there.

Text messages are the most amazing tool ever, even if you're not really getting them. The thing is that you don't actually have to show them the text message, you can just pretend to get them. I pretend to get texts all the time while I'm in the middle of a set as a way to show that you're not overly interested in a girl that is talking to you, and also it's a kind of DHV since you're popular (and before you state the obvious, I do actually get real texts... sometimes... haha). If you do get a real text in set, I would ALWAYS answer it. Don't put your life on hold for this girl, you don't want her to see you ignore a phone call or text because you're talking to her. Just say hold on and answer it! And sometimes you wish you could get one at that moment, but you don't. At that point, you pretend!

The key is to take your time, say "Hold on a sec..." pull out your phone and pretend to read it, then smile and laugh and shake your head. This is good because she isn't going to know if you're getting a text from a girl, or a guy, or what it's about. You don't want to laugh very hard, more a smirk and a chuckle. It could be a funny friend, or a girl who wants to meet up. This builds mystery, and she's going to be curious. Next, take the time to send a text message back to a friend, and actually send it, just to anyone saying "Hey buddy, what's up?" The key is take your time because you're in control and she is not the most important thing at the moment. It seems a little silly, but I do it a lot and girls don't lose interest while I ignore them, which in itself is a kind of IOI since they're willing to wait. Also, your friend will now most likely respond to you and you'll be able to carry out a real conversation, even if it's brief so you've got that social proof.

I also use text messages as an excuse to move toward a set. I pretend to be reading one so that I can walk past a set, and then I stop by them and look around, look back to your friends and shrug in a big exaggerated way, then look back at the phone and turn to the girls saying "Don't you hate people who can't follow simple directions to a club? Everyone has that friend who can't follow directions... ugh" and then they laugh, and agree then you simply say "I need to find these guys, but before I continue my search, check this out..." And then go into an opener. It's pretty useful when you see targets across the room but you don't want it to be obvious that making the effort to walk right to them. Sometime even walk past them and then open on the way back to wherever you were.

And to get back to the topic of this thread, the opener is good. Just wanted to throw out a few more ways to use texts. Hope it helps!

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