I've been trying to figure out this PUA business for a while. With little success. I feel like I have the knowledge, just lack the experience, or at least the courage to get any real experience. I am not even close to the point of giving up, because giving up means succumbing to a socially, boring, awkward life, however I have (or should say had) reached a low point. I won't go into the details why, but listen to this story:..

I was on my way to class. The professor can barely speak english, and I was really dreading listening to another hour and fifteen minute lecture of broken english on basic accounting principals.

I decided to go to the student union on campus instead, for I only had a couple hours before I had to head into work and I wanted to relax. I went down to a joint called Paws, and went straight to the pool tables. I leaned up against one of the tables and almost immediately a guy asked me to play. His name was Joe. Joe was a tall guy, a little taller than me, with a baseball cap on and he looked like he was probably in his mid thirties (actually I am being generous here, the baseball cap covered up a receding hair line).

Joe and I played a few games, and we joke and talked for a while, most of the sociallizing was his doing, but he still seemed to enjoy my company. He bought me a beer (despite me being underage and on campus), and we went outside after we finished playing to "meet the greeks". It was an on campus activity where sororities and fraternities show off their awards, give away free food, and meet all the freshman to try and suck them in first. We were really only interested in the free food, and we made it pretty apparent. We hung out there for maybe a good forty five minutes and just tried to join every sorority we saw.

Now, by this time I was starting to realize how much of a PUA this guy was. Every girl he ran into he quickly opened, built attraction with, and had her smiling and laughing before I could even try to get a word into the conversation.

I told him I had to go to work, and we exchanged numbers so that we could hang out again soon. Then right before I was about to head out he asked me where I worked. I told him and he looked excited. "That's where I was just last night". He took out his cell phone and showed me a picture of him standing right outside my work. He asked if he could ride with me down to where I worked, and ignoring the fact I had met him probably less than two hours ago I said sure.

I had a good vibe about this guy, and I was not sure exactly what he had in mind, but this was the closest thing to an actual PUA I have ever met. I looked down at my watch and realized I had lost track of time and was really late for work. To be honest though, I did not really lose track, I just was having such a good time I did not want to part with Joe.

We grabbed a burger to go and head out. On the way back to my car he was telling me about all the girls he had met on campus today. He showed me text message conversations with them and even invited a few downtown with us. This guy just did not stop impressing me.

We got to my work, I was late but my boss did not seem to mind. At first it was slow. This gave Joe the perfect opportunity to sit at the bar and talk to all the bartenders and waitresses. Before I could even clock in, he had the waitress that was training me laughing and pretty much on his lap talking to him. I just pretty much observed, trying to learn, and interjecting a little into the conversation here or there.

Joe sat at the bar talking to girls my entire shift, and he got a few of them to invite him to the concert next door. After I got off I found Joe standing outside talking to two girls. When I walked over there I realized he was trying to get some tickets for us, for the girls had extra. He pulled me away and flashed two tickets he was able to get for free, somehow, still do not know how he pulled that off. He looked me in the eye got about three inches away from my face "we are partying VIP tonight"

....more to come, a lot more...