I discovered these PUA forums (and PUA in general) about two months ago. I'm getting slightly better at talking to strangers but definitely wouldn't run sets yet. I think it would definitely help if I had a friend that was good at this stuff to go out with. A few years back I knew a PUA guy (who was really successful) who wanted to take me out and I declined. I'm kicking myself for that!

At this rate I doubt I will ever truly be a PUA since approach is extremely difficult for me but I have gained a ton of knowledge.

How long did it take you to implement this stuff in actual situations after discovering the PUA world?

About a hour after i learned it...
Whenever you learn something new here, if you just try to remember it to use for later that wouln't work out, and you woulnt KNOW the results.
Try it right away and commit it to "muscle" memory, and you'll know how it affects women right away.
I'm not a PUA at all but I run sets as soon as i can and just to run them, how else are you going to learn? (a lot of these guys learned from experience, why cant you?)