New to this, but thought I'd share something I tried recently. Would love some feedback. Sorry it's kind of long.
I was sitting outside in Washington, DC (in a park/ on a park bench) reading a book while waiting for some friends of mine who were coming to pick me up and running late.
Very attractive girl sits down one bench from me - mind you, there are about 8 benches here and NOBODY else sitting down. She kind of chose one close enough to be w/in earshot but far enough away to ignore me if she wants to. She gives a quick glance over at me once or twice w/in a minute or two so I say what the hell, it's on. Yes, I was nervous 'cause she was damn good looking and I don't really do this much?? But will be doing it all the time now!
Had NO IDEA what to open with (see the 'new to this' first line of this post), but somehow this popped into my head and then out my mouth.
Quick bit of info - I was reading 'Dark secrets of NASA', and figured I'd tie it into the conversation after opening since it was my only prop to set me apart from avg. Joe.
Walked over to her w/ the book in my hand but so she couldn't see the cover. I sort of bent over and whispered 'I though I should warn you, it's bad luck to sit alone' - and winked. She gave me a totally curious look and of course asked 'Why? - why is it unlucky' - she smiled a little too. BTW she had a cute Russian accent which I LOVE. I told her that the universe strives for balance, park benches included and pointed out that all the things around us were in even #'s (yeah, they weren't, but I only pointed to and showed her the things that were)... She laughed (but still def. had her guard up). I knew I had to move out of cute/funny/slightly weird and into more grounded/ real. I asked her if she liked politics (in DC almost everyone does). Ha - she said no! Shit - ok...I told her I was reading 'Dark Secrets of Nasa' and mentioned that it was questioning the politics behind space exploration blah blah blah and that I also didn't like politics (I guess I was demonstrating value at this point)? I went on to say that there was a lot of talk in this book about certain things like ESP, human nature, etc. I asked her if she believed that your subconscious came through in everything you did even if you weren't aware of it. She said she didn't know - so I offered to show her. I ran a version of the cube I modified (actually it's pretty diff since I don't want some girl saying - hey, I know that one - that's BS)! She LOVED it and totally opened up.
Told her my friends were about to pick me up and I had to go but wanted to stay in touch...yup - got her #.
And yeah, I felt like a champ even though it was just one time!!
Any thoughts or ways to improve?