Last night, I had some friends around at my house as a warm up party. Anyone for one reason and another, I was wandering in to town with one other guy. Didn't know him all that well, but one of our friends told him that I'd started in this whole pick-up world recently. He was curious so I gave him a brief overview.

Half way through the conversation, I noticed a HB7 walking towards us. I thought this would be a good demonstration for this guy so I opened her with something like; "Hey, don't you know the party's that way?" From the instant she turned from where she was going to face us, I knew the game was on.

We talked a bit. It was cold, so I leant her my jacket to anchor her to me. I initiated some kino (arm around her shoulder) which she leant into. She told us about her (name where she worked etc). I gave NOTHING away in return(Q1). Eventually, she told me that she was going home 'cause of work tomorrow. I told her about the book: the dice man. I explained that life was boring unless we let it be ruled by un-predictable events. Told her to pick a number 1-6 and if that number came up, she was going straight back out with us. My phone's got a dice app, so I used that, but her number didn't come up so she restated that she was going home. I took my jacket back (sort of punishment for rejection?). I then remembered what I'd learnt from previous encounters - remember to close - so I got her no. with minimal resistance.

Needless to say, friend was properly impressed!

Later that night I texted her with a cocky opener along the lines of: "Are you still awake waiting for my text?". Bearing in mind that she went home 2 hours before because she had work, I was impressed when 5 mins later she replied!

I told her that I thought we had connected and that she should meet me for a kiss goodnight. She agreed on the connection, but disagreed on the kiss and wanted my first name (logistics were the only challenge here I think; she was already in bed and out of fancy clothes/make-up).

I told her that she could have my name if she told me something interesting about her before I went to bed in 10 mins. She came back with something. I gave her a low score out of ten and told her that earned one letter.

She told me that she was too tired to play games. I told her that her time was up and I was going to bed.

Now, the questions
Q1)
How much personal info do you give away about yourself? By the end of our conversation, I knew her name, where she worked, went to uni, the area she lived in and her age. She, in return, didn't know anything, not even my name. (I'm intrigued to know how she entered me in her phone book!)

Q2)
Did I overdo the punishment for not playing along?

Q3)
How long to wait to arrange a 'film night' at mine (I will use my open fireplace to pull!)