Just want to brinig this old thread up again cos I have a new girlfriend now and it makes me think how much you are missing out on each approach opportunity you don't take, or indeed any opportunity you dont take that may result in meeting someone (eg. opportunities to go to a party, opportunities to facebook a girl you met the other night)
I met my current girl friend at a party and several things make me feel how important it is to make use of every opportunity:
1) What if I didn't go? (I wasn't going to go to the party but decided last minute 'WTF, what's to lose')
2) What if I didnt talk to the girl who is now my girlfriend?
3)What if I didnt ask her back to the party? She left the party early and she was with some friends that I knew. So I left with them and she went into her house accross the road and the people I knew went home. I knocked on her door and said she should come back to the party (which she obviously did). She even said "who are you?" when she opened the door lol
4)What if I didnt have the balls to facebook her? I didnt get her number at the end of the night but, after deliberation, added her on facebook and started messaging her.
If any of these things hadnt of happened then I wouldnt be with the girl that Im totally in love with right now!
At stage I thought to myself:
A) What have I got to lose?/What's the worst that could happen?
ANSWER: nothing. At worse feeling embarrassed if I said something stupid or if she thought I was a stalking for knocking on her door.
B) What have I got to gain?/What's the best that could happen?
ANSWER: A fucking relationship! Or (depending on my wants at the time), a fuck buddy.
So...looking back it seems clearer to me how you shouldnt miss out on any opportunities AT ALL.
For more inspiration on this topic I'm thinking the film "Yes Man" is a good one to watch. Also watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVab9jj0 ... se&list=SL (Its Derren Brown: The Experiements: The Secret of Luck (Episode 4)