If you're this far off on the wrong side of the afc-pua spectrum, consider starting from scratch and starting up a journal like so many smart, progressive, and SUCCESSFUL guys are doing in the FR section. And some of you here have been living your online make-believe fantasies for a long time. It's OK, nobody knows you and nobody cares . . . just create a new account and start from zero. The moment you write the first sentence in your journal, you will be 10 levels ahead of where you are now.

For those of you who said you would target "C", the middle blond, take a look at her hand. She is engaged or married. She's not going home with you, especially in front of all of her friends.

A: Is a dimwitted simpleton. This is the kind of girl that you could challenge to hop on one leg and harp like a seal in the middle of a bar and she’d go for it. God bless her. Without B, she’d forget how she got to the bar in the first place . . . and even if she did remember, she’d pretend she forgot; this is her role.

B: Had a rough childhood until about half way through her teens. After that, she thought she found some balance by learning how to antagonize with her sharp tongue but she will always carry an inferiority complex for unfairly receiving what she believes to be ‘less than desirable circumstances’ from her folks. She’s a stubborn fighter with a less than harmonic past. She won’t trust anybody . . . which is why she’s zoned in on A, the dimwitted simpleton, to use as an accessory. B chooses A because A is pretty but also ‘accessible’. Stand B directly next to D and see what happens . . . B becomes an over-smiling ogre. Stand B next to A and she looks smart and not at all dorky. (You could take a hundred pictures of these four and over 80 will look just like this. They will ALWAYS find their positions.)

B: Continued . . . Some family members have tried to tell her that she’s beautiful, pretty, etc . . . and the truth is . . .she’s not at all ugly. But she doesn’t trust her folks nor will she ever trust anybody else . . . so she hacks off her hair and chooses frumpy blue/gray granny dresses when she goes out to tell the World, “Hey, fuck you. I don’t care what you think about me.” – But the truth is . . . it hurts. That huge fucking joker smile is an attempt to hide the hurt. She’s a liar ~~~ because she needs to be. What a struggle . . .

C: Is the most comfortable of the bunch. There’s a photo op so she just squeezed right in. She’s not hugging the group with just her arm or head or body or some prop but with her whole being. This is a genuinely thoughtful and popular girl who’ll bend over backwards for her friends. There’s wealth here. . . if she was not born into money, she will eventually experience some wealth. Also . . . people will take advantage and cheat her as she’s too trusting.

D: Gets by on her looks. Obviously, she understands the benefits as well as the downsides of decent bone structure. Hey, guys hit on her all the time so that’s not her worry. She’s just confused as to why she’s often left out of the loop. Well, might as well as slide that drink forward a little and into the picture. If she can’t be a big part of the group, her drink might as well as partake in some group activities.

The target is C for fun, genuine excitement, and some self-thinking abilities and confidence to be able to ditch her friends for a bit. And her friends won’t say anything negative about her nor will they keep her from having fun. A looks like fun but B won’t let her go. B might not overtly cock block in fear she’ll look like a dick but the whole process will be a spy vs. spy pain in the ass. D won’t ditch her friends in fear they’ll label her a funny name and delete her “tag-along” title. Outwardly, she’ll just tell all that she’s ‘here to have fun with her friends.’

If I went over all the visual cues, this post would double in length so . . . The way I’d run it :

First off, I’m the one who’s taking the picture. (By the way, if you ever see girls taking photos of themselves, ALWAYS stop, give a thumb up . . . then as if you just remembered, nudge the photographer forward, “Hey! Get in the picture.” Here’s what will happen after you take a photo here:

B: You get in the photo!
A: Yeah, come on! . . .
C/D: ?

Point to yourself, “Me?” And walk over there as if you’re unsure and throw and hands up. Stand next to A but turn away with some distance.

A or B: What are you doing? Get in the photo!
You: Oh, Alright. (Pose with one arm over A and the other hand gliding back and forth A and B’s breasts as if you’re showcasing their breasts.) - Actually, many different things you can do here depending on how they respond to the 'shy guy' . . .

ABCD: (mixed reactions, all positive even if outwardly, overtly negative.)

You: What? . . . I’m showcasing your eveningwear, absolutely gorgeous ladies. . . Your breasts aren’t so bad either. Great, just great . . .

Chat, chat, chat. Figure out what they’re celebrating. “We’ll need to toast. YOU!(C) Come with . . . I’ll need the assistance of a steady-handed barmaid to bring back our drinks.

(And you don’t go back. . . See? That’s the trick.)

How do you approach them? Who's your target? What's your energy level like? Are you going in alone, or with a wing? Who do you address first? What do you say? It's a big set- what's the plan? Divide and conquer? How?

P.S- what do you observe? What is their body language like? Who has their arm around whom? Who's the mother hen? Who's drinking? Who has the loudest fashion sense?