Good post man, I advocate being direct as soon as possible in your pick up career. I never have done any canned routines or openers, but I think it's okay to use them as a starting foundation to build confidence with cold approach and such. However I think it's good to go direct and natural as soon as you have built comfort with yourself with approaching..
why? because its a lot more genuine. you arent using someone else's lines off of the internet, instead you allow yourself speak from the real you. no faking allowed.
key component: sexuality
I absolutely love being sexual and direct because it weeds out girls who arent attracted and moves the escalation along MUCH faster. "damn! you sexy" while spinning her around (yes its a "routine") is a simple direct opener
relates to: cavemanning
getting physical with a girl is easy if you allow yourself to and view it as being normal. there is no reason that you can't be touching her thigh and holding hands after five minutes. only you limit yourself.
someone asked for example: this last weekend i was practicing my caveman skills, one girl was really liking it so i escalated. I basically would walk up smile, wrap my arm around her and look onto the crowd WITH her. then i would ask how's she doing to calibrate acoordingly. she might be like ummm wtf, or giggle and say hi. then grab her hair and smell it like i want to F her. then calibrate off of this. escalating is easy if you are present enough to feel her emotions, whether she is down or not.
shows: confidence
how many guys have the confidence to sexually escalate on a girl that they just met at the bar? even if you do get blown out, you still showed that you had balls and that you arent the guy who likes to sit there and chat about school and work for 30 minutes before even
remembering that she is a woman with tits and an ass
CHAT
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