This mission is easily hundreds of times harder than it seems.
People have this
way about them when they're walking in a mall. They give you and everyone else around them a WIDE berth; It's like they're intentionally trying to avoid you, and they are. In order for you to actually "just say hi" to ANYONE and for it to
register, you essentially have to make a beeline for someone, walk over, and actively TRY to get their attention. even then most ignore you. worse still are the ones who just look scared, or creeped out by you, invading their space.
After one quick walk through the outside portion of the mall, not finding ANY potential targets (that's another thing, the makeup of mall-goers is roughly 40% families, 25% couples, 15% highschoolers, 10% girls walking in packs, 7% random dudes walking around, and only a measly 2% of girls that are on their own/ approachable), and not a single person coming even remotely close to me, I was already ready to give up and go home, feeling only more depressed at my own failure, (and after all that WORK I had put into my outfit, midset and confidence too..) then, I saw her.
It's amazing how, even under the BEST of circumstances, we can find an infinite number of excuses to
not approach another person. She was dancing and doing cartwheels outside next to the fountain and music emitter (which was playing only the SAPPIEST love songs on the planet). simply happy, and unconcerned with the outside world. I thought her impossible to approach a thousand times, but forced myself to walk in her general direction anyways. I panicked and sat on a nearby bench instead. I collected my thoughts and swallowed my pride and tried again. I simply got closer and closer until she was forced to take notice of me. I smiled and said "hi".
As it turned out she was a Muslim that didn't believe in romantic relationships outside of arranged marriages, or even shaking hands, but she was also very sweet and warm, and loved talking with people. I said goodbye to her and that I hoped fate would send her my way someday, but really, I wasn't concerned with her anymore; what she gave me was more valuable then a hug or kiss or fuck, she renewed hope.
I walked all over the mall several times. pickings were slim, and confidence in anything 'working' was slimmer. I felt unarmed. "Hi.

" -now what? So, I went and picked up a pen and notepad. One of the fleeting bits of info I'd acquired from Style's "
The Game" stuck out: cold reading. I didn't really know how to do it, but it felt more prepared to have a REASON to approach a random stranger in a mall, rather than just 'Hi, nice weather we're having today, eh?'.
"Hi, can you help me with a project for sociology? It's an exercise in reading people based on their handwriting" would be the order of the day.
I sat on a bench next to a random older (like, early thirties) blonde outside of the dillards, and gathered my courage for a good 5 minutes before asking if she could help me out. small and very neat.
suddenly things didn' seem so bleak. I started noticing how random girls would smile at me every now and again. I'd smile back. most of my "Hi's' still went unnoticed or unheard, but every once in a while I would find a suitable taget, and the game was on.
Kayleigh was a cute 26yo redhead on her first shift as "Mall train conductor" and she gave me a free ride so we could talk; she didn't have time to write in my pad after, so she gave me her business card with her cell # so we could do it later..
alyssa was a stout girl, and a bit apprehensive, but after a minute of explanation I got her to participate, after I read hr for a bit, I asked her to put down her # on there so I could call her later if I had questions for her later.. she agreed.
the worst part of the day came near the end when a girl had to be 'rescued' from me by I'm assuming her mother to the restroom... I suppose attempting to keep stride with someone who looked like they were ready to head home was a mistake...
I did this today, from around 5 to around 8, and I'd say it was a successful day
Now the only problem that remains is the only problem that was always there: 'Whaddo I do now?' :/
I'm 23 years old, am decent looking, have good confidence in myself, and I genuinely DO enjoy talking to people... but I've never been very good with women. I'm a virgin. had several 'close calls' but, in the end, something always stopped it from happening JUST in time... I've only ever had 1 girlfriend (from a few years ago when I lived on-campus), and she dumped me in a week. I can open ok I guess (a by-product of me being a server, I'm sure..), but after... I run out of ish to say, and often times make things awkward... worst of all, I have no idea what I'm suppossed to be doing though.
That's what I'm hoping you guys can help me with.

Do I call these girls? text? how long do I wait? 3 days? 2? till next weekend? what do I
SAY?? Do I ask them out on a
proper date? how would I even lead into that? what will I even do once I get there? Guys, help me. please.