This happened almost a week ago, but I felt like I should make a field report about it because it is a small example of how, during conversation with your target, you can take it to the absurd and she will enjoy it.

I went to the mall with some friends and there was a guy with us who I had never met but who had just come out of a relationship with a girl. Our mutual friend knew that I pick up girls a lot and wanted me to help him get back in the game. I was more than happy than to oblige. The day was spent doing approaches for myself and also opening sets using accomplishment introductions to bring in the guy I was helping and wing for him. All in all he did alright. He has potential; he just didn’t know how to close. Either way, we both had a lot of fun with it.

I would often tell him to wait some distance away when I approached a girl. Enough so he could still observe but not too close to where he would interfere at all. Nothing against him, he just wasn’t a very good wing for me and I wasn’t going to teach him wingman material that day, so I just preferred to handle it myself. One of the girls I approached, an HB8, ended up having a pretty decent conversation with me before and after I got her number. I started with a direct approach.

Smiley: (smiling) Hey, this is gonna seem random, but I was just walking by and saw you and I think you’re really pretty.

HB8 and her coworker started laughing. Before getting into pickup, I definitely would have thought they were making fun of me and I would have bailed immediately. These days, however, I know how to read girls better and I could tell they weren’t laughing in a bad way.

HB8: I’m sorry I’m not laughing at you, it’s just really funny because there was another guy just a little bit ago who came in here and tried to get my number. It’s just funny that it’s happening twice in a row.

I know I could have negged here a bit or mentioned that I wasn’t asking for her number, just wanted to meet her, but I decided to take a different angle and see where it would go.

Smiley: (laughing) Really? Well did he get your number?
HB8: (laughing) No! He was super creepy!
Smiley: (with a cocky grin, while I leaned on a counter, with a sarcastic tone) Well am I creepy?
HB8: (smiling) No, you seem alright.

At this point, her coworker, who had been laughing along right behind her but hadn’t joined the conversation yet, joined in. I’ll call her the obstacle, even though I didn’t allow her to be much of one.

Obstacle: (turning around) Got another one, huh?
Smiley: (smiling) Oh good thing you’re here! She needs backup, there’s some creepy guy hitting on her right now!

At about this point, the guy I was teaching walked up. I guess he thought I needed help and he was going to attempt to wing for me. He didn’t say anything yet, which I was okay with.

Smiley: (cocky smile, still leaning) So am I going to get your number?
HB8: (smiling) Sure, I’ll take a chance!

Got the number. Usually I would have made my exit at this point, but all 3 of us were still having fun talking, so I stayed.

I don’t remember the whole conversation word for word but the “obstacle” and the HB8 were having a conversation with me asking me about myself. They were asking me things about what I do for a living, where I go to school, what I’m studying, pretty much all that boring shit, but I was okay with it because they were obviously both enjoying it. It was good practice for me and it was good for my “wing” to see this happening in real time so he could experience what I had been trying to teach him.

At one point in the conversation, I saw the opportunity to take it to the absurd, which is something I am good at in conversation. Taking it to the absurd is very useful for talking to anybody, male or female, who has a sense of humor. They get to see your sense of humor and you can find out if their sense of humor meets your standards.

HB8: (smiling) So what do you think of this one? (referring to me)
Obstacle: (smiling) Hmm…I don’t know yet. Do you have a criminal record?
Smiley: (long pause as I pretended to be uncomfortable and look around) Well…there was this one time….
Obstacle: Oh no, here we go! (while HB8 was laughing)
HB8: What happened?
Smiley: Nothing major…I mean I was only the driver. Nothing big.
Obstacle: Was there a body in the trunk?
Smiley: Well, the security guard shouldn’t have tried to be a hero.
HB8: Oh now you’ve got to tell us the story!
Smiley: There’s not really a lot to tell…it started as just a normal bank robbery….

Obstacle and HB8 both started laughing. They were laughing so much that I didn’t even get to finish telling my fabricated, absurd story. Bummer.

Obstacle: Yeah okay, you’re full of it!
HB8: You don’t have a criminal record, do you?
Smiley: No, I don’t.

By the way, HB8 and Obstacle were both workers in a store at the mall (forgot to mention that above) and there was a line building up during this interaction. I stepped out of the way so they could do their jobs. This was when my “student” for the day decided he would try to add in his own little wingman part.

Student: Hey, don’t forget there was the time with the baby seal and the club!

I knew that this was too much. In my opinion, that statement wasn’t at the right calibration for the conversation, so I quickly just told the HB8 that I would talk to her later and said bye to her and Obstacle.

Student: (as we were walking out) You were in there for a while so I just assumed you needed help.
Smiley: Oh no worries, man. Got the number and it was fun, no harm done.



Since then, things have gone pretty well with HB8. I’m not looking for a relationship at this point, just trying to have fun and learn pickup, so I’m being careful what I say to her but still escalating all the time. I took the opportunity to also practice my text game, which has improved. I had her wishing I would text her back faster (she flat out told me that I take forever to reply) and I simply told her I’m a busy person. This was not a lie; I was busy approaching other girls. We have sexted, she’s sent me pics, and we have been on a date. I didn’t f-close on the date, but I k-closed a few times that night and I have a feeling the f-close isn’t far off. This all happened right toward the end of my 30 Day Challenge, for those of you who read my post about that.

If newer guys get anything from reading my field reports, it should just be that it really does not matter very much what you say to the girl. What really matters is your own body language, your delivery, and your enthusiasm. Microcalibrate to the situation by reading her body language and just HAVE FUN with it. Look at every approach as practice and you will feel like you have nothing to lose, which will make you feel more comfortable.

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