Basically I work in a retail environment where I meet lots of new people daily, and I figured this would be the perfect environment to practice so when I get the opportunity to go out or see someone outside this environment, I would be more comfortable...

I don't really have any type of fears of talking to people or women(I am a sales manager and talk to about 50 people a day or more), moreso in that I was not used to having the type of conversations that would lead to them having an interest in me. I have been getting some pretty good results(for what I am able to do without putting my job in jeopardy) with just teasing and making fun of the girls that come in. I don't get a chance to go out much due to being more or less "off the market", but tomorrow night myself and a buddy are going out and I am excited to have the governor off what I can say...

Anyways here is a quick breakown of some good interactions I have had in the past week or so:

1) Girl and her friend come in looking for bedroom furniture, and I notice they have similar boots on but slightly different styles and colors...one of them tells me she wants to get the same bedroom as her friend, but she has to be different so she wants it in a different color, so I ask if if that is the same thing that happened when they went out shopping for their boots and they started cracking up laughing and said "How did you know?" So then she kept switching her mind about what she was wanting to get and I teased her about how she is so confused and told her this is why women take 3 hours to get ready because they can't decide what they want to wear. They cracked up again, and said they are not that bad, but I did have a point. I kept going with this type of teasing and they ended up leaving. Then they came back in about 30 minutes to look at something else and I said "Couldn't get enough of me, so you had to come back for more?" and they started laughing again and the one girl said "Yeah, I didn't get your name...what is it again?" So I accused her of being one of those facebook stalker chicks and told her I didn't feel comfortable giving that information out...laughed again and then I told her "I think you just like it in here" and she said "I think I just like you..."

2) Current customer came in to talk to us, and has been increasingly flirty with me over the past month or so, and told us she had only worked one day last week because they kept sending her home...I told her, obviously they know who the good workers are over there, and she smacked me and told me to shut up...then she asked if I knew anywhere else that was hiring because she has to deal with raw meat all the time at her job...and I said "Yeah, I bet your really good at handling that raw meat aren't you?" and she smiled and laughed, and said "I like handling meat better, not raw meat..." and then she left after telling me she is gonna be keeping an eye on me from now on, and I said "It would probably be hard to check me out any harder than you've already been doing, but I'll keep that in mind", and she laughed again. Then walking by the store windows, she knocked to get my attention and did the whole I am watching you thing with her fingers and her eyes...one of my coworkers told me if I keep that up with her she is going to end up raping me and did I see how she was looking at me...I just kind of laughed it off...

3) 2 more girls came in and both said they did hair at home. The one girl was like, I don't make as much as she does tho, and I told her that was probably because she was the hair sweeper...got them both cracking up, then I accused her of being shady, a violent criminal(after she told her friend she was gonna beat some girl's ass for something), being fat(she weighed like 100 lbs), a horrible cook, etc...she was loving it and finally was like "I want you to be the one to bring the stuff out to my house", and kept saying it at least 3 seperate times over the enxt 10 minutes. I told her I wasn't sure and she was told me I needed to bring it because I have big muscles and a strong guy was needed to carry the furniture. I laughed it off and they left. She called back about an hour later to ask a question about something and again asked me if I was going to bringing it out to her house...I told her I don't know, and asked what she was going to cook me for dinner if I brought it out...she said I'll make you anything you want, what do you want me to make? Then I told her, "nahh...you probably would end up roofie'ing me and I'd end up like those dudes in the Hangover waking up the next morning with my pants around my ankles wondering what the hell happened last night"(thanks Swaggertrance for that one!--I added the part about the hangover but I figure it fits perfectly since almost everyone has seen it...actually have used it twice now and both times they started dying laughing)...she started dying laughing and told her friend what I just said and she started dying laughing...then 2 other people bring the merchandise out to her today and she calls me up and said "What? Why are you answering the phone...you are supposed to be delivering my stuff, I cooked for you and everything..." I told her I was busy at the store, but I would be there all day and she could just bring it down to the store herself and that she could use it as an excuse to come see me again...she started laughing and said "OK, I got you!" About an hour later, I had free lunch at the store from her...

Feeling pretty good about my interactions and what I can accomplish when its go time for real tomorrow, without having to worry about getting in trouble for escalating...

OK, so yesterday was kind of interesting both at work and especially at night...

I did realize that its an entirely different ballgame once you are out at night versus just talking to girls that come into the store. I had no issues opening, and the sets were laughing and smiling at what I said, but then for whatever reason I just froze. Kind of like when you go through dress rehearsals 50 times and have no issues, but then when the lights are on and you are in front of people you somehow forget the lines...

So I need to work on what happens after the opening, as I pretty much screwed it up from there, which I take total responsibility for. No big deal, will work on this aspect...I am sure once I start doing it more it will become more comfortable.

Anyways, things weren't all bad.

At work, the girl who brought me lunch yesterday called up to ask me a question about her friends computer that she has just gotten. I asked why her friend didn't just call me, and that she probably just was using it as an excuse to call and talk to me because she just can't get enough of me. She laughed and said "I really can't get enough of you, I just wanted to hear your voice..."

Girl from a few weeks ago that I posted on initially in another thread texted me out of the blue yesterday mostly about work related stuff, but then we talked about some other stuff...think I might have blown that one, whatever, I'll just try and play it cool as I am supposed to be going over there Thursday to drop off something for her...will work on some rapport building as all I have been doing is teasing her for the most part...

Now to the interesting stuff:

Me and my buddy walk into the first bar around 11pm last night. Go up to the bar and order a drink, out of the corner of my eye notice a group of 5 girls and a guy and start noticing the 2 closest to me start laughing and giggling. I am pretty sure it was about me, and I was right as the one facing me leans over and grabs my arm and tells me "You smell so delicious, and you look even better than you smell." I was kinda caught off guard a little bit, as I had just got there, so I played it cool, talked to them for a few minutes and then we left to go next door to another bar that one of my buddies actually is co-owner of to talk to him(haven't seen him in about 20 years, we grew up together). Talked to him for about 10 minutes, had a drink there, then went back to the first bar as that place was jumpin'. Go back to my original spot and the group is still there. As soon as I walk up, the same girl tells me "There's our really good smelling guy!", so I start laughing and I ask them "Well, are you going to buy me a drink, or should I just take my shirt off?" They start laughing and the one girl that was talking to me said "I'll buy you a drink" and her friend said "No, take your shirt off!" Then they laughed and said "We never agree on anything!". So they introduce themselves and I introduce them to my buddy and I ask them how they know each other and they say "We're married." and show off their rings...I don't know what my expression on my face must have been, but I think that must have been a mastercard moment because they both staretd cracking up. My buddy leans over and asked "Did I hear them just say they are married???" and I was like "yeah..." So the one girl tells me "We are getting ready to go home, so if you want your drink you are going to have to get it there..." and the other one says "He's not getting anything until he takes his shirt off for us." and they both start laughing again...I ended up exiting stage door left out of that situation pretty quick...getting propositioned by 2 lesbians to come home with them after 15 minutes in the bar felt really awkward...girl doing most of the talking was probably a 7 with really nice rack, her husband/wife was probably a 6, pretty face but a little too chunky for my liking...

Rest of the night I pretty much screwed up after the initial approach. Approached a 2 set that was looking at a bunch of photos on the wall and told them "You can stop looking for us now, we are right here in front of you..." that got them laughing, but then I fizzled out from there and another friend came over and grabbed them away after a few minutes...

Said "Hello" to a 9 that walked by while we were getting a drink and she smiled and said "hi" and then her and her friend walked by about 10 minutes later after we had moved further back in the bar and just kinda hung around us. Some chick walked by and kinda tripped over the step and we started snickering and the 9's friend who was the closer of the two came over and said "hahaha, its not fvcking funny!" Then she went back to her friend and they looked over at us and started smiling and giggling. Not sure if that was an attempt to get me to take the bait and start talking to them or not(I'm thinking it was, since there was no reason to even be listening to what we were saying), but I actually thought it was pretty rude and it kinda turned me off to be honest, so we ended up just leaving the area...my buddy was like "What the fvck is her problem?"

Went back to the front and a group of 4 girls walk in(8,8,7,6.5) and stand near the bar right in front of us. My buddy keeps telling me one of the girls keeps staring at me, so I look over and she was staring at me multiple times and would look away. They end up walking to the other end of the bar and sit down for a while, and then about 15 minutes later end up coming back near us again. So I notice she was looking at me again, and I walk over to her and say "We can continue staring at each other, but I prefer to flirt up close..." and her and the friend that was closest to her(8,8) started cracking up laughing. Then my buddy comes over and tells them how sexy they look(we were both pretty drunk at this point...way more drunk than I should have been while atempting this) and they are like "I know we look sexy!" and start dancing with each other and then leave...I was gave my buddy a WTF is wrong with you?? look

Anyways that was pretty much it...some good, some bad, mostly just me screwing up after the initial opener that got them laughing. I was pretty amazed that I can be so quick-witted at work and have no issues carrying on conversations, but then that all completely left me when I was out at a bar after the initial approach. I was like where did that go and how do I get it back?? I will chalk it up to too much mental thinking about a new situation and not enough reacting. I am planning on starting up random conversations with girls while I am out during the day to help me in these situations...the more practice and more comfortable I am during these interactions, the better I will perform when its go time...

Nothing really going on today, extremely busy day at work, came home, prepped for gym and went to workout. Was getting razzed by everyone at work about the lesbians trying to take me home Saturday night since my buddy that was there works with me and was telling everyone about it...

Only thing even worth noting(and it probably isn't even worth noting at that) was when a girl came in wearing these crazy earrings with like 5 individual circles and I told her I didn't realize people wear wind chimes for earrings these days and she laughed and said I was funny...too busy to really continue on with anything else and she was more practice fodder anyways as I had no real interest in her...

awsome bro! ur hittin it TITE if u no what i mean :moon:

u just gotta show ALPHA gr8 pwr. once i was in a store theres this HB8 i walk up behind her. then i say "boo" she was scared :nono: then i said like "hey babe wanna see a gun show?" she lafs i do my guns then i like move my hips round n round. there was this couch in the store i said "lets hit it here" she says "lol no" but i got her digits and next thing u no im in the bone zone bro! :rockon: :rockon:

uve got ur thang down tho so i dunno if u need more help from my skilz :rock: just keep it comin ill let u no how ur doin :crazy: seems kool so far!