I'd say I'm OK with women now, but a few years ago I was really brutal and had next to no experience (one 16-year-old HB 9 girlfriend when I was 19 whom I never even had sex with... LOL). I had known her for a long time so it wasn't a pick-up, otherwise there's no way I would have gone out with her.
Back then I would hit on 6s and 7s from time to time because I was inexperienced (virgin), and figured that I was more likely to pick up one of them instead of a hottie I was really into. I basically started at the logically easier end of the spectrum. I've also noticed guys here saying "start with the more plain looking girls and work your way up."
However, and very conveniently, this "rule" does not hold in my case. I honestly have much better luck with 8s and 9s (10s don't exist in my books since nobody's perfect) than I do with 7s or less. I'd talk to some so-so looking girls who would be clearly disinterested or at most only slightly interested, and then talk to hotties who would eat it up. Obviously I'm not complaining, but it really threw me off for a while and I think I have an explanation:
I'm guessing that when I talk to an 8+, my whole demeanor changes to a more sexual/flirtatious one. When I talk to an 8+, she can really SENSE that I want her sexually, which makes me look more male/unapologetically sexual, whereas when I talk to a 6 I probably act like her girl friends (emasculated) or at least insincere.
I think if you're having issues with the so-so girls you might be better off trying your hand with the lookers, because you never know. You might be getting down on yourself uselessly. A lot of the hotties look intimidating but some are legitimately sweethearts once you talk to them. I've been pleasantly hugely surprised several times...
Back then I would hit on 6s and 7s from time to time because I was inexperienced (virgin), and figured that I was more likely to pick up one of them instead of a hottie I was really into. I basically started at the logically easier end of the spectrum. I've also noticed guys here saying "start with the more plain looking girls and work your way up."
However, and very conveniently, this "rule" does not hold in my case. I honestly have much better luck with 8s and 9s (10s don't exist in my books since nobody's perfect) than I do with 7s or less. I'd talk to some so-so looking girls who would be clearly disinterested or at most only slightly interested, and then talk to hotties who would eat it up. Obviously I'm not complaining, but it really threw me off for a while and I think I have an explanation:
I'm guessing that when I talk to an 8+, my whole demeanor changes to a more sexual/flirtatious one. When I talk to an 8+, she can really SENSE that I want her sexually, which makes me look more male/unapologetically sexual, whereas when I talk to a 6 I probably act like her girl friends (emasculated) or at least insincere.
I think if you're having issues with the so-so girls you might be better off trying your hand with the lookers, because you never know. You might be getting down on yourself uselessly. A lot of the hotties look intimidating but some are legitimately sweethearts once you talk to them. I've been pleasantly hugely surprised several times...