This is from David D's mailbag. Most of his stuff never really follows the title of his posting. But this one is really good.
Sorry for the formatting.
How To Get Past A Woman's Defenses
Here's an interesting story...
A few hours ago I was standing in a "posh" bar
in San Francisco.
I was standing near to the bar, looking around
at the people, when the guy next to me stars talking
to a girl that he doesn't know.
She turned and looked at him with a look that said
"I don't know you, I don't want to talk to you, and
you have no chance with me".
The look on her face couldn't have been more clear.
As soon as he started talking to her, she put up her
defenses.
The more he tried to talk to her, the more annoyed
she got.
It was painful to watch.
Then things got REALLY interesting.
The guy turned to me and started making conversation
with me.
He asked me how I was "doing" with the ladies at
the bar.
I told him that I had just arrived, and I wasn't
particularly in the mood to talk to women at the moment...
I was just enjoying my drink and relaxing.
He then started to talk about how "meeting women
was a numbers game" and how he had been "laying rap"
on women all night... but he didn't have any "luck"
so far.
We started discussing our different approaches
to meeting women.
I told him that when I decide to talk to a woman
that I really find attractive, I am confident that
I'll be successful with her.
He kind of laughed and told me that meeting women
was a game of luck, and if you wanted to win, you
had to just keep playing the numbers... and hope you
find one that likes you.
Right at that moment, two cute women walked up
to the bar. One of them was very hot.
-
He looked at the hotter girl, pointed to her, and
said "I like that".
I said "Well then go talk to her".
He decided to go "order a drink" (in other words,
he was going to go up to the bar and FAKE like he
was there to order a drink, and then "accidentally"
start a conversation with her).
Of course, he already HAD a drink, so he fumbled
around trying to find a place to put it down so he
could walk up to the bar with no drink and not look
like he was "on the make".
It was pretty damn funny.
Anyway, he squeezes in next to this girl, and tries
to act like he's just there to get a drink. He then
turns to her, and tries to start a conversation.
What happened? Of course...
Her defenses went up INSTANTLY.
She said a few words to him, but then turned away
from him, took her drink and her friend, and walked
away from the bar.
He came back over to me and made no comment about
the interaction with her...
I watched him try to talk to more women after that...
all with the same result.
Their defenses went up AS SOON as he started talking
to them.
This guy's theory of "talking to a lot of women
until you get lucky and find one who likes you" was
working pretty well...
Except for the fact that he WASN'T getting "lucky"
at all, and NO women liked him....
HITTING THE WALL
--------------------------------------------------
Have you ever been in a situation talking to
a girl, and you could just FEEL that she had her
"defenses up"?
Or have you ever been out on a date with a
woman, and had a bad feeling in your GUT about
the situation... and no matter what you did, the
situation only got worse, and she seemed to get
further away from you?
If you're like me, then you've been in a LOT
of these situations.
In fact, I think it's happened to me so many
times that I have "female defense radar". It's
like I can tell INSTANTLY if a woman has her
defenses up... and it doesn't feel GOOD.
You've been there... one minute everything is
OK, and the next minute she has flipped on some
kind of force-field that is PERMANENT.
You know what I'm talking about...
And once the defenses are up, it's as if she
has become a DIFFERENT person. And trying to make
it better only makes it worse.
Always.
That's called HITTING THE WALL.
And once you hit it, there's no bouncing back.
A WOMAN'S DEFENSES, AND HOW THEY WORK
So what's up with that?
Why do women have this "defense mechanism"?
What triggers it?
And how can we, as guys, get past it?
Well, the reality is that a woman's defense
mechanism is something that PROTECTS her. It
saves her time. And it saves her headaches and
hassles.
You've heard me say that attractive women are
approached ALL THE TIME by men. In one way or
another, an attractive woman is CONSTANTLY
approached and pursued by men.
Women can't afford to spend even a FRACTION
of their time with every guy who shows interest,
so they use "time management" techniques.
How 21st century of them.
One of these "time management techniques" is
their defense mechanism.
If a girl decides that she isn't interested in
being with a particular guy... and it doesn't
matter if it's within the first five seconds or
the first five months... the mechanism kicks in.
It creates an invisible wall that protects
her. You can feel it. She can feel it. And even
though neither of you can see it, you both know
that it's more powerful than a real wall...
because most men don't know how to get PAST it.
I know that you've thought about this issue
at some point. If you're like me, you've thought
about it a LOT. Maybe even obsessively. Maybe you
have even schemed and tortured yourself trying to
figure out the magic way to get past a woman's
defenses...
Are you with me here?
Sorry for the formatting.
How To Get Past A Woman's Defenses
Here's an interesting story...
A few hours ago I was standing in a "posh" bar
in San Francisco.
I was standing near to the bar, looking around
at the people, when the guy next to me stars talking
to a girl that he doesn't know.
She turned and looked at him with a look that said
"I don't know you, I don't want to talk to you, and
you have no chance with me".
The look on her face couldn't have been more clear.
As soon as he started talking to her, she put up her
defenses.
The more he tried to talk to her, the more annoyed
she got.
It was painful to watch.
Then things got REALLY interesting.
The guy turned to me and started making conversation
with me.
He asked me how I was "doing" with the ladies at
the bar.
I told him that I had just arrived, and I wasn't
particularly in the mood to talk to women at the moment...
I was just enjoying my drink and relaxing.
He then started to talk about how "meeting women
was a numbers game" and how he had been "laying rap"
on women all night... but he didn't have any "luck"
so far.
We started discussing our different approaches
to meeting women.
I told him that when I decide to talk to a woman
that I really find attractive, I am confident that
I'll be successful with her.
He kind of laughed and told me that meeting women
was a game of luck, and if you wanted to win, you
had to just keep playing the numbers... and hope you
find one that likes you.
Right at that moment, two cute women walked up
to the bar. One of them was very hot.
-
He looked at the hotter girl, pointed to her, and
said "I like that".
I said "Well then go talk to her".
He decided to go "order a drink" (in other words,
he was going to go up to the bar and FAKE like he
was there to order a drink, and then "accidentally"
start a conversation with her).
Of course, he already HAD a drink, so he fumbled
around trying to find a place to put it down so he
could walk up to the bar with no drink and not look
like he was "on the make".
It was pretty damn funny.
Anyway, he squeezes in next to this girl, and tries
to act like he's just there to get a drink. He then
turns to her, and tries to start a conversation.
What happened? Of course...
Her defenses went up INSTANTLY.
She said a few words to him, but then turned away
from him, took her drink and her friend, and walked
away from the bar.
He came back over to me and made no comment about
the interaction with her...
I watched him try to talk to more women after that...
all with the same result.
Their defenses went up AS SOON as he started talking
to them.
This guy's theory of "talking to a lot of women
until you get lucky and find one who likes you" was
working pretty well...
Except for the fact that he WASN'T getting "lucky"
at all, and NO women liked him....
HITTING THE WALL
--------------------------------------------------
Have you ever been in a situation talking to
a girl, and you could just FEEL that she had her
"defenses up"?
Or have you ever been out on a date with a
woman, and had a bad feeling in your GUT about
the situation... and no matter what you did, the
situation only got worse, and she seemed to get
further away from you?
If you're like me, then you've been in a LOT
of these situations.
In fact, I think it's happened to me so many
times that I have "female defense radar". It's
like I can tell INSTANTLY if a woman has her
defenses up... and it doesn't feel GOOD.
You've been there... one minute everything is
OK, and the next minute she has flipped on some
kind of force-field that is PERMANENT.
You know what I'm talking about...
And once the defenses are up, it's as if she
has become a DIFFERENT person. And trying to make
it better only makes it worse.
Always.
That's called HITTING THE WALL.
And once you hit it, there's no bouncing back.
A WOMAN'S DEFENSES, AND HOW THEY WORK
So what's up with that?
Why do women have this "defense mechanism"?
What triggers it?
And how can we, as guys, get past it?
Well, the reality is that a woman's defense
mechanism is something that PROTECTS her. It
saves her time. And it saves her headaches and
hassles.
You've heard me say that attractive women are
approached ALL THE TIME by men. In one way or
another, an attractive woman is CONSTANTLY
approached and pursued by men.
Women can't afford to spend even a FRACTION
of their time with every guy who shows interest,
so they use "time management" techniques.
How 21st century of them.
One of these "time management techniques" is
their defense mechanism.
If a girl decides that she isn't interested in
being with a particular guy... and it doesn't
matter if it's within the first five seconds or
the first five months... the mechanism kicks in.
It creates an invisible wall that protects
her. You can feel it. She can feel it. And even
though neither of you can see it, you both know
that it's more powerful than a real wall...
because most men don't know how to get PAST it.
I know that you've thought about this issue
at some point. If you're like me, you've thought
about it a LOT. Maybe even obsessively. Maybe you
have even schemed and tortured yourself trying to
figure out the magic way to get past a woman's
defenses...
Are you with me here?