Cold pickup, surprising success

[diplomatic_lie]

I had one of my most surprising successes last evening. I was tired, unshaven, hadn't even brushed my hair (I'd spent 2 nights on a train). I saw a girl getting off the train, so I asked simply "Are you single?".

She must've been because I'm going ice-skating with her this Friday....

And to think, the only time when I normally manage a cold pickup is when I'm alert, funny, and quick. Last night I was tired, smelly, gave off one-line sentences, and probably had a stupid expression. And the girl was better than what I could usually manage.

I must either be improving, or else she wants to kidnap and use me for deoderant experiments.

 

[flexion_]

Good work!

 

[BigWillyStyle]

Dude, you haven't got the date yet. Good be some bogus digits she gave you.

 

[diplomatic_lie]

Well its real enough, I called today to confirm it (and to find out if it was real, or just a fatigue-induced hallucination).

Its not the numbers or the girl I'm surprised about, its the fact that I end up with a HUGE number of rejections doing cold pickups while alert and doing well (less than 5% chance success), and then getting one while I'm half-asleep and dribbling on my shirt.

 

[waldo]

That's life for you!.

Recently I've found that I tend to bump into girls I like/girls I know when I'm least ready for it, I'll spend hours sharking around looking my best, on top form etc and get nowhere.

For example just the other week I had to get up early to take a driving test, I missed the bus and so walked round town looking like something from Dawn of the Dead for an hour..... who do I bump into, yup one of the hottest girls in town, I was unshaven, tired and totally unprepared for it.

Likewise the other day I had to get up early to meet someone, who do I see, yep only a girl I've been looking to bump into for about 6 months!. The morale of the story being if you just get on with normal things girls tend to bump into you, whereas try and actually go out to meet them and they're nowhere to be found.

Note: In both of these stories the girls bumped into me early in the morning, anyone out there who wants to meet girls should try 8-11am, from my experience girls are happier talking to strangers in the morning, rather than say late evening time.