It was a nice, sunny day today, so I set off into the city with the intention of doing a decent number of approaches.
Sadly, it didn't go that way.
I very rarely do approaches now. I have enough reference experience to know how inefficient it is. But when I go out, I like to think that having done so many, it should be second nature to get back into it. Unfortunately, that just wasn't the case today. I walked around, and walked around, and walked around some more. I saw several girls I found attractive and let them pass me by. I just couldn't get into it at all.
Finally, after the best part of an hour spent walking around, I managed to do a couple of approaches.
1. Asian girl.
She was very petite. Not my perfect type but pretty enough.
"Hey! How are you doing?" (I tried to sound enthusiastic.)
She slowed down but didn't say a word and kept walking.
An hour of hesitating and walking around aimlessly...for that.
Just. Fucking. LOL.
2. Australian girl.
This was about five minutes after the Asian girl, on near enough the same spot on the same street.
I stopped her and went direct. Thankfully she turned out to be more receptive.
"I thought you looked quite nice."
"Thank you!"
We talked for a few minutes and I could tell she was sociable and outgoing - she was talkative and I didn't have to do much to keep the conversation going.
She was wearing sporty leggings so I used it as an excuse to get close to her as I said "you look very sporty".
I didn't want the interaction to be too platonic so when we were talking about keeping in shape I said "how's your ass?" and gently moved her arm to have a look. LMAO. She smiled and laughed but took a couple of steps away. I just casually/jokingly said "is that too forward?" She didn't seem too offended.
I asked her out for a coffee and she agreed. She gave me her name to add her on Facebook, asked for my name and offered a handshake - this was after I had blatantly checked out her ass.
The second interaction was good, but the prevailing feeling was one of disappointment. I had set out to do quite a few approaches, but it didn't turn out that way. Too many rejection sessions have taken a toll and it's hard to get into it now. On the one hand, getting contact details from 1 out of 2 girls on any given day would be considered a success - but looking at the bigger picture, 7 out of 209 gives a more accurate insight, and on top of that I've still not had a date from this. Part of me is hopeful that that will change with the Australian girl, but past experience has taught me not to get my hopes up too high. We'll see what happens.