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Best and Worst Openers

Did you see those two girls fighting outside?

Permalink Reply by Rucker on October 7, 2008 at 7:16am: Yes. I agree.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by luchador on October 8, 2008 at 3:30pm: *raises hand*

Third! :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darkehaven on November 14, 2009 at 12:20pm: "Hi" works really well in countries that have language barriers. That makes for very interesting game, because it is almost all tone, expression and body language. Excellent for learning micro calibration!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by icebergchill on October 8, 2008 at 9:22pm: One night at a bar I ran into (literally) the tallest girl I had ever met in my life. She must have been 6'5", beautiful, blonde,....the whole package. Story goes is Iwas a little tipsy walking through the bar and I bumped into her at the side, I looked down, and then I looked up at her, and I was surprised that she was just a hair taller than me. I gazed at her for a second, smiled and I then I told her "I'm glad I met you, I've finally found someone that I can go out with and wear my heels". It must have been a moment of spontaneity, but it led to one of the best conversations I've ever had. We talked about makeup, cologne and the odd/funny text messages we have gotten... I was pretty drunk, but I still had a happy ending that night :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Todd of Vh1's The Pick Up Artist 2 on October 11, 2008 at 7:40pm: Lately I've been using a lot of situational and assistance openers. I throw in something really small... like an opener for my opener... "Can I get a light?" "Can I steal a napkin?" etc. This hooks because, let's face it, who's going to refuse a light or a napkin. Then I stack IMMEDIATELY into something you can base a conversation around. The trick is not to milk the opener... stack and plow or be prepared to riff. You can also go straight into a neg from here and it works awesome given that it's super playful. Often times I'll pick up a subtle IOI right away... a little extra eye contact or a flick of the hair in my direction... Smooth sailing...

As far as direct openers...

"Hi, I'm picking up chicks" is easily my favorite.

"Do you know why you suck?" also gold.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by forge on October 11, 2008 at 10:57pm: nice. all the way around. love the last 2; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by sixxstring on October 11, 2008 at 9:24pm: A simple "Hey how ya doin' " works for me a lot of the time.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by rX queen on October 12, 2008 at 12:44pm: Well heres a complete bad one that just happened last night.

Creepy old guy sneaks up from behind and says
"Hey there grandma! Oh wait you're not my grandma.."

urgh!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by PickUpTara on October 15, 2008 at 11:21pm: Hmmmm . . . bizarroooo!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jeremy on October 13, 2008 at 3:24pm: I heard a guy at the library yesterday comment that the hot girl next to him was a "fast typer". So weak of convo material that she got up and left.

He even made clicking sounds lol.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Max(aka Sphinx) on October 14, 2008 at 6:07am: I went out on Friday night and I used this opener on this incredible two set. This is how it went:

Me: Hey ladies, I need your honest opinion on something. I need to catch up with a few of my friends in just a sec, but I have this friend and he's been dating this girl for about 3 months. They were happy together at first but now, he's bored with the relationship and he believes that she's trying to trick him into marriage. He want's to break up with her but doesn't want to do it face to face, so instead, he's gonna do it by text. I tell him, no, its a horrible idea, don't ever do it but he won't listen. what's your girls take on the whole situation?
the girls then responded by saying, if he doesn't have the courage to break up with her in person, then he's a jackass.
a minute later, I transition and ask them if they currently go to school in the area, then I use the best friends test, which also seems to work very well. I guess it must've done so many wonders because the next thing I knew, I got a phone number for one of the girls and I felt so on top of the world that night. It goes to show you that I'm actually beginning to make progress in the PUA community after struggling with it the last few months. I might just start using this opener or others like it whenever I go out, because if you use them right, you'll be instantly surprised with the results.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by OG on October 14, 2008 at 11:12am: Just got this from a friend of mine. Works best with a wing!

No false time constraint needed. One could be implied by your actions, but leaves many avenues to take it.

"Hey. Do you think I'm (or friend) is gay or straight?... See! I told you I/you could pull it off!"
Field-Tested six times. Hooked six times.

Also, one of my own invention (as far as I know anyways)

Hey ladies, real quick. Me and boys (point to them) are in a bit of debate over what Friend 1 (point) should do. He just broke up with his girlfriend of (time) because he found out she cheated on him X months ago. What do you think? Should he take her back and give her a second chance? Or leave her on the curb?

OG; ▶ Reply to This