So it's Saturday night in the lower east side and I'm hanging with two friends. One of those friends was supposed to be my wing man, let's call him J.C and the other has a girlfriend, Paul. Paul knew the area well and decided to show J.C and I around. We had all gotten a little buzzed at Paul's apartment which is very close to the lower east side.

It was around 11pm when we decided to head out. The first place we hit up was a pizza place because we were hungry. Next to the pizza place was a little shop selling bongs and hats and shit which didn't interest me but there were two asian HB's checking out a bong. That night I was feeling a little tired and non conversational but I decided to open to them so I could warm up for the night. They were both freshman at NYU and were heading back to their dorms. I suggested to hang with us because we were heading to some bars but they didn't have fake I.D's. Now would've been a perfect time for J.C to come to occupy one of the asian HB's but oh well. It was a warm up so I really didn't put any effort to hang with them in any way.

We then go to a club/bar type place. I forgot the names of any of these places but this one really didn't interest me at all. It was way too crowded and loud. Not a fan of those types of places. All three of us left pretty quick. Didn't even have a chance to talk with one girl because it was ridiculously crowded.

The next place was this bar Paul suggested because it had a cheap PBR and shot combo. Walking in I didn't really feel the place because there weren't a lot of HB's. However, I did notice one pair of HB's that caught my eye. They were talking to some guy so I didn't interfere for the time being. After the guy left I made my move. Me carrying a beer in hand I go up to them and open with "So is this a Jets bar?" I asked that because there was a Jets thing playing on the T.V. HB8 the leader of the two came back to me with a very New York accent "I don't know, maybe you should check your glass, it has the Jets logo". I came back very cool against her little attitude saying to her friend HB7 with "wow, we got a genius here who can read, this is my first time to this bar and I had no clue." This seemed to get a laugh from HB7, and immediately after that HB8 starts to become really friendly talking about where I was from and where I'm living in New York. The night started getting better than I thought because both were definitely buzzed and she was interested.

I immediately initiated kino with HB8 because she seemed to have the most interest in me. Now would've been a perfect time for J.C to come in to occupy HB7 but his head was not in the game. I now realize how important it is to have a wingman with the same level of commitment as myself. The conversation with HB8 was starting to get thin because she was worrying about her friend. However, at the last moment Paul assumes the role of wingman and occupies HB7. Now remember Paul has a girl friend, so any interaction with her is purely for my sake and not for him. HB7 is digging Paul and HB8 is digging me and I progressively start to get closer and closer to HB8. J.C is the third wheel, and both HB7 and HB8 do not like him from the start. Paul decides to have a smoke break outside and I join him. The girls decide to tag along. While we were outside Paul makes a move in saying they should come hang out at his place. My initial thought was that this was perfect but then I remembered Paul's GF. Paul lives with his GF and If we bring home two drunk chicks, one of whom is into Paul and not J.C, shit can hit the fan real quick. I decided that it wasn't a good idea and didn't really push them to come along. I got HB8's number and we said our goodbyes.

We stop by another pizza place for J.C to get food and while we were there I was thanking Paul for assuming the role of the wingman and being an awesome bro. He says to me that with one call we could get both HB's back to his place but I advised not too because I didn't want to run the risk of any drama between him and his GF. His GF is very jealous, and I know for a fact that that night could have gotten real negative if we would've brought home two chicks, one of whom is not into J.C but Paul. So we all went back to his Paul's place and crashed for the night.

Lesson's learned for next time,

-Find a wingman that has his head in the game -Escalate faster -Logistics is key -Even though some HB's have an attitude when you're opening, you being cool and collected towards their attitude can reap rewards -Win the hearts and minds of the group not the individual

TL;DR My Prospective wing man dropped the ball. But I had a good night.