Hi Seddit,

First of all, I would like to thank all the advices that have been posted here. I've been taking them on board. I'm new at this but am getting better with the advices I get here.

So last night, I was able to hold a conversation with three girls on the bus on the way home from a club. Pretty casual, I wasn't aiming for a number close or anything, just wanted to expose myself to the whole concept of talking to women randomly and striking a conversation. Anyway, one of the girls tended to be really annoying and throwing back insults, trying to break my conversation with the other two. (I think she had a lot to drink or frustrated for not getting any that night.) Thankfully, I was able to hold my ground and instead of getting angry, I tried disabling her with negs throughout the whole ride while maintaining a great conversation with the other two.

As an example, just to keep the conversation flowing, I went ;

Me: So, what were you ladies doing at the city tonight? (I obviously knew it was clubbing from their conversations) Her: A coffee shop! Where do YOU think? Other friends: Oh, we went clubbing at the blah blah blah. Me: I think someone had too much to drink! smiles, do a 'blocking' hand gesture and then continued conversation with the other friends Other friends: laugh

I think her other friends didn't like her attitude in the first place, but just dealt with it. It was also cool how I saw one of the girls shift her body from looking the window to looking at me.

Anyway, my question is, have you ever been in the same situation where you had to 'disable' the 'annoying', pessimistic friend? How should I handle future encounters with these types? I'm interested on how to get better at dealing with them.

Thanks Seddit!