I'm 22 years old. And I decided that instead of spending New Years' Eve with my family, I would o out with friends for the first time. I was determined to at least be somewhat outgoing and to meet new people at a party for once, instead of being a lame wallflower and then hate myself.

TL;DR I succeeded.

A friend and I decided to meet up with a buddy of his at a pub in downtown Manhattan. We head over, and he's standing outside waiting for us. I knew of the guy, but maybe met him once before; despite that, I go in for the full greeting. Handshake, shoulder-bump, hug like he's my close friend too; "how ya been, man? Been a long-ass time!" This was something I just read on Seddit, and it definitely was the best move for me in the long-term.

He and I start building a serious rapport. He takes us around the pub, introducing us to a few people he's met already. I continue my strategy, acting like a cool dude when I'm introduced to people, acting like we're all already friends. The girl of the group (HB8 Brunette), and I don't pull that with her. I don't know if this was the smartest move or not, but it pushed her to introduce herself to me, at which point I took her hand and said it was nice to meet her.

It's at this point I notice the bartender (HB9) looking at our group; I give her a smile, she smiles back. My new friend and I go up to the bartender, chat her up, order drinks. She's definitely interested in talking to us; she hangs around a little longer than she should with the bar as busy as it is. We tell her she's doing shots with us later. She plays reluctant but agrees. I take my Jack/Coke and move around the bar.

Over the course of the night, I meet tons of people. I'm not there to get laid (baby steps, after all), but to practice getting over my AA. By 11:40pm or so, our group has sized up to just under 10 people; people like hanging out around us. Confidence booster, definitely. We are the life of the party. I find a topic of conversation with everybody; some people leave after a short introduction, most stay to talk. I do shots with my new friends. Music's playing, our group is hanging around and I'm occasionally dancing with our HB8.

About 15 minutes before midnight my new wingman and I approach the bar to order another round of shots from a second bartender (very cool dude). We have a pair of girls on our 9 o'clock, and we introduce ourselves (more him than me, really) and get to know the girls (Malaysian HB8 and Kazakhi HB7). HB7 and I both speak Russian, so that's an immediate connection there.

My buddy pulls this move: "Ladies, to0muchfreetime wants to buy you both shots to ring in the New Year!" I can't really say no at that point, so I sink a few dollars into them. We get a handful of people and drink to the New Year.

A nearby group decides they like how fun we are and decide to join us, taking pictures with one of their girls and the four of us (me, my wingman and the two HBs). They take the picture, I call more of their girls... and more... and more... And I have five chicks hanging on me like I'm a coat rack. They go on with their party, and I escalate kino with the two HBs, putting my arms around their shoulders, and say "girls, it's been fun. I'll see you around, you're both buying me drinks next!" I head back to my own group, tossing them a smile. Afterwards, I see the girls occasionally and dance with them a bit.

A few more little episodes like that happen, and by the end of the night I have girls approaching me! First fucking time ever! A girl (HB8 Blonde) came up to me and asked what's going on, and I didn't even react because I thought she was talking to the guy next to me. Big blunder, I guess, because we talk for a minute and she tries to pawn me off onto her friend. No big deal, I brush it off.

I do a few more shots with the HB9 bartender, and at about 2am, I head out, leaving with my friend that I came with. I don't push for any number-closes, instead being plenty satisfied with myself and the events of the night.

This was my first field report ever. Let me know what you think, if I made any major mistakes or if this is a good direction I'm going in.

I'll be going on vacation starting tomorrow, I'll try to hit the club nightly and get more FRs up when I get back.