Hi seddit!

I've been lurking for a week, and I've realized that I need to change my AFC ways that always land me in the friend zone. So I have given myself a 7 Day Challenge to completely turn my attraction skills around. Every day for a week I will go out and meet people and try to get over some serious AA and general shyness.

I am 21 and studying abroad for a year in the UK. Overall I consider myself a confident person. I make friends easily and I have a good personality. However, when it comes to women I am too much of a pushover beta. I've identified that I need to be more assertive and self confident to actually become a desirable man. So today I took my first steps towards my goal.

Tonight I decided to go out on my own and see where I am in terms of interacting with women and people in general. The night started with a pub quiz at the student union. I came alone and didn't have a team, so I got a drink and approached the first team that I saw. It was all girls: 3 HB5's, 1 HB7. I introduced myself and said I was looking for a team to join. They were very receptive to it, so I sat down with them. I flirted reasonably well I think for the first few minutes, teasing them about how I might have to switch teams if they didn't perform well. We were at a big table, so kino was a bit difficult, but I did manage to get a little in with the HB5 next to me. She was very nice and seemed receptive to it.

Some guys who are usually part of the team showed up about 10 minutes later. The quiz was generally uneventful, though I did manage to get some laughs with different funny handshakes with another HB5 in the group, and other jokes that I managed. However, conversation died down a little bit in the second half of the quiz. It would have been nice to bail at that point, but it was a quiz after all, and I was having a fun time, and wanted to see it through. We ended up coming in 3rd place, so we got some free drinks at the end. I hung around and talked to the HB7 and the guys on the team for a bit, then I split.

After the quiz, I went looking for some pubs that weren't completely dead, as it was a Sunday night. End up finding one, that has karaoke. I had a lot of AA at the beginning, then I met some fellow Americans in the bathroom that helped me get back into state.

I initiated a conversation with one HB6, but the karaoke was too loud to understand what she was saying. After that I did some karaoke with the guys that I just met, singing some Backstreet Boys. I had a really good time singing, even though I don't have the greatest voice. After that I danced with a set of HB6's. One was getting creeped on by this other guy dancing with them. I made some good eye contact, and we had some light kino, but I was too shy to save her from the creeper, who seemed to have a lot invested in her. Next time I will not make that mistake. For the rest of the night I kinda danced on my own, and had a resurgence of AA. Gonna try to overcome that tomorrow night.

Overall I would consider my night a big success. I definitely have to work more at overcoming my AA, but I think this is a good start for me. I will give another update with my progress tomorrow. My goal is to have conversations with 3 sets of girls tomorrow.

Thanks for all your help! You guys are the best!