Hey, this is my first FR, but I've tried my game before. Usually, I don't have a hard time approaching and getting a conversation started with people. Though, with women, I used to always get stuck in the comfort zone and always forget about kino (mainly being uncomfortable to how to proceed with it).

So I arrived at this bar/club where my twin cousins were going to party. I got there earlier than I expected. So I figured I take a shot and meet people. And if things went sour, at least I'd have my friends around to have fun and dance with. And could be a DHV to be around others, if it came to that. So I get my glass of scotch on the rocks and start looking around.

I quickly notice a HB7 in a group of French people (I happen to have grown with and have plenty of French friends, so I figured having common ground could be useful). So I walk to her, say hi and if she's having a good night, introduce myself and ask her what's her story like? She answers briefly. I guess I should have noticed earlier, but she kept looking down at her phone and texting, even before I got up to her. She kept staying on her phone. Asked her where her accent was from. Tried other ways to developing into conversations. But she was visibly not interested. So I smiled as if it didn't matter, wished her a fun night and bailed (took maybe, max 5 minutes).

I keep going and notice a HB6. Same start as the previous one. Though (I live in Montreal) she tells me she doesn't speak french because she's from across the border. So I start asking how long she's been here, tells me she just got here and is leaving the next day. So I try to show interest in what she does, (I personally hate talking about school or work when out having fun, I think it's a lame topic in an environment where you don't want to be thinking about those things). I also try to go into how most people visit places to see museums and forget about the present culture, chicks dig talking about traveling or going to new cities, but she barely responds. So I smile, wish her a good week end and leave. (about as much as time as the last one)

Next thing I did was probably shoot myself in the foot here. But I didn't see many options I found interesting, so I stood around (not in the middle of the room, somewhere not to noticeable) and listened to the band playing while enjoying my drink. I know this is something I shouldn't do as you are going to be noticed and you lose value around the room, looking like the lonely loser... But oh well, I did enjoy the band. Then I noticed some HB8s settling near me. I talk to one of them. But barely after introducing myself, she joins her friends. Figured it's because I was just standing there. So I move around again.

Just my luck, some acquaintances show up. One of them being a cute girl HB7, a friend of my cousins, that I had chatted up with once or twice. We talk for a while and things are going well. I remember the kino. I also ask about her trip she's been, that I had heard through my cousins. We talk for a long time and she seems to be responding well, showing various IOIs. But the band's much louder now, and I often have to ask her to repeat herself, turn my ear towards her, sometimes even leaning in (Yea I just remembered now, that leaning in and all that is a DLV, oh well). But none the less, it seems to go well. Some more friends join us, and I switch my attention to them for a few minutes, just to see how they are. The HB7 joins her friend she initially came with. No big deal, I wasn't into her that much, just wanted to strike the a conversation to boost my confidence and practice.

Soon after, I join my cousins somewhere else in the bar. There, a HB8 I had met beforehand spots me. This girl happen to be somebody I tried hooking up with a few months ago but it never materialized. We basically stayed good friends. Though I got to admit, she always sends out tons of IOIs. I never know if she's just being hard to get or is just that way. Either way, I don't intend on hooking up with her. Simply because I've friendzoned her, don't want to be in a relationship with her. Anyways... she's not alone and introduces me to her HB8 friend. Things go well. I decide to game her friend. I tease her, make the conversation run. Though my friend sometimes gets us in a conversation where she can't participate, so she gets left out sometimes and I try to get her back in. We all end up dancing with plenty kino going on. Things go well. But I eventually lose interest in the girl (even though she was responding well to me) as she's always on her phone, texting. But I still stick around and make my priority to have a lot fun. Which I do. I think it worked to my advantage as both girls seemed to have fun with me (for instance, LMFAO's "I'm sexy and I know it" song came up, and I started dancing silly and not taking it seriously, shaking my crotch, making them both laugh, start dancing silly too and kinoing). And finished my night with my friend.

All in all, not my best performances last night. Easily my worst, imo. Usually I can get anyone into conversations and get things comfortable. But not being to escalate more. Tried new methods tonight, even the way I start up the conversation (I usually go about it a different way). Tried to improve kino, which I find I did, touching upper arm, shoulder and upper back while talking, putting my hand on their waste while dancing. All but the last encounters were terrible, even in areas I'm usually good at. I didn't take any of the failures to heart, actually bailed each time being amused (I like awkward moments, I find them funny, plus I also knew what I had done wrong with each girl). No closes what so ever. A night of practice and fun.

I've got to admit though, it was my first time having to deal with girls spending soo much time (to no less) with their phones. I had no idea how to deal with that.