Let me start this from the beginning. No this isn't a throwaway, because I like my karma fresh. I was the fat kid in high school. The band nerd. I didn't date anyone, I didn't have sex with anyone, I was the outcast. I was sociable and never had Approach Anxiety luckily, so that didn't stand in my way.

This is 6 years later. I'm 25, single, and because of /r/loseit, 50lbs down from 242 at 192 lbs and in the best shape of my life (thanks to /r/fitness).

Now with the help of /r/malefashionadvice, I feel good enough to approach women - I played a gig with my Jazz Band tonight and went out afterwards in a suit with a fedora...and actually pulled it off.

Here is where /r/seduction comes in. I've been reading this subreddit for the past few days, listening to the David Wygant MP3s, and generally poking about, gathering advice. Tonight I tried to give it a shot.

This is my story. I won't apologize for the length.

After my gig with the jazz band (I'm a trumpet player), I was heading home and had the wonderful idea to hit up the local bar. I had literally never been there before, but heard from friends that it is the "high school reunion bar" - that is, you'd see everyone you know from high school. I didn't particularly want to see anyone from high school, because fuck them, I was the outcast and fuck them. I didn't even want to go to a bar, I was (am) tired. But after lurking as a sedditor, I took Wygant's advice - just start out by going and observing. So I went to this local bar to observe.

Then I saw all these people I knew. People I had no respect for. People who made my life fucking miserable in school. Except tonight they took me in as one of their own. I talked with everyone. I made the room. I approached everyone equally. I chatted up women I knew from high school - professionals now - with their boyfriends literally beside them (I got a hug and a great picture with one hottie blonde), and I made friends with the boyfriend too, by including him in our conversation. And to start it all out, some guys I knew from back when (and haven't seen in 5 years) smoked me out with some dank shit.

Gentlemen, I didn't walk out of there with a single enemy tonight. If you had asked me yesterday if I wanted to see any of those fuckwads, I would have said no. It's different now.

Now let's get to the /sed/ part. Applying the principles I've read about, I "re-met" a girl I once knew in high school. We hit it off well because we had similar interests, and I threaded (a newly acquired skill) the conversation into something that related to me as well. Establishing a common ground, I was able to convince her - get this - that I could loan her a book (which I will do of course - the book in question is "How to Win Friends and Influence People" [imagine that]) and in order to do that? Well, shoot, I'll need to contact you. What's your number? Bam. Number number one. (Am I the first to use that? haha)

Number number two, as it were, came from a girl I never would have approached if I had never discovered seddit. I don't understand the HB rules, but this woman was an exotic, red-lipped, blue-eyed bombshell from the middle east. Her eyes were intoxicating. Anyhow I smoothed conversation for a while, using threading to establish rapport, and at the end of the night I casually asked for her number, "hey we got along pretty well, can I call you sometime?" - which I received.

Finally, I met the stumbly drunk girls, who were taking a picture of themselves slobbering over each other. Feeling the opportunist, I asked if they'd like me to take the picture for them, to which they obliged. I sweet talked them and made fun of their pervertedness, to which they gladly responded by slobbering more on each other. I chatted them up, focused on the hottie, escalated and grabbed her ass, and closed with a kiss - which she initiated. How could I not oblige? No number though - after all that she said she has a husband overseas in the army. That fucking bitch should get the fuck out of there and back home. Unbelieveable.

Anyhow, in conclusion, /r/seduction has (in like three days) turned me into a chick magnet. That Wygant shit is incredible. Those levels of escalation after establishing rapport really work. Thank you all, and I will report back with what happens. I contacted the two ladies before going to bed (aka reddit) tonight, complimenting them, saying it was nice to meet them, and suggesting dinner sometime ("We should get dinner sometime" - note not a question but an ultimatum). Right now I think that might have been too fast an invitation, but I like to think I'm just taking control and forcing the issue - and make them decide. Whatever happens, I don't give a fuck (since I'm all out of fucks to give for the day) because I just overcame the biggest hurdle of my life. All while completely stoned, mind you. Hehehehehehe I'm still pretty high as fuck. I'm not 100% sure tonight was even real.

Guys, I haven't gotten a girl's number in two years. I'm not kidding.

And to think I didn't even want to go. Thanks for the courage to say "Fuck it all" and put myself out there. SALUD

TL;DR Been reading /r/seduction for 3-4 days. took the advice to heart. got two numbers and a kiss close.

I don't know if this'll get upvoted or not, but if anyone has any questions I'll be on tomorrow (EST) and will answer...

*Edit - followup * - I texted one of the girls today (the first one) and we now have a coffee date set up for Wednesday. Boo ya. Also I'm kind of disappointed I'm not getting much feedback from sedditors :P