FR postin' while at work. Long post for an awesome night.

I am part of a young adult "new to the area" group on meetup.com. I have had amazing success thus far. All seduction aside it is a really good time with some great people. There are always cute females, and everyone is pretty cool. Also, if you are confident, most other guys there are not. So it is easy to dominate sets, steer conversations, and gain social proof. Here's the story:

I arrive to the meetup and hug the hostess at the door. I had tested the waters with the hostess before, as just about every other guy that goes to these things. She is a cool chick, but has a man. Her and I are in the FZ now, which is cool because she is a central figure in the social dynamic. I have asked her date venue advice when taking out another girl in the social circle, she was amiable, and excited for me (us?).

I go in and enter set with a few guys, build social momentum, and grab a drink. No potential targets yet.

Enter a group of 8 girls. They are a clickish subset of the meetup group, and had been pre-gaming. Among them is a new-in-town HB 6.5 that I F-closed last week. I almost developed a case oneitis for her, because she is (was?) a cool chick. However, she did not show much interest when I texted her that I was back in town from Rome. I was not sure where we stood at this point. I made eye contact with her and she girl-coded "I'm just here to hang out with my friends" (Over the first 5 seconds of her entry: Immediate eye-contact, break eye contact to look around at her friends and laugh at a joke that no one really told, eye contact at me again, look around at the back of her friends' heads)

For 10 seconds I was disappointed, but then I took a page from Barney Stinson's playbook: "When I get sad I stop being sad and be awesome instead." I shake off HB6.5's grip on me.

Set 1:

I keep building momentum, waiting for someone noteworthy to come along. Enter HB10 from this post. I think she hugs me, or I hug her. I forget, but I chat her up, increasing kino. Kino was mostly arm/hand, standard stuff I guess. I wish I could remember what we talked about. She says she has to leave to go get food, but promises me she'll be back. While she is promising she’ll be back, she leans in and closes the distance between us. She exits set.

Set 2:

I am talking to a couple people and I notice a three set walking in the door. Guy and two girls, HB 7 and 9. They are German. We ask what they do and they say they can't tell us. We decide they are German spys, and role play a bit.

I have been experimenting with cool responses to "What do you do?" The two responses I am working with now are "[Russian/Chiniese] Spy" or "Race motorcycles, gamble, slay dragons, save the world, [pause of effect] and I try to take Fridays off" I have had success with both.

I use the spy line, and I get into an agrument with HB9 over who is the better spy. I have a wingman working HB7 so I can work HB9. They have just walked in the door and we are the only ones they have talked to. They say they are going to walk around, we say goodbye and I return to a base set to regain momentum.

Set 3:

I walk up to HB6.5 to say hello. In my head I am thinking "Strong frame, strong frame. You own this, and just because you fucked her and shes a cool chick, here and now, you are just two people in a bar." I think it works, I approach strong and confident. Solid, simple "hey whats up" opener scores me a hug. I ask her about her last week, she gives me boring answers. She asks me about Rome, I tell her how awesome it is. I do well, but I can't recall what we talked about. I know I teased her about showing up drunk. We were uninterrupted for about 10 minutes before I ask her if she wants a drink (why the fuck did I do that?). Of course she accepts.

This was a real beta move on my part, but I wanted to reposition her by the bar. So now we are talking and drinking at the bar when a "nice guy" buddy of mine walks up. He says something that did not help my frame; I think he calls me a nice guy or something. All I remember of this was he asked me what I thought of her and I said something along the lines of "she's pretty cool I guess." He posed the question to her and she said something in SUPER negative tone along the lines of "eh.. he’s whatever." I actually got pissed, but kept it internal. I gave her some shit and she wanted to escalate the issue. I was looking for a "sorry" or "just kidding." She never gave one. I get up and tease that we are not friends anymore. She shows no signs of apologies. In her defense, maybe she was too tipsy but I wasn't going to let her get away with being rude. I close off and begin to ignore her. She walks off looking to talk to anyone but me. I watch in interest as she tries to enter a set with her friend and some guy. Her friend clearly did not want her in set, and she gets shut down. LOL. Now she starts walking back toward me. Some beta guy standing next to me (who I am not a fan of) can tell whats going on and HB6.5 starts talking to him as she returns. I just stand with a shit eating grin on my face and as she realizes she has no idea what to say she starts leaning in toward me (physical apology attempt?). I was having none of it. She is now very tipsy. Another beta, who is a pretty cool guy, entered set.

HB6.5 says something like "your're drinking the same thing I am." I point out I am not, and she says drunk-girl stupid like "they're all the same color, so they're all good." The beta guys don't know how to respond, I could go a couple different ways here, but I have not forgiven the girl for dismissing me earlier. I give her a hard look of disapproval, and the two beta guys follow suit. HB6.5 is now in the middle of three guys looking at her with clear "wtf are you talking about" looks. I enjoy watching her self destruct and she walks off like a wounded puppy. Time to switch to empathetic protector mode.

I look at the betas, shake my head and say "I got this." Walk over to HB6.5 and ask her if she is ok "...because the shit you said back there made no sense at all." She can't even remember what she said, and is clearly embarrassed. She sees some friend of hers and runs for safe haven. Perhaps her friends are not so judgmental.

Set 4:

HB10 has returned from getting food. She is sitting by the bar next to a bunch of her friends. She wasn't looking at me so I give a light tap on the knee to get her to move to the side. She looks at me, says "I was like 'who was touching my leg.'" I worry I skipped a kino escalation step, so I give a safe back peddle, "Some creepy guy, but don't worry I chased him off." Potential awkwardness averted. Given the way I approached and went for the bar it would have been natural for her to turn away from me, putting her back towards me. If memory serves me right that is what she does at first, but then moves her head over her shoulder, very close to mine. We begin talking, and her body slowly turns toward me. I am having no luck getting my drink as we talk. She offers to get out of the way, stands half up. I gently grab her hips and place her next to me, but out of my way. She has no issue with the touch. [Author realization] I wasn't getting a drink, I was closing my tab because I felt beta after buying HB6.5 a drink. HB10 protests, "why are you leaving?"

"I am meeting some friends in SF."

"You should stay"

"Last time (FR link) you told me that I asked why and you couldn't give me a reason."

We continue talking, I mention her job and she tells me about her starup ventures. I talk to her about my time in the military and what I have done, along with my own startup ventures. We both decide the conversation is too deep. For some reason we separate momentarily. I see her again. "HB10 what are you doing Friday?"

"Nothing"

"We should hang out on Friday"

"OK"

"Put your number in my phone" [Does it] "I'll pick you up at 7 on Friday, and text you tomorrow [thursday] with any additional instructions."

"Additional instructions?"

"Yeah, I might need you to bring something or wear something specific."

"What are we going to be doing."

"Not sure yet, but I have a day to figure it out."

"I am excited. at first I was like 'eh' but now I am into it."

"You should be, it'll be fun. I'm looking forward to it."

Smile, hug, exit set. Walk driectly to HB9 from Set 2.

Continued