Hey fellas. So I've joined the nofap 90 day challenge. 90 days without fapping. I'm on day 10, and let me tell you, i have much more motivation to approach!

After a crazy, wacky night, I step off the train and begin the 20 minute walk home. Ahead of me, two cute girls are about 20 feet away. Instantly I knew I wanted to talk to them.

Now, the three second rule is all well and good... it gets you motivated. But in a situation like this? I needed finesse. I needed the right moment.

So I decided to create it.

I walked kinda close behind them for like 20 seconds, long enough to make it awkward, then passed them. Right as I passed them, I joked, "I'm just gonna pass you guys."

They laughed. (They'd have to; I diffused the tension.)

Then I said, "I mean, I don't reeeeeally want to walk fast. But nor do I want to be that guy who walks behind you for way too long."

And then they laughed super hard. They're like, "I know!" and then, "You saw me look at you, didn't you?" I was like, "Yep!"

So check this out, in a situation like that, by default they're afraid of me. So after I opened them, I walked in front of them for awhile. That's a subtle point, but I gave them the "safe" position, the positional advantage of being behind me, me facing away from them. That plus good banter allowed me to merge with their group.

Guys, I swear to god, master the situational opener. If I had done ANYTHING else, almost ANY other seddit tactic you'll read here, it would've failed miserably, because of the situation. After midnight, abandoned street. I had to address that and defuse it right off the bat, and my plan worked.

After 60 seconds of banter, I got them to walk with me. "Hey, you guys are heading this way, right? Walk with me."

We chatted and bantered for a bit. The cute one asked about me. (This is great. That's a decent model... banter until she asks about you. Then give her some info, but dole it out.)

She goes, "Why are you here in X city?" I said, "Hmm... I'll give you the short version. I work here." Then she goes, "Well... now that I know there's a long version... you have to tell me!" I'm like, "Oh you want the long version? Hmm. You seem alright. Okay, here's the medium version."

Unfortunately, they had to split off from my path way early. I was like... "fuck." So they start to walk away, and I go... "Wait!" They stop. I step forward and introduce myself. "I'm ___." They give me their names. I would've preferred more time, but it was now-or-never. I say to the cute one, "Hey, I know this might be a little abrupt but... are you single?" "Yes." (score!) "Want to hang out sometime?" "Yes." "Awesome, let me get your number."

And THEN! Her friend frickin' cockblocked me and dragged her off!!!! ARGH. I almost number closed a hottie on my way home.

So, please help seddit, what should I have done there? I like going direct, but upon reflection, it might've been better to go platonic to get the number. Like a, "Hey, you're fun. You'd make a good friend. We should hang out sometime." Then she'd have plausible deniability with the friend. Like, if the friend wasn't there, she would've given the number ez-pz. Maybe that's the lesson, don't go direct in front of her friends.