Hi guys,

I'm trying to up my day game PUA skills a notch, however it seems I often get stuck with some things:

The first thing I've noticed is what I call "fear of an audience": I'm not so much hindered with approach anxiety because of the girl, or because of fear of rejection, but I'm usually unable to approach when other people are nearby, a "fear" of an audience watching my every move so to speak (like e.g. at a bus stop). When I approach someone and no one is nearby, things mostly go just fine, however when there are people nearby I don't seem to be able to gather enough courage to approach. Ironically, this fear isn't there when there are a LOT of people (because as a consequence probably no one is paying attention).

Another issue for me is that I'm sometimes unable to assess the age of a girl in time to open. I don't want to open with girls that are too young (I'm 28 myself, and opening girls younger than 22 makes me feel like a creep), but with young girls dressing like they dress nowadays, it's sometimes very difficult to tell how old they actually are. By the time I've made up my mind the opportunity has of course passed a long time already.

How do you guys deal with this stuff? Any hints or ways to reframe this in my mind? Also, this is my very first message here, glad to join reddit and you guys at /r/seduction in particular!