Hello everybody. I do not know if this is the appropriate way to come out and say this story, but I have to share something that happened to me today. I went out with my family to do some holiday shopping, and I wondered off to window shop for myself. I went into a retail store for some clothes and as I was going towards the fitting room, one of the employees comes to me and says the basic retail lines "Hello, let me know if you are looking for something in particular or a certain size". She was gorgeous, but I tried not to panic and say something stupid.

Bear in mind, I am new to day-game approaching and usually overthink/doubt myself. I believe I am alright looking, I have a decent built body due to going to the gym consistently over the past year. The reason I am saying this because I am still building confidence and trying to balance my neurosis with my interactions. However, today it felt different given everything I have learned while being aware of my weaknesses.

The conversation started causal, I kept my toning slow and loud while keeping eye contact and smirking. We exchanged jokes and since she was working fitting rooms, she escorted me there to try some jeans ( I knew damn well I was not going to buy them; but, I was just going with the moment). I came out and I can see she was staring at me with a smile, so if that was a hint I went with it. I picked out a couple outfits and when I went back to the fitting room I asked for her opinion on color combinations. We joked again but I had to leave because my family asked for me, so I told if she can hold a sweater and a pair of jeans at the register; I only said that knowing I wasn't coming back. It worked out perfectly because she had to take my name down and phone number. As I asked for her name, I told her that I would regret not asking for her number and told her she had a beautiful smile. She said thank you and laughed but rejected me telling me she had a boyfriend. I didn't react the way I would by saying "Oh, that's nice", instead I said "Take it as a compliment and I knew I couldn't be your only fan." That got her to laugh more and she bit her lips.

That's not the end of the story though. I got rejected and that experience alone gave me an inner feeling of achievement and confidence and realized that rejection is not all that. I thought that would have been it but it kept running in my head to go back and buy that sweater, it was a nice sweater so I said why not. As I go back 30 minutes later, I buy the sweater and she was still in the fitting rooms but did not notice me when I was purchasing the sweater. After the transaction, I ask the associate if I could have that slip where my name and number was written. She does and I go towards the back one more time and approach the girl. I say "Excuse me, it's me again. I just wanted to give you this (the slip she wrote with my name and number) if you ever change your mind or just want someone to talk to" she smiled and blushed and I ended it there with a bye.

Fast forward to the evening, I am doing homework and I get a no-caller ID phone call. Usually I do not answer those, so I kept rejecting the calls and found it weird that it kept calling and calling. After 5 calls, they left a voicemail, I shit you not it was her! She wanted to say thank you for the day and that she appreciated me coming back even after she said she had a boyfriend. Since it was a no-caller ID, I couldn't call back or text her. I had to call the store to check if she was there and they said she was on her break, and asked them to let her know I called because I heard her voicemail. She calls back and I pick up the phone.... the rest is still getting written.

Thank you for taking the time to read this because I can't describe the excitement I am going through and I can't thank you guys enough for everything I have learned from seddit.