Ok so just a basic question and probably stupid as hell. I know when cold approaching that it’s mostly a numbers game, even when maxed out.

I do have experience cold approaching but it’s pretty basic and I’m by no means even close to maxing out. But I figured I could use some pointers on my game or openers when cold approaching as I think I could use improvement game-wise. It’s usually mostly rejections I get but they normally go from pretty positive to dismissive.

Normally, I see a chick that I’m really digging, stop her, and open up with a ‘hi I thought you were pretty, my name is (insert name here). Then ask basic small talk questions/whatever is relevant to the conversation. The mentality behind this is that by telling her I’m attracted that it kind of filters out the girls that are truly in or out.

Nowadays, I’m starting to think by giving the girl initial validation by calling her attractive that it may be hurting my chances early on. Should I omit that part of how I open and just say hey and go with the flow from there. What do you gifts normally do when opening up? Thoughts?