BACKGROUND: 23 yr old. Wide frame/muscular but not jacked or overly lean. Dark hair and dark beard. Strong jaw line and close beard. Good looking. Need to work on my wardrobe. Not sure of my sense of style yet as I am an ex stoner band t-shirt and gym shorts wearing mother fucker.

Limited success with women although I lost my virginity at 14. I have cold approached but not this many in a short time period and nothing ever went anywhere.

Get to the mall with my older bro (we go our separate ways) & I start approaching. Initially my outwardly appearance and way of asking is more of asking permission for their phone number vs demanding (demanding is a bad word but still). I'm getting shot down HARD. I start thinking, "wtf. I am a good looking guy. These girls aint shit without makeup on. Why the fuck are all these beta looking skinny fucks with hot girls" I am starting to get kind of pissed off... NOT GOOD.

I then try to reframe my way of thinking to I AM THE PRIZE. This somewhat works but I notice my next handful of approaches I am coming off as too arrogant, douchey/butthurt. I then try a different approach -- a happy medium. So I try the upfront but friendly approach.

Girls are a little more receptive but kindly shooting me down, "Hey thanks. I have a boyfriend but that just made my day." or "No thanks but that was good!" Idk if this is good or bad but it doesn't sting as much as the previous responses, whatev...

1st girl's number I ask a girl going into a store, she seems slightly scared/taken back but receptive. I say, "You've never had someone ask for your number before?" (idk if this was a good thing to say or not) She offers her instagram and I decline, then her snapchat & again I decline and say I only do phone numbers. She gives me a phone number. I say nice meeting you, have a good night, shake her hand (like the crypt keeper lol idk if it was acceptable to hug or not...)

2nd girl's number I get she is a employee outside of a store. She is taken back, not as much as the 1st girl, she is a little more bubbly and smiley. She says, "hey just step to the side a little bit I don't want my coworkers/boss to know I'm giving my # out". So I get her number again I shake her hand, say nice meeting you JANE, have a good night.

All in all it wasn't totally unsuccessful. I got 2 numbers out of 20+ approaches, learned a lot, hopefully going to start doing this at least once a week. I feel there is a double edged sword to what I am doing though... I am just stroking these girl's already over inflated egos and getting nothing in return.

REVELATIONS, LESSONS LEARNED, AND ALREADY KNOWN IDEAS REINFORCED: There is nothing wrong with what I am doing. Don't take it personal. Girls are not as hot as they think they are. Hot body but ugly/stuckup personality. Girls don't know how to respond to someone approaching them but are more than willing to text and look at their phone instead of talking to someone right infront of their face. This is a #'s game -- just like cold approaching in my business.

Thanks for reading, hopefully someone here has some advice for someone new to doing this. I have known about trp for 2 years. 1st year I avoided it because it made me more depressed. 2nd year I used it not to get women but to improve my life and mindset. 3rd year I hope to use it to continue improving my life, mindset, and career but now add in consistently getting women and not just the occasional tinder thottie hookup.