So I had decided to start approaching girls in real life instead of using dating apps. I got lucky one time and met a really good girl on a dating app who was my gf for the last three years. After that we broke up.

Dating apps stopped working for me. So i decided I would start approaching. I took my a vacation to another European country and decided I am gonna approach there. There are three reasons for that.

  1. I am never gonna meet those people again. So I can just approach anyone.

  2. I live in a small tech city in my country. Most of the times I would see someone on the train or around my house and I would end up running into them in a tech company.

  3. Dutch women are rude and snotty. So I expected worse reactions and maybe it wasn't the best idea given I had only begun approaching.

Approaches(all during my vacation)

  1. Local woman

Me: Excuse me do you speak English? (Giving them an out in case they are not interested)

Her: no

  1. Local woman

Me: excuse me do you speak English

Her: no

  1. Tourist

At this point I was like I am not gonna do my usual routine. I am just gonna do a direct approach.

She was near the river feeding bread to pigeons. There was no one around us. First I wasnt gonna approach her but then I said ok let's just do it and get done with it.

Me: hi maybe this sounds weird..

Her: (smiles at me and tells me to wait. She was recording herself feeding the birds. Goes back to the bench to stop the recorder)

Her: smiles and says yes?

Me: maybe this sounds weird but I thought you looked cute and wanted to say hi.

Her: confused but still smiling says hi back to me.

Me: where are you from?

Her: I am Leah from Russia. And you?

Me: I am stenay and I live in the Netherlands but I immigrated from x country(as I don't look like the typical blonde Dutch guy).

Me: so what are your plans today?

Her: I want to visit a museum but he(sic) is closed till 9 am. What about you?

Me: I don't know. Today is my last day here maybe I will visit a church. But I just wanted to say hello( in my mind I was getting ready to leave because I didn't plan to get her number. For me it was enough to approach her)

Her: Oh where are you going?

Me: Netherlands.

Since she kept asking me questions I assumed interest. I remember roosh said if a girl asks you personal questions she is interested in you. So I decided to stay for a while

Her: for traveling?

Me: no I work there.

Her: ok. You want some bread to feed the birds ?

Me: no it's ok.

Her: (smiles and maybe a bit uncomfortable) I don't know what to say.

With her response I thought I was making her uncomfortable. So I told her I just wanted to say hi and tell her she was cute. I wished her a good day and left her alone.

Missed approaches

There were quite a few approaches I wanted to do but missed because I didnt react in time.

  1. Photographer girl

When I was walking towards my hotel I saw a girl standing in front of a statue taking pictures with her camera. I wanted to stop and say something to her but I felt like I would be bothering her. So I didn't approach.

  1. Smoker girl

Girl was smoking in the park and before I could make a move she left.

  1. Girl in museum

A girl was walking ahead of me and she was alone. I thought I would stop her and try to run a direct day game on her but she left.

General

  1. I think one of the biggest roadblock for me was the people around the girl. I felt really uncomfortable when there were others(public or crowd). So I only approached girls that were alone and those moments were few and far between.

  2. Another issue was I felt like I was disturbing girls and being creepy. The reason I didn't approach photographer girl was because I felt really guilty thinking about disturbing her and using weird lines at her while she is trying to take a photo. It feels weird and even creepy. How would you approach her?

  3. It's really hard to find a girl walking alone on the street. Either she is with her friends, boyfriend or her mom. Even when she is alone she is busy checking her phone or calling someone.

The above three points made it very hard for me to approach girls and as a result I could only approach three girls in five days.

All of your thoughts, suggestions and inputs are welcome.

Edit: thank you guys for your comments on my approaches. Please also consider commenting on the girls I didn't approach (photographer girl, smoker girl). I usually have trouble opening and bothering girls. I feel like a creep disturbing girls who are busy doing something.