The other night I was out with a few buddies and really wanted just to talk to random girls, but all my buddies were too anxious to approach.

I spotted 2 girls by the bar that looked like they were with a much bigger group, but also looked bored on their phones. I was a bit tipsy and asked one of my buds “if I go approach them will you join in?”. He agreed and I went up and said to them,

“Are you two good friends?” They responded “sort of” and I asked “ok would you punch each other in the face for $1000?” They immediately started laughing and it opened up a bit of conversation until they merged back with their group.

The next group of girls I tried the same intro with immediately were not into it, but it felt awesome to tackle approach anxiety with something ridiculous. Hopefully that will motivate my buddies to start talking to girls.

I just joined a rock climbing gym and there are LOADS of girls. I’d like to overcome this approach anxiety by just starting conversation with girls I find hot, but this time sober and with a more casual intro :)