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[–]Looksmax1238 points 5 years ago [recovered] | Copy Link
I'm only interested in cold approach because I get literally 0 matches on apps.
[–]quinnmcd 6 points7 points8 points 5 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link
2) Don't judge your journey to someone else there many factors that affect how all of us meet women successful.
3) The reason why cold approach is better (imo) it because of the things dating apps can't offer. women can't feel your energy through apps, it's hard to display your conference and swagger through apps. You can't build physical attraction through apps. Good pictures don't matter if you can't keep women interested or make a good impression when you're face to face. Girls on apps will string you along for attention and waste your time. Dating apps have as low conversation rates as cold approach if not lower.
With dating apps, anyone can control the perception of themselves and make seems like are almost model-like. It gives a false reality of our dating pools. It promotes a scarcity mindset when you get no matches or tell you "there are no more singles in your area." Dating sites are about making money not helping you get dates. Dating apps tend to have low-quality women with low commitment.
Dating apps and cold approach are meant to be combined with each other. Dating apps should be a supplement to a healthy dating life you create but going out to clubs/bar, meeting people through school/events/your social circle, and the other variations of way to meet women in real life.
[–]hob814 3 points4 points5 points 5 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
Cold approach is always better that's because the amount of options is greatly different for the girl your approaching. And of course other reasons as well but that is one of the top reasons. Second you have cold approached 50 times over the last few months and no date, i believe it is time to see what are you doing wrong. This can be done by you only, for example you might be approaching most of them from the back or you maybe not escalating correctly.
You did have 50 cold approach over the last few months now i would assume 2 months(although i do believe it is more) . That is 25 approach a month so you are approaching 1 girl a day for 25 days having 5 days break. My suggestion is simple:
Go out for 4 hours a day, approach 1 girl at least every hour. That would get you 4 girls a day within 25 days you already doubled your approachs from previous months. Why is that important? Well "seduction" needs experience as well, it is like anything else in life a skill that needs practice to develop. Now for you to be good at a skill you need 20 hours of serious focus on it the 100 approach would set you well.
Most importantly have fun, you need to experience the best way is to try stuff and in a way have fun trying them. Enjoy the approaching and talking to someone new more than getting that number. Finally talk to everyone, if it is cold approaching or texting they both are communicating skills you need ti develop that, so talk to everyone make more friends widen your circle, talk to them if they were men or women, if you like her look or you dont. No one said you have to go out with her if you two talked yoh can have one more connection in your life.
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[–]DesperateForDD 1 point2 points3 points 5 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
You need to get comfortable enough talking to strangers that you are relaxed and expressing yourself the same way you would with a friend.
It's like you're clogged and need to be unclogged (uncensored). I think you become "unclogged" by doing a couple of back to back cold approaches
[–]Sudden_Row7058 5 years ago [recovered] (1 child) | Copy Link
I am a bit of numbers junkie so you mind sharing stats? Like out of how many approaches you get a date
[–]Thest0rm_99 1 point2 points3 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You have two options. You can either put the time, money and energy into developing your pic game (better phone, practice angles, nice clothes, enlist a friend or pro photographer). Or you could compensate by cold approaching and practicing IRL. I recommend option 2, because even with good pic game and text game, if you cant get her into bed once you actually meet, the tindering and the bumbling is essentially time wasted. Learn to get women attracted to YOU before you try selling them on an idealized version of you that they will need to adjust to when you meet them.
[–]weirdcanadiandude 1 point2 points3 points 5 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I prefer cold approaches because I find the girl is more invested once you have talked in person. OLD has more matches, but also a much bigger time commitment to talk to them and setup a date, which a lot of times ends up with a flake.
That being said, if you have done 50 approaches with zero date, you need to reconsider your strategy. Maybe change the way you approach, or change the environment or experiment with your clothes / hairstyles / etc.
[–]CenaSmackDown -1 points0 points1 point 5 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
Yea I haven't cold approached much cuz of covid-19, but before then it didn't work that well either. I'm getting kind of old for this shit. Dates and no sex though is failure.
[–]Sudden_Row7058 5 years ago [recovered] (2 children) | Copy Link
Why you gotta drag this pessimism here
[–]CenaSmackDown 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
So u want someone to sit around and tell you it's easy to fuck supermodels all day? No one would even get married if that was the case
[–]MasterTeacher123 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You use both, however I get better girls in real life approaches than apps even Though my current GF is great who I met on hinge
[–]Twobithatter 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
If you’ve approached 50 girls and have hd no success then it might be you. You’re the common factor in those 50 approaches. I’ve met girls off apps who were not worth the intial chase. Most of them were girls I could have number closed easy on a cold approach.
[–]Popthecoin 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Well dating apps you cover longer distance than vs cold approach. But why not have both. Because cold approach depends on your mood.
[–]Sup3rHD 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Dating apps are full of trash woman that want only attention. They will give you the number but when u ask for a a drink etc they say no. Beautiful girls dont need dating app. What do u mean with cold approach? If u go out with the intention of talk to girl, you will fail. Just do ur things and if a girl look at you for 2-3 seconds, then u can go to her and say: Hey my name is .... , Yours? Talk for about 10 20 seconds and then ask for number etc. Text her after few hours, not a day etc. If she is interested she will text you back.
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