I'm a shy introvert, not particularly good looking, not tall. The last few days I finally broke through my mental barrier and started approaching women frequently. Maybe close to 50 in 3 days. I usually avoid the very hot women but in this stretch I have not excluded them fully and have gone after some that I think are very beautiful. The vast majority of them said they were already taken. I've had a few who said " I had a boyfriend " and who were grateful for my compliments.A few were bad quick rejections. Some where the woman did respond but didn't seem like she wanted to continue making conversation (I.e. puts head phones back in, looks away, walks away, or only says thank you and doesn't make conversion). I did get very few contacts but no dates lined up and unlikely.

I'm trying to get better and find what works for me. There are some situations I find hard like when the woman and I are walking in opposite directions. On rare occasions I turn around and walk up to them. Or when a woman is with her friend or in a group (honestly haven't attempted in these situations)..Otherwise like in a busy mall I'll spot a woman and just catch up to her. In the street usually it's at intersections or I'll purposely walk near her in the same direction. I like to go early in the day when it's less busy. I'm keeping it simple with an "excuse me I thought you looked nice and wanted to say hi". If I can I will comment on specifics like their style or shoes or hat (obviously that's better but to force myself to quickly approach I may just be generic). Some convos go better than others, I can be smoothe or a wreck. I also like to hit them up with a line "I wanted to see if I could find out who you were". I kind of stole the line for my TikTok guy and I find it works as a cool line to get their name and maybe more voluntary info. I try to make sure that I'm smiling especially at the beginning. Conversation might flow for a moment. I work off what they give me. Their name, ethnicity, or I start trying to guess things about them. "You look like you do xyz"

Most of my approaches are happening in the street or at the mall. I tried a couple at the grocery store but it seems a bit worse there for some reason. I also visit the big park nearby but so far it's been tough for me.

Usually in the street and the mall I end up walking with them for a minute or two.

I do try to use a technique here and there if I can think of it in the moment, like qualifying the woman (ie. You actually seem nice, how do you feel about getting coffee sometime?). I haven't been able to work teasing in.

Just wondering if I could be doing something wrong, or something better that I could be doing that is easy to implement? My strength is being nice and I think people in general just like a nice compliment and a nice pleasant person. But when I go in with the compliment and I get their name and I ask what their story is (work, school), and since it's kind of a random cold approach while we're walking in the street or the mall the interaction ends up a little short.. So within a couple minutes of this initial approach I just say it something like "well anyway I thought you were pretty and was just wondering if you'd like to grab coffee some time?" (I want to work more qualifying in at this point. "you seem smart, I like that). Maybe need to understand how to lengthen the interaction (walk together longer without it feeling weird - she's on her way somewhere after all)

As I mentioned the vast majority say they are already in a relationship. At that point I just say I'm sorry Hope I didn't bug you and have a good day.

Maybe I'm being too nice, I don't know. Or maybe this is just how it is where cold approach rarely results in something. Though as a shy introvert it feels good to know I'm at least trying. Just thought I would share what I've been doing to see if there's anything glaring folks could mention for me to improve or other ideas. Thank you