Been lurking here a while and eventually made an account to post an FR on my first attempt at day game with strangers. I'm pretty social usually and have no trouble talking to people and attracting girls with whom I've been introduced, but have major AA when it comes to people I don't know. This field report focuses more on where I went wrong and the techniques I tried to practice.

I went to our club's pool alone yesterday and ended up being the only person other than a small family around a 35 x 20 meter pool. Swam a bit and then decided to get out and catch some rays. All of a sudden, a HB7 and HB5 exited the locker room (from across the pool) and caught my eye. Looked across at them and (think I made eye contact). Anyway, out of this massive empty pool area, they walked all the way around and settled down in the two loungers next to me.

Now, this should have been when I assumed attraction (and I did) and started my game up, but my AA interrupted. I didn't do anything, and lay there for a while tanning and eating my lunch.

They were talking quite loudly and eventually started discussing a university that quite a few of my friends attend. Without even thinking, I chimed in with my two cents about it and we had a little bit of a chat. What amazed me was how stupid AA is...99% of people don't mind chatting and the 1% who do are anomalies.

I then tried to create comfort/connection because we had grown up in close schools and new quite a few of the same people, but it turned into an interview of sorts. This may be somewhere I need to focus on: conversation when I'm not sure what to say.

Overall, I'm happy because I beat my inner beast and actually talked to them/started practicing. Of course, I should have tried the 3-second rule or started talking much, much earlier but I didn't have the balls to. I contemplated using it (3-second rule) later, and just blurting something out or interrupting them - but figured it would be kind of weird after sitting next to them for so long (about 20 minutes).

My main advice to a new sedditor would be to just go for it - honestly, people are a lot nicer than you think and if they're not, they probably have an issue. On top of that, practice makes perfect and sitting on your computer thinking about it is nothing to actually being out in the field.