Woke up Saturday morning hung over from Friday night. Fuck it, its St. Patties day, I showered, got ready and left to meet up with friends in front of the parade.

Approach#1: On the way there I spot a HB7 walking in the same direction as me. I don't remember the opener really (does it really matter?). She's Austrian studying in Ireland. Cool. We walk for 10-15 minutes (very basic kino, handshake, arms touching as we walk, a high five here and there) and eventually reach the meeting area for my friends. I say goodbye (without asking for her #, I don't know wtf is wrong with me sometimes..) and she tells me that she really hopes to see me later on today (basically begging me to ask for her number and I didn't go for it). I have no idea how/why I didn't close that. I'm still kinda pissed, this is becoming a shitty habit of mine.

Approach#2: We meet at the pub, lots of people I know. I introduce myself to as many people as I can. I joke around with people who I know but are not close friends with and generally have a great time. I opened and talked to two girls HB6.5 and HB7.5. I was joking with them, flirty arguing, and I kinoed them quite well. I wanted a shot so I asked the HB7.5 to recommend one, she did, it was horrible. I teased her so hard for that. My friend comes and pulls me away, telling me HB7.5 has a BF, I know her BF, cool guy so I ejected politely.

Approach#3: HB8 at the bar from Australia, I open her, talked to her for 5 minutes, start kinoing her, she's pretty receptive, her friend came and pulled me away telling me she has a BF. Cool. Next.

Approach #4: Went with a few friends to grab food. We sit down, order and choose to eat outside. I order a drink, waitress (HB7) teases me for it, I tease her back, shes giving me major IOIs, huge smile when she's talking to me, no smiles when talking to friends. I go inside to ask for some water, HB7 starts teasing me about how I'm cheating by drinking water on St.Patties. I tease her back about how her service is slow (big troll face). Bill came, she gave us mints with it, I tell her I want more mints, she runs inside and gets me a huge handful. Now a sane guy would totally try to #close here, but no, callmedood is an idiot who doesn't close yet again.

Approach #5: As we were eating, my friends spot 5 girls (3xHB8, 1 HB9, 1 HB6) trying to take pictures of themselves in the street, he challenged me to go talk to them (I love this btw, when someone challenges me to talk to girls, ALL my AA disappears instantaneously, I don't know why). I go up to them and tell them that I'll take their pic. HB6 responds by shouting NO, WE DON'T KNOW YOU. I look her in the eyes and tell her she's being rude, then introduce myself with a troll smile right after. At this point HB8 jumps on my back and asks me to carry her, HB9 and 8 are both at my sides grabbing my arms. I don't know wtf is going on, basically it was sensory overload for a guy who started approaching woman 2-3 months ago, and is very inexperienced with woman. HB9 starts giving me kisses while 8 is on my side, 8 is on my back, and I'm talking to 6. HB6 starts taking pictures of us together with her camera. They eventually get bored, HB8 + 9 give me hugs and kisses on the cheek. I really should have tried to close 8 or 9, but again, I didn't. This is getting irritating, why the fuck am I not closing.

Approach #6: Went to a house party, I know 1/2 the people there. I try to introduce myself to the other half, but mostly everyone is wasted. I approach 2 HB8s, we talk for a bit, one of them leaves us alone. HB8 tells me that she's studying psychology because she likes reading people. So naturally, I ask her to read me, she says I'm a nice guy, then we talk a bit and she walks away, obviously not interested. That's cool. Next.

Approach #7: See a girl [HB9] I danced with and kinoed a lot at a club (never k-closed her) sitting at the couch. I plop right next to her, she says high with a smile. We start talking about Ireland and dating and people in university etc. etc. At this point I have no clue what to do with this girl, should I try to kino her more and see her reaction? Should we keep talking? Should I go for a kiss, face is really close to hers, but she rejected my K-close in the club weeks ago. So again, I end up not doing anything..story of my life.

Approach #8: Friends said that they wanted to bounce somewhere else, we grabbed a cab, and they decided they wanted to go home. Fuck it it's only 12:30, the night is still young. So I got off with first friend, he went home. I walked around for 5 minutes , found a huge bar/club. Walked in. Talked to the first people I saw to get pumped up again. Talked to 2 German guys, then a cute redhead. Tried to Kino her but her husband came and pulled me away (didn't know she was married). Cool, I opened him up and we talked for 5 minutes before I ejected. Awesome couple!

Approach #9: Walk near the VIP area, party going on upstairs. Talk to the bouncer for 5 minutes, then I simply ask him if I can go up to the area. He says sure and lets me in (I don't know why he did that, awesome guy though!). I continue to open everyone up there. There was about 23-28 people there, a bunch of cute girls. Talked with the guys and girls, they were 15 family members and a bunch of friends from Belfast. Fucking awesome friendly people. Kept on buying me drinks for a good hour (I tried to refuse many times, but they wouldn't take no for an answer). I hit on 3 HB8s, 2 of them are married (at 23 married, I was thinking WTF), and the other had her 2 brothers there. The two jokers told me to go for it, only to discover that her boyfriend is sitting next to me. She informs me of this and I go back and joke around with the two brothers. I try to eject at this point, but one of the HB8s won't let me. She grabs me and pulls me back into the area. I hang out with her a bit more (her husband doesn't seem to mind..). She tells me to add her on FB so that I can party with them again when they're in town. Awesome, the more people I know the better!

Approach #10: I start walking home and walk by a bar I've never been in. Fuck it I had to pee, so I walked in and peed. Walked out of the toilet, found two girls HB6 + HB7 at the bar. I walk up to them and tell them "Hi, I'm callmedood." It works, we chat for 10 minutes before HB6 gets what I'm trying to do and leaves us. Now again, I do not close. Why do you ask? I have no fucking clue. Girl gets bored, says bye, gives me a peck on the lips and leaves.

Approach #11: Leave that bar, keep walking home (its a ~5km walk). I need to pee again, walk into a random pub (Dublin has a shit-ton of these btw). I pee, as I'm walking out, a HB8 bumps into me. She turns around, apologizes, gives me a kiss on the forehead (yah, WTF moment again..). We dance for 4-5 minutes but at this point it was 2:45AM and I've been partying/drinking/failing to close since 10AM and I'm just too damn exhausted. So I give her a hug, say bye and walk home.

Lessons:

  • I need to go out alone more, one of the best nights of my life, and was only able to experience it because I was out alone, and not held back by friends.

  • I have become ok at approaching, that is no longer a stumbling block, but I suck ass at closing. I need to improve that.

  • Approaching has changed my life, and if you're a noob reading this (I'm a big noob as well, as you can probably tell by my lack of closure) the best advice anyone can tell you is APPROACH APPROACH APPROACH APPROACH APPROACH.

Anyways, I'd appreciate it if someone gave me advice/reading material or anything really to help me with my stumbling blocks. Also I want people to be ruthlessly blunt with me about my mistakes. I learn best from making mistakes then analyzing them later, which you guys can help me out with.