Mid week I bumped into two friends, a drinking buddy , Frank, and a bar man, Steve, that works in the I know Frank from.

They had been drinking for awhile before I had gotten there, and for some reason had "I love spice girls" written on their arms.

We had a couple of drinks and bounced venue. When we served at the new venue, we grab some drinks and find a booth. We luckily managed to get one at the back of the bar, overlooking the whole room and stairs leading upstairs and the toilets.

I quickly find out what the point of the writing was. They had lost a bet another barman and had to see who was the first to get someone to kiss it. Amateur hour, but I decide to join in. I quickly write it across my arm and try make a cash bet with them. Steve bites and the game is on.

First set is 2 girls and 2 guys, guy and girls sitting across from each other, with a space at the one end of the table. I approach from an angle that I'm standing at the head of their table. I nod at the guys, giving them a quick hi and lock eyes with girl on my left. This doesn't go well, as it turns out one of the guys may have been dating her, and was fairly annoyed.

I return to my table, receive some ribbing from Frank and Steve. This doesn't last long as I spot a 2 set approaching the bar, so I open them.

I go straight to asking for her to kiss my arm, and after a minute of banter she does and I win the bet.

Steve starts asking about what I said, so I give him a quick run down. I explain to him I will probably be chatting to everyone in the bar at some point, and if he wanted to join in, we can wing each other.

He agrees, I give him a quick rundown on:

  • why rejection doesn't matter
  • the importance of outcome independence
  • the concept of situational openers
  • not being the first to buy a drink
  • if he doesn't open, I always will

He seemed to get most of it, so I have a look at the bar. I spot a group, with a lovely blonde, a touch taller then me, skin tight white jumper with black short shorts on, standing with a fairly overweight guy.

I suggest them, and give him some potential openers and following ups. He doesn't, so I open them.

I come in at a slightly bad angle, and the guy ends up standing on my foot as I open them, I have an injury on that foot from a recent festival.

"Ouch man" grabbing both their arms as they turn towards me "You just stood on my foot!"

The girl laughs and the guy begins to apologies. The girl turns round fully and is now facing me, they guy is to my right.

"It's cool man, I've got a cut from when I feel last weekend.

Girl: "Oh, what did you do?"

"Haha, I was at a festival, has a river running through it, slipped when skinny dipping, I may have been a little pissed"

"Haha, were you at <festival name>?" Strong eye contact

"Yea, where you?" Place my hands on her hip, turning to the guy. "How about you, pal, where you?"

Girl "No, but I know a few people that did and they said it was good"

Guy "No, I didn't go either. What's you name?"

"Guys, you missed an amazing weekend, weather was amazing!"

Girls "You do have a really good tan" touching my arm, I notice she has a tongue pierced, I still have my left hand on her left hip.

"Aw thanks, how do you know each other?"

The girl begins to answer, but I interrupt her "do you have your tongue pierced?"

"Yes" she giggles and looks down and to her left.

"Let me see it, stick your tongue out"

She giggles, kinda hops on one leg and sticks her it out

"Haha, amazing, that's cool, touch your nose, let me see the bottom"

"I lost the ball earlier to day, almost swallowed it!" She says and sticks her tongue back out and tries to touch her nose.

"Can I touch it?"

She giggles, nods and leans towards me. I move the bar up and down and laugh "haha, that's cool, the only time I get to play around with a tongue piercing is when I'm kissing someone"

During this exchange, her guy pal had been trying to interrupt. Without breaking eye contact, I turn my body to him, and hold my hand out.

"My names Scottishredpill, what's your name?"

I break eye contact when he takes my hand, and give him a two handed handshake. He introduces the girl, Linda, and I give her the same handshake, but holding it a little longer and make strong eye contact, and a cheeky smile.

I find out how they know each other, and exit, getting a hug and an ass squeeze from Linda.

When I return to out booth, I find Frank and Steve talking to someone.

Frank "scottishredpill, this guy wants to join out booth"

"No, fuck off" I reply, with a big smile. I turn to the guy and slap his shoulder, he looks a little surprised. "Haha, I'm joking, well, kinda. I'm not giving my seat up, so there isn't really any space"

Guy "I have 3 girls with me"

"That's nice, but I'm still not giving my seat up" I point to a booth across the room. "There is one over there that is empty".

He laughs and leaves, taking the 3 girls with him, all looking a little surprised.

Steve is laughing, and quickly give him a run down of how things went with the set.

We spot a 2 set, and Steve agrees to open them. I give him some opener suggestions, suggest he approaches from the left side and that when he feels like he should buy them a drink, probably after 4-5 mins, exit and return. He listens to me and then leaves the booth.

He walks over, moves to their left to side and freezes. He seems to make a move to open them, then turns to the bar. 30 seconds pass, I'm sure he is about to bail and return when he seems to catch is never and opens them.

It looks like it is going well, the girls move early in the interaction to both face him better. After a few minutes, Steve starts to reach into his back pocket, slowly lifting his wallet out.

I get up from the booth and approach. As I do, I use my left hand to reach behind Steve, pushing his hand down, and turning to the girls

"Hi guys, how are you?"

"scottishredpill!" exclaims one of the girls, I have no idea who is

"Eeer, hello?"

"It's me, Jill, I had dark hair last time we seen each other"

"Ahhh," I finally realize who it is. "It's been too long" We hug, while we do so, I turn her round so her back is towards her and my friend.

We chat for a few minutes, catching up as I hadn't seen her for a few months. Out the corner of my eye, I spot a waitress from a bar I often have lunch at, but haven't seen to in awhile, and whose name I don't know"

"Jill, it was great seeing you" I say, giving her a hug "I'll catch up with you soon."

I turn to the bar maid "Hey pal! Isn't this a surprise!"

She stops, spots me and smiles "Hey, scottishredpill, it's been too long!" she says, stepping towards me.

I stop towards her and we hug. When we break, she keeps her hands on my hips, so I do the same, she doesn't break eye contact.

"How have you been?" I ask

"Good, I've missed you, it's good to see you!"

"Aw, aren't you a charmer, what are you doing here?"

"I live round the corner, just out for a few drinks"

"Well, isn't that handy"

Giggles "It's really good to see you"

We hug again and this time we kiss.

"Well, it is really good to see you"

She giggles, looks away and back "I've got to go to the toilet"

"Ok, I'll see you later"

We kiss again and she leaves.

I turn back to my friend, who is still chatting to the girl is opened, and I spot Jill, who is now talking to some guy. I return to out booth and resume drinking, Frank has vanished.

I look over at the booth the guy I told to get lost, I can see two of the girls, who are looking very bored. I am about to go open them when I see Linda walking across the room, probably on her way to the toilet.

I yell her name, and she looks over and smiles. I smile back, pat the seat next to me, and she actually skips over, smile getting bigger as she approaches. She hops onto the seat next to me, puts her legs over mine and snuggles into me. I put my hand under her chin, and kiss her.

After we kiss, I lean forward to talk into her ear "Come home with me"

She giggles "Maybe"

"Come home with me" I repeat, looking her in the eye

"Ok, but later, <pals name> will get upset, he would be annoyed if he seen this" she says, looking back at here she came from.

"Ok, go, meet me outside, down the street outside <bar name>"

"Ok", she says, smiling. We kiss and she leaves to the toilet.

Steve returns, and fills me in on how he got on. He fills me in on how he got on, while he did end up buy her a drink. We head outside for a smoke, I share some more theory with him while we open random set. Steve has work in the morning, so he leaves and I head back into the bar. Frank is at our booth, talking to two guys. Turns out they are brothers, and are here on holiday. I leave him to it and open the group I had earlier told to fuck off.

The guy of the group tries to give me shit about telling them to fuck off, but I quickly get him on my side and we all chat. I stick with them until just before the bar shuts, after which I leave and head to where I said I would meet Linda. She isn't there, but there is a 4 set of 2 girls and 2 guys sitting on a wall. I open them, and manage to k-close one of the girls after finding out she has hairy legs. After that look up and spot Linda watching, shaking her head so I get up and go meet her

She laughs "Your terrible, I seen that, and the girl in the bar"

I simply smile at her, take her hand and turn to walk down the street. She resists at first, I turn slightly raise an eyebrow and tug, she laughs and starts walking. I flag down a cab and we head to my place