Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:17 PM)JayJuanGee Wrote:
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What is unique about the video is it is real life. Not some actors staged, and it is coming from the womans side. We see it all the time from the guys side where they secretly record and we speculate on what the woman is thinking. This was coming from the other side which I haven't seen too much.
Actually, I agree with you that the video itself is pretty decent in terms of showing the facts of what actually happened, and we can likely have a certain amount of confidence that it was not selectively picked from the guy's perspective.....
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
It may in some ways still be biased as this girl has followers which she may be putting on a front to impress with some of her comments.
That's true too that the girl may have only chosen that video because of some bias that she has, but after watching the video, I am fairly confident that it is an accurate rendition of the underlying facts of what actually happened with the girl on the beach.. and that she did not appear to edit anything out.
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
But I think her initial feelings still show.
I suppose that could be a little bit important to know, yet we already know that some geographic areas are going to have girls that are more or less receptive to approaches, but it does not really change the fact that guys should still approach even when the chicks may have some kind of fantastical belief that it is strange.
We did not see her body, but that chick seems pretty attractive, so I am certain that she already understands that guys are going to be approaching her on a regular basis.
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
I just don't like that we in this world think its weird if a stranger talks to you. Kinda sad really.
We already know that some places are easier than others, and as guys we just need to figure out ways to improve our own strategies to deal with such conditions whether that is avoiding or engaging or some other variation that we believe will work for our own situation.
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
Thought the dude was cool and not too aggressive.
Sure, he seemed cool and not too aggressive, but also, as I already mentioned, he seemed to go straight to asking her out and causing the situation to be more awkward than necessary...
You know I am not exactly an expert, but it seems pretty obvious that he just handled that badly.. and there are a lot of approaches that would have been less awkward, and there is certainly no one way to handle the situation because every guy is going to have different ways of going back and forth.. but for example, he could have come back to get his bag, and then started out by saying something like...
"Thanks a lot for watching my bag... I realize that it is a bit strange that I left my bag with you, but I am traveling and I had to run into the store and I did not want to bring in my bag... blah blah blah.. I know it is strange. I was wondering if you knew about some places in this area that young people go out? [or] I notice that you have a book, are you a college student? [or] you know I am a little particular about coffee, and I was trying to find a store that has a decent selection of coffee, do you happen to know of any stores for that?
Anyhow, get her to respond a tiny bit to something (besides her name) before going straight into asking her out, no?
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
I don't think the approach was fantastic, I just think it was fine.
The only thing fine about it is that he actually did it rather than not doing it, but it was very weak in terms of what he said.
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
The backpack thing I think wasn't great, and I think he should have just went up and talk to her without an excuse to. But overall he said hello. Made a short amount of small talk and asked her out. It's pretty basic but thats all that is needed.
I don't think that leaving the backpack was any kind of problem as long as he kind of said something about it when he returned, and it was not a bad thing to allow him to see that she was willing to do it, which showed that she was not a total bitch.
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
He could have talked to her for another minute or two to make it ideal, but talking to her for 3-10 minutes I don't think would have changed the outcome.
I don't disagree that his approach could have worked with some girls... probably a very small minority.. and maybe more if he is especially hot looking - which maybe he is, since he has such high expectations (he may be spoiled by his good looks) that he can go straight into asking her out. In the end, it's not about the length of time that he spends talking, it is about dropping a bit of info about himself (including DHV) and gauging a tiny bit more about her in order that he can hook his insta-date or soon to be date into something that may be within what she is willing or able to do.
Quote: (07-25-2016 01:35 PM)smashley Wrote:
Lots of studies show a girl likes you or not in less than 3 minutes.
And 90'% of that like comes from body language and looks. Not so much the content of what you say. So get in and get out and play the numbers game. I think this guy will do fine with more approaches.
I think that I may be repeating myself, but the guy spent about 15 seconds before he asked her out, and I think that RVF guys attempt to improve game no matter how they look.. So, sure I agree that there is a lot based on looks, but if all we rely upon is looks, then we may as well give up on trying anything else, no?