author: "Magnus"
date: Fri, 23 Nov 2004 16:22 GMT
website: www.fastseduction.com
subject: Approaching and Opening method...Pickup artists approach either verbally, or nonverbally. Nearly every pickup artist, even those most experienced...
Pickup artists begin an interaction with women they don't know by approaching them. There are many different types of "approaches."
Approaches can be directed towards women who are in groups, or alone, and pickup artists can approach on their own or with their wingmen. Approaching can be "direct" (in communicating sexual interest), or "indirect." Approaching can also happen when a woman gives an "approach invitation" (abbreviated "AI"), a favorable body language signal, like eye contact or a smile. "Cold approaching" occurs when the "target" has not given such a notice to the pickup artist.
Pickup artists approach either verbally, or nonverbally. Nearly every pickup artist, even those most experienced, admits to feelings of "approach anxiety" when approaching women; this feeling is exacerbated the longer the approach is delayed. Initiating a conversation is called "opening," and whatever the pickup artist says while opening is called an "opener."
Openers can be "canned" (prepared in advance), or improvised. Members of the seduction community often practice approaching and opening repetitively; some have done thousands of approaches. Strauss describes a pickup artist who did 125 approaches in one day.
