Hey, guys. I'm in 18 year old guy, who in high school could get almost every girl in my high school that was younger than me by at least one year. Now that I'm in college, I have less friends, and therefore less connections to women. I do however go up to women I see at the gym in person and employ game tactics. Being ****y and funny, but most of the time getting straight to the point ("hey, I think you're really cute. Can I have your number?"). I gave up on using game tactics via social media a year ago. I'm just wondering is it normal for me to have lower success being younger? Or am I doing something wrong? I haven't asked as many girls as I like. I will with time, however.
You are an 18 year old college freshman about to end his first semester of college.
If you're approaching on the campus of a 4 year university, you're shiit in that ecosystem. You're also shiit in the general adult environment too. At 18, you're mostly going after other freshman women on campus. Freshman women are pursued by sophomores, juniors, seniors, and a few men who have graduated from college. It's a tough play for other freshman women.
Doing gym approaches at a campus gym isn't easy. It isn't easy for 28 year old men at a typical 24 Hour Fitness location. Consider other venues first. Extracurricular campus clubs are a better idea. Women in your classes are a better idea. Even random approaches outdoors on campus are a better idea.
I hear women in LA will tear you apart. To "get used to it" I'm trying my best with the circumstances at hand of me living in Phoenix AZ.
I wouldn't bother going to Los Angeles after college. It's not a good place anymore. Even Phoenix is declining. Phoenix used to be good as a cheaper California alternative. With rents and housing prices haven risen so much in Phoenix Metro, the costs are making it not worth it.
Are you at Arizona State University? Arizona State is an attractive woman university. The Tempe campus is much better than the other campuses.
You have to have a conversation first so she can assess you beyond your looks and determine if she is attracted to you. If you are really attractive, it will take less time and effort and the interaction won't need to go as smoothly, but the less attractive you are, the more you will have to make her tingle from your conversation with her. So learn how to banter and flirt with women and THEN ask for her number. Simple as that.
Yes. It takes at least a 5 minute conversation to set up a date that might be worthwhile. Anything between a 5-15 minute conversation is good for knowing if a date can happen. Bantering and flirting are crucial.
When cold approaching, I find most women actually respond better to direct approaches. This is because if you are indirect, they don't know what you want - there is a LOT of pressure there for a woman (who are smaller and more vulnerable). Is he going to ask me for money? Is he a meth-head? Is he a weirdo? Is he going to ask me to sell Amway? WHAT DOES HE WANT?!?! Sometimes a girl who might be interested may just be so nervous by the pressure of not knowing exactly why you are talking to her that she may come off as disinterested even if she isn't. When you put it right out on the table directly, you can see most of them breathe a sigh of relief and immediately feel comfortable.
In thinking about direct vs. indirect, I think direct is better. Some venues are acceptable for indirect. I think the indoor retail venues (grocery stores, malls) have a case for indirect because of plausible deniability if a woman complains to staffers/security. You have to have poor social skills for that to happen though. I have done indirect approaches in grocery stores where the woman could not process the interaction and gave off a cold vibe. There are some Millennial and Gen Z women that have poor social skills and don't know how to handle in-person approaching at non-bar settings. Direct approaching will eliminate confusion, even for the Millennial/Gen Z with poor social skills.
Outdoor approaching is better for direct.
You will never have more access to attractive, dateable women than when you are in college. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Try 28 year olds. They will get turned on by the fact that you're just 18 years old.
Interesting point-counterpoint. I tend to believe in
@Hal9000's point more. When you're 30 or 35, you won't have easy access to the 18-22 year old set, so enjoy them now!
There's a case for banging an older woman as an 18-22 year old. Think about the guys in that age range who do this. There are often in the 5-7 range. Guys in the low to mid 7's at ages 18-22 are getting 18-22 year olds. The 5-7 looks ranking, 18-22 year old guys who end up banging a 30 or 35 year old woman are missing an opportunity. They are better off going for a 19 year old, 5 or 6.