Don'tWannabeAWannabe
Don Juan
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Does anyone approach and proceed with canned material? Or do they go direct and improv from there on out?
Back when I was sarging frequently with a friend over the summer, I would always go in with canned openers, and while it's great for getting a reaction and getting a conversation going, it's really hard to transition, especially with sets of more than 1.
When I was 1-on-1 with a girl, I'd go in with a canned-approach, add in only a little leeway for improv but mostly transition to pre-canned threads.
But it's so much harder with a wing or 2+ sets, because each participant can wrest control of the conversation and lead it in a direction completely away from your planned threads. When you try to pull it back in your own direction, that just makes it awkward and makes you look try-hard.
Plus, another reason why I improv badly is because I've been always been the "bookish," type. My idea of humor and wit was always a little more, I dunno, "cerebral" than most girls (not to brag.)
For example, back in July a friend and I instant-dated a 2-set he approached earlier in the night. He joked "Wow, I'm so hungry, I can eat an orphan."
The girls were cracking up like, "Haha Oh my gawd! I can't believe you just said that."
I replied, "Hey, don't hate. Jonathan Swift had a few good ideas."
The girls, and my wing included, were like "Huh, what are you talking about?" And I ended up having to explain A Modest Proposal, which was a fail on my part; I was trying to be witty and funny, but a joke's not funny if you have to explain it.
Any suggestions?
Back when I was sarging frequently with a friend over the summer, I would always go in with canned openers, and while it's great for getting a reaction and getting a conversation going, it's really hard to transition, especially with sets of more than 1.
When I was 1-on-1 with a girl, I'd go in with a canned-approach, add in only a little leeway for improv but mostly transition to pre-canned threads.
But it's so much harder with a wing or 2+ sets, because each participant can wrest control of the conversation and lead it in a direction completely away from your planned threads. When you try to pull it back in your own direction, that just makes it awkward and makes you look try-hard.
Plus, another reason why I improv badly is because I've been always been the "bookish," type. My idea of humor and wit was always a little more, I dunno, "cerebral" than most girls (not to brag.)
For example, back in July a friend and I instant-dated a 2-set he approached earlier in the night. He joked "Wow, I'm so hungry, I can eat an orphan."
The girls were cracking up like, "Haha Oh my gawd! I can't believe you just said that."
I replied, "Hey, don't hate. Jonathan Swift had a few good ideas."
The girls, and my wing included, were like "Huh, what are you talking about?" And I ended up having to explain A Modest Proposal, which was a fail on my part; I was trying to be witty and funny, but a joke's not funny if you have to explain it.
Any suggestions?