BPH
Master Don Juan
Alright...New Year's Eve turned out to be more eventful than I was expecting, so let's talk about it. I'll try to structure this in more of a Do's and Don'ts format.
There are a few things I want to start with first since some of these points were brought up in my last FR and I think they deserve some context:
I matched with this girl on Tinder last Sunday. After a very short conversation on there, I ask for her number, to which she initially declines, saying she doesn't give out her number, but that I could have her Instagram. We move the conversation to DMs and I get a little more of her background; she's a 27-year-old plastic surgeon's assistant from the Dominican Republic visiting New York and Philadelphia for 2 weeks. When I first matched her she was still in New York on Passport Mode (long-distance Tinder feature) but would be getting into Philadelphia Monday and staying there with her friend until Wednesday night. At this point, I still don't have her number, so I ask for it again, to which she replies she doesn't give it out "yet". I say "Not even to guys you like who want to grab a drink with you?" to which she replies "It has to be a good drink."
NOW...very first Do and Don't right here.
DON'T get upset, start demanding, or otherwise shoot yourself in the foot because you're not immediately getting what you want.
DO remain unbothered and move the conversation forward.
I simply replied "It's the best drink" then asked when she would be free Tuesday night. She glossed over that and asked me if I was in the city halfway through NYE. I tell her I'm just finishing work and going to the gym, then restate my original question and ask when she's free later. She glosses over that AGAIN, replying that right now she's ice skating with the friend she's staying with and should be free in about 2 hours, telling me she wants to go to this place called Assembly Rooftop.
By now it's about 7 PM and I have to cut through the BS to decide whether or not to entertain this girl. I reply "So you want me to take you to Assembly Rooftop lounge, but you won't give me your number?" She responds by asking what I will do for NYE, I tell her I'm undecided, and she says that she's going home now and will be out in the city later after midnight and that I should let her know if I make it. She then promises that we can see each other later, before offering to change her plans and instead see me before midnight.
This is the first sign of life here - she's willing to change her plans to accommodate me. I tell her that I'm fine with coming later, but that it's almost an hour's drive for me to get there and that she's not interested enough to give me her number so we can set it up. She immediately responds with both her provisional phone number she has while visiting, along with her WhatsApp, so we move the conversation there.
DISCLAIMER: The following is ideally NOT how you should be texting girls you're interested in. These are the texts of an indecisive man trying to test the waters to gauge this girl's interest level and whether it justifies an hour-long drive each way without the possibility of staying overnight.
DON'T make a bunch of small talk over text while testing to see if she "shows enough interest" before meeting up in person.
DO assume interest, act decisively, and lead the interaction forward.
From around 8 PM all the way until 11 PM the conversation centers around planning out the night, and me trying to figure out if she can read between the lines and is open to sex; I'm trying to see if she's able to stay out late, whether her friend is going to cause any issues, finding when exactly she leaves tomorrow to consider whether we can go out another time, etc.
I'm still on the fence, but I don't think I'm going to make the trip, so I decide to head up to a local bar with a friend who lives nearby and have some drinks to watch the ball drop there. While there I'm still texting her, briefly describing the situation to my friend, so to come to a decision I text her this: "This is a little forward but since you're leaving tomorrow and staying about an hour away with your friend...are you interested in me or are you mostly looking to be taken out?"
Her response: "If I were interested in just going out, I'd go out with my friends." I liked that answer. I liked it enough that I told her I'd come pick her up after I watched the ball drop, and would give her a call to let her know when I was close.
I make the drive and pick her up before heading over to a bar in Fishtown. She looks good. She speaks fluent English without much of an accent, but there is an occasional barrier with certain words, and if I talk too fast. She's not making too much eye contact, she's on her phone a lot updating her friends, and the responsibility is on me to keep the conversation going most of the time. I'm thinking to myself "f***, I just wasted a bunch of time driving for nothing, didn't I?"
We park and walk to the bar, it's surprisingly packed, and I get us drinks. Funny thing is, while I'm waiting for the bartender I'm actually texting the other girl from FR - 97 to see what she's up to since I didn't expect to be in the neighborhood tonight - she basically responds to my self-invite by telling me that if I want to see her I can take her on an actual date and that she isn't some booty call. Cool, so now I'm invested in seeing how tonight goes with the girl I drove here for.
I see her on her phone while I'm waiting for drinks and text her "hey, you know...you're pretty cute in this light". She laughs and responds "you're not too bad yourself" - don't worry, I'm establishing this for some context later.
There are a few things I want to start with first since some of these points were brought up in my last FR and I think they deserve some context:
- These FRs are meant to be educational, not braggadocious. The purpose of these is to describe the thought process behind my actions, and how that kept the interaction going in the desired direction. There are certainly those who will read this with the goal of disproving the things I say and accusing me of fabricating these stories - believe what you want to believe, I have nothing to gain either way. My goal is to merely educate younger guys who may be struggling and have open minds. I do NOT think I'm perfect or did everything right here, but I did do ENOUGH right.
- I strongly believe people should take advice from those who have achieved their desired result, and not simply from anybody who cares to weigh in. My desired result is to sleep with multiple attractive women because I enjoy sex and the novelty of a new woman. If your desired result is to find a traditional woman for a long-term relationship to get married, this post will probably not be as useful to you.
- To clarify the title, "98" refers to the 98th, and most recent woman I've slept with.
- Because I enjoy being promiscuous, I am often willing to spend a little more time and attention on a potential new woman when compared to one I've already been sleeping with. Some people will read this and wonder why I went through this effort if I could just drive 30 minutes and bang a FWB without needing to buy drinks or spend all night with her. Everybody has their preferences, and to me, this extra effort is easy to justify from time to time.
- Your results will vary. I am a 6ft tall, 215lbs, attractive, muscular white guy. I also drive a Toyota Prius, make less than $40,000 per year, and live with my parents. You may be better off in some areas, and worse off in others. This post is not about overcoming insurmountable odds and coming away with the lay - it is about trying to teach others how to recognize, react, and capitalize on the cards you're dealt.
I matched with this girl on Tinder last Sunday. After a very short conversation on there, I ask for her number, to which she initially declines, saying she doesn't give out her number, but that I could have her Instagram. We move the conversation to DMs and I get a little more of her background; she's a 27-year-old plastic surgeon's assistant from the Dominican Republic visiting New York and Philadelphia for 2 weeks. When I first matched her she was still in New York on Passport Mode (long-distance Tinder feature) but would be getting into Philadelphia Monday and staying there with her friend until Wednesday night. At this point, I still don't have her number, so I ask for it again, to which she replies she doesn't give it out "yet". I say "Not even to guys you like who want to grab a drink with you?" to which she replies "It has to be a good drink."
NOW...very first Do and Don't right here.
DON'T get upset, start demanding, or otherwise shoot yourself in the foot because you're not immediately getting what you want.
DO remain unbothered and move the conversation forward.
I simply replied "It's the best drink" then asked when she would be free Tuesday night. She glossed over that and asked me if I was in the city halfway through NYE. I tell her I'm just finishing work and going to the gym, then restate my original question and ask when she's free later. She glosses over that AGAIN, replying that right now she's ice skating with the friend she's staying with and should be free in about 2 hours, telling me she wants to go to this place called Assembly Rooftop.
By now it's about 7 PM and I have to cut through the BS to decide whether or not to entertain this girl. I reply "So you want me to take you to Assembly Rooftop lounge, but you won't give me your number?" She responds by asking what I will do for NYE, I tell her I'm undecided, and she says that she's going home now and will be out in the city later after midnight and that I should let her know if I make it. She then promises that we can see each other later, before offering to change her plans and instead see me before midnight.
This is the first sign of life here - she's willing to change her plans to accommodate me. I tell her that I'm fine with coming later, but that it's almost an hour's drive for me to get there and that she's not interested enough to give me her number so we can set it up. She immediately responds with both her provisional phone number she has while visiting, along with her WhatsApp, so we move the conversation there.
DISCLAIMER: The following is ideally NOT how you should be texting girls you're interested in. These are the texts of an indecisive man trying to test the waters to gauge this girl's interest level and whether it justifies an hour-long drive each way without the possibility of staying overnight.
DON'T make a bunch of small talk over text while testing to see if she "shows enough interest" before meeting up in person.
DO assume interest, act decisively, and lead the interaction forward.
From around 8 PM all the way until 11 PM the conversation centers around planning out the night, and me trying to figure out if she can read between the lines and is open to sex; I'm trying to see if she's able to stay out late, whether her friend is going to cause any issues, finding when exactly she leaves tomorrow to consider whether we can go out another time, etc.
I'm still on the fence, but I don't think I'm going to make the trip, so I decide to head up to a local bar with a friend who lives nearby and have some drinks to watch the ball drop there. While there I'm still texting her, briefly describing the situation to my friend, so to come to a decision I text her this: "This is a little forward but since you're leaving tomorrow and staying about an hour away with your friend...are you interested in me or are you mostly looking to be taken out?"
Her response: "If I were interested in just going out, I'd go out with my friends." I liked that answer. I liked it enough that I told her I'd come pick her up after I watched the ball drop, and would give her a call to let her know when I was close.
I make the drive and pick her up before heading over to a bar in Fishtown. She looks good. She speaks fluent English without much of an accent, but there is an occasional barrier with certain words, and if I talk too fast. She's not making too much eye contact, she's on her phone a lot updating her friends, and the responsibility is on me to keep the conversation going most of the time. I'm thinking to myself "f***, I just wasted a bunch of time driving for nothing, didn't I?"
We park and walk to the bar, it's surprisingly packed, and I get us drinks. Funny thing is, while I'm waiting for the bartender I'm actually texting the other girl from FR - 97 to see what she's up to since I didn't expect to be in the neighborhood tonight - she basically responds to my self-invite by telling me that if I want to see her I can take her on an actual date and that she isn't some booty call. Cool, so now I'm invested in seeing how tonight goes with the girl I drove here for.
I see her on her phone while I'm waiting for drinks and text her "hey, you know...you're pretty cute in this light". She laughs and responds "you're not too bad yourself" - don't worry, I'm establishing this for some context later.