I saw a girl in a club leaning up against the wall with a slight frown on her face. She was by herself so with no group to introduce myself to or engage, I walked up to her and stopped about two feet away, looked at her over my shoulder and with a slight smile on my face said “Wow, don’t enjoy yourself too much there.”
That was all it took to put a smile on her face and start a conversation with this good-looking brunette. There was nothing sophisticated said, no special line, just a general observation.
You have probably heard that 90% of communication is non verbal, and approximately only 10% is verbal. So with the right body language and tone you can strike up a relationship with a stranger using almost any line of dialogue.
By walking up in a non-confrontational way, not directly approaching her and speaking slowly with a deep voice, smiling and keeping eye contact I come across as a confident, man to be valued, rather than dismissed.
If this sounds a long way from your method for approaching a girl, don’t worry, these key traits are can be developed with a bit of practice.
There are three common types of opening lines:
- Indirect
- Direct
- Situational
An indirect opener can be anything that isn’t blatantly displaying interest. For example, “do you have the time?” However, you generally want to ask questions that people can expand on and not give you a quick yes or no answer.
For example:
“Hey, (pause) quick question. Should I keep growing my hair or should I cut it?
Alright well, most guys say chop it off, but most girls think I should keep growing it. I personally think guys have bad taste, I don’t know about you.”
Then I will transition into something else, once they start talking I can turn the conversation to them because “I noticed something really neat about one of them”.
A direct opener would be something like:
“Hi, I have to get going in a second but you have a fantastic energy about you, I just had to come tell you. Here, jot down your number and if I find some time later I’ll try and shoot you a message.”
Notice what I did there, “I have to get going” - conveying I’m a busy man and have things to do. Secondly, I’m complimenting her on something other than her looks. Lastly “if I find some time later I’ll try and shoot you a message”. A message is less threatening than a phone call in a woman’s eyes, and if you do not want to go for a number try an email/facebook contact which most people will give without hesitation.
Remember, when it comes to direct approaching it’s all about smiling, tone of voice, body language and confidence. If you can display a certain amount of confidence while you approach your success rate will rapidly multiply.
Lastly are situational openers, probably my favourite and most used out of the three. Situational openers are picking something out that is going on around you and making a comment about it.
Example, “did you see the guy outside with the pink suit and the 2 foot high Mohawk? He tried to cut the line; the bouncer used his hair as a handle and launched him onto the curb. Guess he wasn’t feelin the pink suit.”
Some people worry that their pre-determined opener will get noticed, and maybe it will; however, if you use a situational opener and discuss what’s going on at the venue then you will have no problem with that.
In a nutshell you want to:
- Be aware of your non verbal communication
- Have a few lines prepared just in case nothing interesting is going on at the time
- Relax and realize that opening is one of the easiest parts of pick up
- Go out and open as many groups of people you can - be social
All it takes is practice, so the more you’re out in the field the more successful you will become.
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