Do pick up lines still work?

An old school topic mixed with some new school rhetoric.

Have you ever been in the predicament where you feel someone is checking you out, and from your peripheral vision you see him coming from a mile away, he is kind of cute so your heart is racing, impatient for him to make his way through the crowd and sweep you off of your feet in front of all your girlfriends with his rock star swagger, and Romeo like poetic terminology. He gently reaches for your hand, you feel the sensation pulsating from your wrist to your fingers, your head turns to catch the total full body view; you like what you see, and with your eyes fixated on his lips he utters something along the lines of “I lost my teddy bear, will you sleep with me?”, and just as he fumbles the ball, you start to question why some guys say what they say, or just have problems saying what they really want to say.

I do not have to remind the ladies that most guys are not naturally gifted with the smooth talking chromosome embedded in their genes, nor do the majority of men possess the Don Juan charm and charisma that others enjoy. Pick up lines provide a place for guys to hide behind their shyness, it allows them to break the ice of being uncomfortable when faced with the situation of looking directly into the eyes of a beautiful woman with a warm friendly smile, and maintaining their cool. Pick up lines are a guys gateway drug to either success, or rejection, but before you go soliciting your contraband to the next woman in sight, here is a guide.

The goal here is to embed a memorable impression which is key in a woman’s mind; that is the reason for using pick up lines in the first place, but face it; women get hit on all of the time, from school to church to the local grocery store the list can go on and on, but especially in a bar/club where the ratio tends to be more in favor of the woman than the man. Point being is that they have heard it all before, or at least something similar, so when thinking pick up line think short, catchy, and to the point. First, a rehearsed, but non scripted sounding line or two normally works best; women have a keen eye for B.S. as well as a line that sounds like it was being practiced while getting dressed. Secondly, to execute catchy, compliment her on her wardrobe, although simple most guys are so overwhelmed, or overconfident in themselves that they simply overlook this approach. Another alternative for catchy would be to reach for her waist or wrist and when I say reach I mean reach do not grab, keep in mind this is a judgment call, if you feel confident enough to make the move for the waist by all means go for it, if not I would advise seriously to stick with the hand (no need for you to piss her off, and have the scene turn into a Rhianna Chris Brown fiasco). Lastly, to get to the point you want to state what you want, not to passively, and not to aggressively, but somewhere in the middle and remember it is not always about saying the right thing; it is how you say it. A tip I use to remember this is by keeping your three C’s: Cool, Confidence, and your Composure no matter the situation, no matter the circumstance.

Taking all this into account next time you approach a beautiful lady back straight head up maintaining your cool, confidence, and compusure walk up to her and say, "See my friend over there? He wants to know if you think I'm cute."
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