Guys, branch swinging, and the low-effort shot
This morning I chatted up a girl in a coffeeshop whose order was screwed up. Don't remember everything I said but I told her that it sucks to be at the stage of your career when you're getting other people coffee. It was a cold read but a true one. We chatted for a bit and I told her to give me her number and we'll get together sometime. She said she had a boyfriend, I said that's okay, and she laughed and still said no.
A completely normal interaction, but I thought about it because I've been seeing Bike Girl but I still want to keep my skills somewhat sharp. Approach and escalation skills can deteriorate fast.
It's also good to take the random shots that show up in your life because you never know when one might succeed. Around the time I started writing about the Red Pill I was closing out a relationship with a girl who I started seeing when she was 19. That was a low-effort shot and I happened to snare a "yes girl" who was looking for something exciting in her life. She was (and likely still is) the somewhat rare girl who is considerably hotter nude than clothed; clothed I judge her a center-of-the-road 7, and nude I judge her a high 8 (if she learns how to dress better she will get more and high-quality male attention).
We saw each other for about a year and a half. Like some other girls she required very little "game." Well, apart from status, style, frame, posture... all the pre-reqs. Point is, it's always a good idea to take the low effort shots when they appear. Sometimes the girls are ready for something new in their life. This morning's girl wasn't, but if I'd met her at another point she might've been.
I'm seeing Bike Girl, but just as girls "branch swing" into new relationships, it's useful for guys to test their place in the sexual marketplace too. Not necessarily for a better offer, not automatically, but to see who is reacting and how they're reacting (it's possible to "friend zone" chicks in order to keep them on deck, but most guys lack the game and lifestyle to make this a reality). Girls can sense a guy with options and when you take the easy shot you make sure, first of all to yourself, that you have options.