It's not what you think. I don't sarge the women I work with because personally I believe that work is work and it should remain separate from one's personal life. But, I do have a unique position. I manage a conference facility that, several times a month, plays host to parties, social mixers and wedding receptions. Last night I was working a wedding reception, greeting guests at the door and of course paying attention to every woman that walked in.

Lots of HB6 and 7's as always but several solid HB8's. One of the 8's was buried in the middle of a group of guys. She was tall and blond with long, perfect legs and a very short skirt. As they entered I said my typical "hellos" to the guys but when the HB walked past I locked eyes with her, said hello and gave her a smile. Her eye contact held as she smiled and went past, looking over her shoulder for a second before entering the reception hall.

I thought that was a decent IOI but I wanted more. After dinner I was walking the room making sure my employees were actually working when I walked past her table. Still in the middle of her guys it would have been inappropriate to sit down with them and start running game so, once again, I made sure to lock eyes and say hello. Again she smiled, said "hi" and stared me all the way past the table. IOI, again.

It wasn't until later on in the evening that I had time to stop working and just hang out in the hall. Within a few minutes she came off the dance floor, definitely a little drunk, and started talking to me. She made a little small talk then started kino'ing me, touching my arm and standing with her shoulder directly against mine. IOI number three, it was on.

I turned to look at her directly.

Skins: Are you having a good time?

HB: I'm so bored, I only know one person at this thing.

Skins: One person? You don't know the bride and groom? Why did we let you in? (She ignored my qualifier and kept going)

HB: No I just met them tonight. My friend asked me to come but it's not like a date. I knew him in high school but haven't seen him for a few years and he just called and asked if I wanted to go to a wedding.

I was encouraged by the fact that she was making a point to tell me she wasn't with a "date" and after a little more small talk I was just about to run the "Beauty is common" routine when the guys she was with shouted something to her from the dance floor. One of them even walked out to pull her back to the party. As she was leaving she told me, "If you need a beer, come see me."

Damn! AMOGed! Normally I would have taken the challenge and buried the guy but once again, work is work.

I never got to talk to her again because a short time later one of the other guys, who was insanely drunk, started making an ass of himself and causing a commotion so the entire group walked outside to calm things down, taking her along, and never came back in.

Any advice? How might I have handled things differently? I felt like I could have number closed her quickly but I hesitated and ended up making small talk when I could have been running game.

Thanks and enjoy.

Cheers.