I stumbled onto this forum a few weeks ago and have been spending a lot of time trying to learn the techniques that have been posted here.

Just some background on myself, I'm just coming out of a long term relationship that has been a bit of a nightmare and want to become better at being single (I always get oneitus and stick it out way too long in bad relationships). I want to develop a strong social circle and become more outgoing in order to do this.

I've went out and sarged solo a few times now and I want to start documenting my experiences and hopefully get feedback from some of you.

So tonight went as follows:

Set 1 - HB9 (Bartender)

I met this bartender a couple weeks ago and wanted to get some social proof in the bar that I was going into. We chatted a bit about her dog tag with her daughters initials on it. My real target however, was HB9 sitting near the bar.

HB9 moved her way toward me and opened me. I immediately started kino (shoulder touch) and introduced myself. I end up with my arm around her.

We started chatting about her she was a psychologist and she started qualifying herself to me basically. She asked me to buy her a drink and I told her I would only buy her a drink if she gave me a kiss on the cheek. She complied. Que one shot of tequila (Joke about tequila makes her clothes fall off).

I asked her if she was psychoanalyzing me since she was a psychologist. She said I was shy and I challenged with getting her to explain it to me and found myself qualifying myself to her. Not sure if this was the smartest move here. We started talking about body language.

She introduced me to her friends who were all into their cell phones. Her friend HB6 had a mega bitch shield and I really struggled with how to engage her. She said she would give me a kiss on the lips if I bought her friend a drink to which I said no. She had a friend that came up that used to know her from high school came up (AMOG) and I didn't do a good job at addressing him at all. I dismissed myself to go have a cigarette and she told me to meet her in another bar. Ejected from set.

Set 2 HB6

I met this girl a couple weeks ago at another bar. I reintroduced myself here and we started talking about some kids that were playing these games in the bar with a punching bag. We talked about her shirt and how it would come undone if she went up and punched it. I didn't do a great job here of capitalizing on the obvious sexual comments that should have been made.

Wanted to go to another bar so I ejected.

Set 3 2 HB7s

I was outside smoking and saw these two sitting down and smoking outside of the next bar they were going to go into. I found that they were really into chatting to each other and I had a hard time interjecting myself into the conversation. I was able to get a few interesting stories in which were able to DHV for myself but they were both married and I wasn't really vibing with them well. I finished my cigarette and ejected.

After this, I really felt myself not in a good state and decided to leave for the night.

Overall I think I had some good successes and opportunities:

Successes:

Opened and had some good conversations with a few people tonight. I really felt the most successful interaction was with the HB9 I spoke to at the beginning of the night.

-Had great kino with her.
-Had her qualifying herself to me.
-Got a kiss on the cheek

Opportunities:

-Was not consistent across the rest of my sets.
-Did not open as many people as I would have liked to.
-Had a really hard time vibing with people tonight.
-Could not overcome HB6 (friend of HB9) bitchshield which I think really hurt my chances with HB9.
-Did not have a clue what to do with AMOG.

Action Plan:

-I would love to have a wingman to go out with, but I spent a couple years out of the country and really lost track of all my friends. My last girlfriend was really overcontrolling and I didn't make an effort to establish new friendships. Find a wingman.
-Find solid reading materials aside from this awesome forum to further enhance my routine arsenal and overall structure. Recommendations for 3 books would be wonderful.
-Establish schedule to continue to sarge at least twice per week. I think I'm going to shoot for Thursdays and Saturdays.

Again, I thank you if you took the time to read all of this and would really appreciate any feedback.