I went out last night and had my first strong n-close. I've n-closed before, but never so solidly. Anyway, I hit the bars with some friends, and opened four times. It would have been more, but as you'll see, 2 of them lasted a long time.

Set 1
I'd say this was my warm up set. A very well dressed brunette (HB 8.5) and her OK friends. My plan was to use the jealous gf opener, then have my pivot come in and DHV. HB seemed slightly interested, and I think my opener came off well. However, I didn't think about body language, and I don't know if I smiled.

When my pivot walked up, I turned to face her and blocked out my set. The set in turn blocked me out, and that was the end.

Analysis: I didn't drop a neg, my attempt to DHV was screwed up by the way my pivot approached and how I turned.

Set 2
Noticed an HB10 flirting with some guy, figured it was her bf. We may have met eyes a few times, but either way, I walked to the other side of the bar to avoid DLVing. I recruited an ad-hoc wing, and went in with the jealous gf opener. She seemed cold as ice, but then gave me a couple IOIs without smiling. Weird.

Anyway, my wing comes in and I DHV him. He was supposed to DHV me but didn't. The obstacle who was with her, left on her own. I told my friend to leave and he did.

We flirt, I used the number telepathy trick (it failed) but she seemed impressed. I told my DHV story, which seemed to go over well. I baited, hooked, and reeled her in, and then went for a n-close. No luck, "I don't give out my number to guys, but I'll take yours." I neg'd her, "I don't give out my number to strange girls."
Completely by coincidence, our respective friends walked up and the same time and told us they were going to the same bar. I should note that at some point the good looking fellow she was flirting with earlier came up and said he was leaving. She blew him off and IOI'd me.

Got there, danced a bit, and then I lost her somehow. I think I DLV'd by wanting to dance with her. Plus, my ad-hoc wing started hitting on her hard, which irked me at first because she reacted well, but then she just left. Sad times, I felt very very close to n-closing my first 10.

Analysis: I should have DHV'd a little more since my wing failed. I should have neg'd her more (I neg'd her only lightly), and I shouldn't have pursued her at the second bar. I shouldn't have seemed interested in dancing, I think I DLV'd.

Set 3
Writing about set 3 is a waste of time. I AFC'd a one set and she flirted for a minute and walked off. No surprise.

Set 4
This set opened as an accident. This girl (HB 7.5) was singing the "A Be Be" song in line at a bar and I tossed her a skeptical look (because she's super white trying to sound ghetto). She was like "what's your problem", I walked up and snatched her ID out of her hand, looked at her picture and started laughing. She asked me my name and I said "Fabio." The AMOG of her group wanted to bad on my for it, but I told him we could get rich doing underwear commercials together. He was done.

Anyway, we keep flirting and I grab her and we sneak into the (empty) VIP. Flirt in there for 20 min till her friend comes and says they are leaving. We have another moment alone, and she # closes me. We trade #s, I say we really clicked (lie) and that it's pretty rare for me to hit it off like that. She's buying it, and we agree to get coffee sometime soon.

Analysis: I did everything pretty well. I resisted the urge to give her attention, and made her keep seeking mine. I could have DHV'd more, used a wing or pivot too. I also could have kiss closed, I believe, I should have tried.

Conclusions
I learned last night that even if a girl's face says other wise, her body language and other IOIs can really show her interest. I also learned that approaching a 10 is not too much more intimidating than a 8.

For tonight, I'll use a real wing. I'll also keep working on dropping more negs.