I joined a meet up group on meetup.com a while back because it was relevant to my interests and it gets me out of the house. Unfortunately, they usually meet up when I'm out of town, or just getting back (travel for work).

NYE was my first 'meet up'.

I rolled up to the house with a half-gallon of booze and a 2-liter of soda, and was met with about 8 people standing around out on the porch in somewhat of a semi-circle.

I stopped right in the middle of them, and sort of plant my feet with a shit-eating grin on my face, and asked, "So is this THE party?"

One guy looks me over (taking careful note that I wasn't there looking for free booze), and says, "Well that depends, what party are you trying to find?"

"Dunno!" I said, smiling while I turned to look at everyone. I had the group's undivided attention - I was a stranger to them, but my demenor was C&F, and they seemed receptive to it. I continued, "I was just driving by and saw people out here shooting off fireworks and thought I'd drop by!"

Another guy inspects the half-gallon, "Oh sweet! Nobody else thought to bring that!"

I asked where I could set down my burdeon and was led to the kitchen. I was in.

Throughout the night, I made a point to talk to every single person there, not a WHOLE lot, but about 30 people altogether. I met a great variety of people: A model, a psychic, a cell biologist, 2 B52 bomber pilots, and some other lady. (My target: The model.)

Disregarding the whole idea of meeting girls (I #closed several, in fact), I was the life of the freaking party! Everyone wanted to talk to me and be near me. They had shot off all their meager supply of fireworks, but I was carrying about $70 worth of stuff that night, and wherever I ended up, it was going to be fun! As midnight approached, we shot everything off, and had an absolute blast.

Now I'm getting emails from the more promenant members of the meetup (including the model) telling ME how much fun they had and how they wanted me to come back soon. The group leader even said that she'll see if everyone's okay with adjusting the meetup day so that I can attend. Even the AMOG's are emailing me, asking me if I want to hang out outside of the meetups.



If it weren't for this forum, I would've spent NYE in a much more depressed manner, but ever since I've started here, and have been proactively working to change my outlook on life, shit's been amazing, and I've never been happier. NYE is just one example, but never in my life would I have ever considered myself the life of a party. Last NYE, and every other before, I was a wallflower.

You guys rock!

im glad for ya man. ive had a similar experience. this stuff teaches ya how to be a better socializer as well as womanizer (ya kno what i mean..lol)

this is exactly what my experiences have been since practicing the game.

It helps you in everything, the art of the pickup is also the art of understanding people and being able to work with them.

This is truly one of the most life changing things you can ever do.

Also, by opening your social circle, you meet more people and maybe you can get some of the old AMOGs on your side as wingmen. Then you can tear up the town.

Too true!

I hit the town again last night (I didn't get wasted on NYE o_O), even though the bars were a little empty due to hang overs.

Despite that, the one down the road, well outside of town, was not quite as empty as expected. I made friends with the entire bar! I met some really awesome people - even a couple of aPUA's. With just a few exceptions, people were coming from all parts of the bar to sit near where I was, as opposed to being scattered in their 1-3 person groups.

I'm definitely not used to being the social center of anything. I had to remember some of the stuff I was reading in my conversational self-help book, and limit the amount that I was speaking so everyone else wouldn't feel like I was monopolizing. Though, when other people started monopolizing the conversation, I could easily turn to someone and say, "What do you think about that?" and the whole group's attention would shift. It was a little scary how much power I had.

I had to excuse myself to run grab something to eat because I hadn't eaten all day, and the group started dispersing. I came back because I had forgotten my tab, and EVERYONE had left!

(For the record, I know that there's a million reasons the bar could've cleared out 2 hours before closing. I'll let myself believe that I was the center of it though. )