hey guys, great to be here, working my way through Strauss's The Game, and I got a few questions.

Mainly concerning working the game over on girls I already know. I do pretty well in the first phases getting the attention in a positive way and all that, but I have trouble developing the sets into anything fruitful. That said I know quite a few really nice 7s and 8s who look at me as an AFC. Iv maintained a distance so as not to get into the dreaded friend zone (ill get to that in a bit), so my first question as a new player to the game is how do I (if at all) go in with my little knowledge of the game with already known sets. I dont want to be obvious as to the changes in my behavior so im thinking of creating a social break for a few weeks so as to exploit my absence. Any comments/suggestions on that would be awesome.

Secondly is the Girls who I am friends with. I have a girl who is a best friend of mine way back from the pathetic days. She has a Boyfriend, but I would exploit any opportunity to working on her in anyway in a more long term operation.

Are these two situations to be avoided? Or are they valid PUA situations?

Thanks for reading guys and please correct me on vocab and other stuff