Ok, so I just moved up to NY from Nashville, TN. I was hanging out with a buddy of mine in Boston so we stopped in a club. We sat down and ordered a drink when he noticed a two set sitting across the bar. The bar was an oval shaped so it was quite seriously out of the way to walk up seeming as i was walking that way not planning on talking to them. I took the long way around the bar so i could walk behind them as if to go to the bathroom and stopped
ME: Melissa. Melissa Morgan right? how have you been? (an ex of mine)
HB9: no
(HB8 gives HB9 a wierd look)
me: now what?
HB9: I'm not melissa, I'm lauren
ME: really, you look just like a girl i used to see. I was just comming to ask for my shirt back, you see I loaned her one of my shirts once and never got it back. It was this awesome shirt, had a hart on it (a little bit of NLP there hard-on) black with a red one below it (some more NLP).
(both girls giggle and look to eachother)
ME: I godda go in a sec, I'm meeting some friends but just out of curiosity, how do you two know eachother. you seem like your great friends.
HB8: we've known eachother since elementary school, why?
ME: well, its just.... actually let me show you, this is something my buddy showed me, its called a best friends test. Do you two use the same shampoo?
(both girls look at eachother)
ME: wait, the answer doesnt matter, you just proved it to me
HB9: what do you mean?
HB8: yeah, we didnt even answer
(I explain)
ME: lets try it again, (i looked at one), what size shoes does your friend wear (she looks at her friend) Stop. (i look at the other) what size shoes does she wear? See you both looked again. Its like telephathy between best friends
(i see my buddy coming over, give him an accomplishment intro)
ME: so where are you ladies from?
HB9: were from here in boston, where are you from?
MY BUDDY: I'm phil'
HB9 I'm lauren
HB8 I'm alyson
HB9 (to me) I didnt get your name
ME: i didnt give it. I'm bill, and I'm from Nashville, TN
HB9: Nashville.. I'm planning on going there this summer. I've been online looking at different tourist busses.
(At this point, they are both standing side by side at the bar, I am trying to lock in but cant figure out how to pry them apart or off of the bar so i can get between them and locked in, i cant)
I explain some tourist attractions, they look ansy, my buddy is acting like a tool, i'm having a difficult time transitioning (looking back I see one option of what i could have said, just couldnt think of it at the time) and i say
ME pleasure meeting you, maybe i'll see you later tonight.

I would really appreciate any imput or advice

B-Sweet

Anybody?

Im not really sure what to tell ya. Maybe the only thing is that you ejected too soon. Did the conversation get stale? Did they ask you to leave? Don't eject until they ask you too.

ABC, always be closing.

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success is my only mother fucking option, failure is not.

The conversation was running stale and my buddy who i hadnt seen in several years was being a tool. I guess I seriously need some pointers at locking in sets.

B-Sweet

it sounded like u wer well in there but u shudnt have bailed,u shuda toldem u wer on a pub crawl asked them if they wanted to join...

or even invite them over to your table!!

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Don't Hate The Player, Hate the Game...

It's hard to think on your feet at times. The only thing I could have said was to ask them to come with you. Something along the lines of, "This place is getting boring, let's go to blah blah, it's a lot more fun there".

I think you did pretty well. If ur wing is a being a tool then that clearly killed the situation. Maybe once they started talking about traveling u could have gotten into some dhv story about a trip you went on. just display some more value to continue the convo then try to number close or get them to come sit with u like the other guys pointed out. At the end of the convo you could have maybe negged saying "I still want that shirt back" and number closed. You opened well tho it seemed like maybe ur wing hurt you.

Cheers