Just got home from the pub, and I wanted to post a quick little FR that has illustrated to me how far I have progressed and evolved so far on my PUA journey:

Was out after work tonight just having a couple of beers with a non-PUA friend at my local. We got talking about our weekends - his was relatively mundane (he has a 3-month old son now with his GF), while mine was comparatively eventful!

This talk inevitably brought up discussion about what I have been doing since the start of January (ie, the start of my PUA journey). I tried to give him a brief overview of everything to him, and regaled him about my various adventures so far: understandably he didn't quite believe any of it...

This guy has known me since we were about 5 years of age, and he has always known me to be a relatively shy and introverted person - while he knows of the various successes I have had in the past with women, he had never seen me approach a girl before, so he dismissed what I was saying as 'bullshit'.

Now, while we were sitting there drinking and discussing all this, a 2-set (both about HB6-7) came and sat on the table opposite us.
My Friend: 'All right, prove it! Open them!'
The gauntlet had been thrown; the challenge had been set. I couldn't bail out. I had to open them, or else look like a bullshitter and a chode in front of my mate.

Without thinking, I launched into the 'Inbetweeners opener' which had served me and MB so well the week before in Bristol:
Me: 'Hey, Girls! Do you watch Inbetweeners?...'
As soon as I said it, one of them started to laugh - she knew what I was going on about.
Me: (continuing) 'Oh, dont! This fucker here has been calling me Jay all night - I was hoping you two would back me up!'
They we're both really laughing now, while my mate sat there in stunned silence.
Me: 'You're not my friends!' (sulky face)
Girl 1: 'Aww, I don't think you look like him!'
Me: 'Haha, good! You are my friend! Not you though! (motioning to Girl 2)'
Girl 2: 'Oh, but I think Jay is cute!'
Me: 'Really?! Great! We can all be friends then!'
I then got up and sat with them - gave them some friendly chat for 10 or so minutes, then after a while, ejected.

I probably could have number closed, but I felt my job was done.

My friend was gobsmacked at what he had just seen.
He told me that a few months ago, he would never have thought that possible of me - he had never seen me actively approach any women, let alone get such positive reactions from them so soon.

And that is when I realised how much I have evolved as a social human being since starting all this at the beginning of January.
I'm quite proud of myself!

Much love,

Craigus

I think i am very Similar to the person you once was. i will be hoping to post something just like this in a few months time. i envy you but also believe you have inspired me to continue with my study. Thanks for the FR.

Mofm

Thanks Mofm. Glad you liked the report and found it useful.

I tell ya, this whole PU stuff just keeps getting better for me - it's like slowly uncovering some sort of superpower that you never realised that you had possessed all along! I'm dramatising it, I know, but that's the best way I can describe it.

Don't get me wrong, I still have major holes in my game, and I still have a lot of AA. But man! I'm a hell of a lot better than I was just a few months ago!!

Much love,

Craigus

haha that's exactly how I think of it, as if I've got a new superpower that I've just discovered and am learning to control it and use in the best way possible.

Well done mate, I totally understand how you feel, it can only get better, discover how awesome you actually are

Wait till you start moving them around the club like cattle you'll think you can walk on water.

Cool opener

the novelty will inevitably wear off a little, it may also start to feel like a chore after a bit,

and altho this is gonna sound cotradictory, i do know exactly how u feel tho, i experienced the same awesome feeling recently after ages of not experiencing it. i did day game for the first time the other day, WOW! what a buzz. its just great to know u can make shit happen whenever u want

suppose u just gotta enjoy the ride!

Good story and good to hear things are going so well.

You have a wicked opener to use anytime anywhere now too if your mind ever goes blank.

yea what joe said is kinda tru..but every now and then i surprise myself with houw fuckin awesome i can be with this at times....

well done mate

Joe & Phil, thanks for your posts and your insights.

I reckon yeah, I probably am at that period where everythin just feels on the up, up, up. And I'm sure you are right - that will come to an end at some point. But in all honesty, if it ever becomes a 'grind' then it must be because i'm doin something wrong!

As Snake Eyes alluded to in the other FR the other day, I've made a really good set of friends doing this, and so PU has kind of become a peripheral objective to my main objective:
To have fun and be socially awesome with my mates

If I nail that main objective, the PU stuff will just flow

I dunno, maybe I'm naive about it, but i figure with that in mind there is no way this is ever gonna become a grind.

Much love,

Craigus