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Originally Posted by
mkarim 
...albeit dangerous ones sometimes (so I have heard...

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... only if you go too fast.

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Originally Posted by
singhstyle 
I look for A) a wedding band or B) a guy nearby who is talking to her. A) works great if youre older but B) usually means its just a friend. Just approach and be yourself... what's the worst that can happen? She'll say no, and im no PUA but if it is just a guy-friend with her, talk to him! If hes cool with you, chances are she will be too. Women always take along another guy radar, unless the radar is a straight guy who is jealous of you talking to her, which happens enough.
This is true more often than one might expect. If a girl is out with her boyfriend it's usually clearly visible by the way they interact. If she's just talking to some guy, chances are he's her friend or just some random person who's trying to pick her up. If the guy likes you, he is likely to back off and let you "work" the girl. After all, if he's her friend and she's single he probably wants her to have a good time. Even if he's trying to pick her up he may realize it's not going so well and let you have a go instead. This is also true for girlfriends. It's quite funny, because once you get on their "good side" they will often even help you get the girl (i.e. tell her how a great guy you are or randomly "disappear" to leave you too alone, etc.).
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Originally Posted by
Milhouse 
I'm kind of surprised that some of you have only heard this once. Did you get married at 16 or something? On an average night at a bar, I always hoped to hear "i have a boyfriend" about 2 or 3 times because I figured I'd have to make 5 or 10 sales pitches to make a sale.
Yeah, it makes me think they don't talk to all that many girls. If you talk to a lot of people, it's quite logical that a percentage of them will not be single.
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Originally Posted by
Vito 
Usually I only get the flat-out rejection ("No", "Fuck off, creep", "Bouncer, this jerk is bothering me" etc.) without a detailed explanation. I've only heard the "I have a boyfriend" story just once, as described in my post above.
Maybe you should work on your social skills?

I've had the "I have a boyfriend" response many, many times, but I don't mind it. What annoys me more is when they don't tell me they're in a relationship and I later find out that they are...