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nightling is offline nightling Post #1  July 27,2010, 7:30pm
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Ok ladies, let's try to help the guys out with a little positivity. We are all the time posting here what didn't work for us ladies and that's sorta the negative side of the coin. Let's flip it and tell the guys all the pickup lines that did work, cheesey or smooth as Jiff and everything in between, so long as it worked.

Ie by work I mean you either would have given the guy your phone number if he'd asked for it or you actually did give him your number when he asked.

Or you could even tell us about the near misses and what the poor fellow could have done to have made that line or approach successful.

If you have examples of both cheesy and smooth as jiff, you could tell us which cheesiest line worked and which smoothest line worked.

Bonus points also for telling us about anything a guy did that made you comfortable enough to actually approach him and initiate the first words spoken.

It's all good as long as it worked out in the guy's favor and tell us why it did.
Last edited by nightling; July 27,2010 at 7:31pm. Reason: because this thread was inspired by Rocchio. To help him in his quest to lead the ladies down the garden path. :D
 
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OK so the very first pickup line that worked on me wasn't a line at all. It was an approach from a friend of the guy's who said my friend really likes you, do you think you would go out with him if he asked?

I said yes.

This was followed by a stern warning not to hurt his friend because he is a really good guy and I had better be nice to him. LOL

Yes that was in high school. I didn't care about the insecurity aspect of that approach, either. It struck me as kind of sweet at the time. He didn't want to put me on the spot in case I didn't want to date him.

Hmmm thinking more recently. Only time I gave my number to a guy in a bar. The guy was smooth as jiffy peanut butter. The only seat not taken at the bar was next to him, so I asked him if it was empty and he said sure. I sit down, not really paying any attention to him, but directly he asks me about items on the menu and what is good to eat at the place.

I ask him what he likes to eat and he tells me he is a bit tired of eating out and asks me if I like to cook. LOL

Which I do like to cook and tell him so, but not on a Friday night after putting out the newspaper. And so it went on from there.

What worked about this approach particularly well for him is he asked my opinion and this required me to then focus on him and find out what he likes in order to give a good suggestion.

During the course of us eating our dinners side by side and talking some more, the guy did touch my arm once and that didn't bother me bc it just seemed kinda natural the way it happened, nor did I shy away. Later he touched me on the lower back area too, also not rejected, and although I am not a touchy feely sorta person, it didn't come across badly at all the way he did it, all just seemed natural. He also did flatter my appearance once. I forget how it came up but he responded with, may I say, I don't think anyone would have trouble noticing that you are a lady.

As he got up to leave he told me I was very nice and easy to talk to and asked if I had a card, which I didn't have one with me and then he said well he hoped he would see me again sometime, to which I replied well that might be easier if you just asked me for my phone number.

Ok that guy was Mr. Smooth. He never did call me, but I did think about him a while and wish that he had.

So now ... ladies ... please fess up with a totally honest story about a pickup that worked for ya.
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The weirdest pick-up line I had was many years ago when this girl came up to me and said "Can my friend borrow you schnapps to wash down her Valium?"

Another time this girl insisted I was in her class at American University in DC.

Worst pick-up line "Don't I know you?"
 
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Ive posted this somewhere before, but one guy said to me "Baby, you make my liver quiver." I thought that was so goofy and gutsy I had to give him my number.

The cutest one was "Uh, so I don't really know if you like to do stuff, or whatever, but I like to do stuff. I mean only some stuff. Probably the same stuff you like to do. Oh gee, I didn't mean it to sound weird. I mean I just wanted to know if you wanted to maybe get together sometime and do some stuff? Like whatever stuff you want to do. That is if you want to do stuff with me." How can you say no to something like that!
 
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I haven't had this happen, but I just thought of a great line (maybe):

"Excuse me *embarrassed smile here * I've misplaced my phone in one of my pockets or briefcase, or maybe I dropped it. Would you mind calling me so I can locate it quickly? I have to make an important call."

Yeh. Then he calls ya.

Whaddaya think? Too corny? Too contrived?
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yeahitsme wrote :
Ive posted this somewhere before, but one guy said to me "Baby, you make my liver quiver." I thought that was so goofy and gutsy I had to give him my number.

The cutest one was "Uh, so I don't really know if you like to do stuff, or whatever, but I like to do stuff. I mean only some stuff. Probably the same stuff you like to do. Oh gee, I didn't mean it to sound weird. I mean I just wanted to know if you wanted to maybe get together sometime and do some stuff? Like whatever stuff you want to do. That is if you want to do stuff with me." How can you say no to something like that!
LOL I have to second you on the cutest one ... I would have said yes to that one too. Not sure about the quivering liver one maybe you had to be there for that one.
 
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lacedwithhope wrote :
I haven't had this happen, but I just thought of a great line (maybe):

"Excuse me *embarrassed smile here * I've misplaced my phone in one of my pockets or briefcase, or maybe I dropped it. Would you mind calling me so I can locate it quickly? I have to make an important call."

Yeh. Then he calls ya.

Whaddaya think? Too corny? Too contrived?
You know I kind of like it. If the guy has a nice smile and looks at me when he answers the phone and says something cute ... like hey beautiful, I'm so glad you called me, wanta meet me for a drink at the bar?

I think I could see it working quite well.
 
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I appreciate all you women trying to help us guys out with pick up lines that you liked. But isn't the very use of a pick up line a sure indication of a player?
 
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Gr8Guyn2008 wrote :
I appreciate all you women trying to help us guys out with pick up lines that you liked. But isn't the very use of a pick up line a sure indication of a player?
Nope, it's only a sure indication that I want to get to know you by using a silly line to break the ice..

whether or not a guy is a playa is YTD..The actions will outweigh those words!
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Pick up lines that I like are the outrageous ones or ones that lead to immediate laughter or banter.

For instance, at a sports bar during a football game I had a guy come up to me looking all stern and serious and say, "I just wanted to say that you are perfect in every way, but there is this one nagging flaw.... Mind if I fix it?" "Oh yeah, what's the flaw." "You are rooting for the wrong team." That cracked me up and lead to immediate banter over whose team is better and who will win and of course we ended up dating briefly.

Another one, a guy next to me turned toward me and out of the blue said, "I bet you did not know I can juggle 10 balls at once." Again that lead to immediate banter and laughter and he got my number as well.

Other things that work is not so much a pick up line as simply starting a conversation about something surrounding us or, when I travel, if the guy asks something like what I am reading, then continues talking about what he likes to read, then you move on to other interests and the next thing you know, you've already built a connection with that person and gotten to know them a little. If they wanted to maintain contact, asking for it would come quite naturally and would be welcome.
 
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