Is picking up men/women an art form?

[The Saltman]

Picking up men/women? Nah.

Getting them to pick up you? The real art form.

We arent talking about The Sims 3

[hepcat]

Depends on your motivation for picking them up.

If you're young and trying to play the field then yeah, I think it is.

If you're looking for your future wife/husband then I think the approach should be much different.

the latter is more like making friends

[Samuel L. Jackson]

There is difference in experience and art though...

[Kettle]

skill is required to do well in any of the arts

[Henne Given Sunday]

sort of. but like a sport, you can practice like crazy, but still suck at it.

You have to be born with a certain social ability, and the mentality and confidence to be YOU without worrying if its what they want or not.

I have been succesful, all the way up till i got with my then 24 year old girlfriend, and i was 19. We are now married, but to put it bluntly, she dug me cause i didnt give a fug what people thought, i was funny, confident, and wasnt a gigant vagina.

Alot of my friends are all like "but what if they say no, or dont like me?"

then fug em.

I mean, its never been "scary" to talk to chicks for me, ill spark up a convo like its nothing, make a stupid ass comment or joke, they laugh or roll their eyes....if they laugh we'll keep talking, if they are a c*nt, then ill walk away without giving a poo. sometimes, that works even better, cause they are like "damn i was a bitch, and he doesnt give a fug" and they come crawling back.

Regardless, i gotta buddy whos 30, quiet, single, and i try to tell him all the time to stop being a pussy, women arent some fuging aliens, or mind-erasers. Just talk to them, who gives a poo. And it will all work out.

stay thirsty my friends...

[Samuel L. Jackson]

I agree with all the above, except I do believe it is something you can learn and not just be born with...

If you are timid, you are letting them control you... If you know what you want, go out and go for it... If you fail, so be it... but you never know until you try...

That goes for men and women... If you are interested in someone, cut they shy/hard to get routine and put yourself out there... There are plenty of fish in the sea if that one doesn't take the bait...

[Delhommey]

I was excellent at picking up women till I realized they're pretty much all bat poo crazy and that 99% of them are more trouble than they're worth and it's easier to just keep 2-3 moderately attractive *** buddies around and at least one hot woman friend who you never sleep with but you can take to the Office Christmas party to keep people from asking too many questions.

[Jbro]

No but slipping the roofies is.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

I was excellent at picking up women till I ran into John Travolta that one time...

fixed

[Jase]

at least one hot woman friend who you never sleep with but you can take to the Office Christmas party to keep people from asking too many questions.

you could have just called her your beard and we'd have known what you were talking about.

[thefuzz]

I don't really think it's an art form. Seems to be more of a law of averages thing.

Or if you want to get really good at it, just buy a nice boat.

[Skew]

It's a little bit art, little bit skill, little bit natural ability. Some can practice it and get better, while some can practice and never be good at it, and some just have a natural born talent for it.

If it's just about sex, it's easy. For some reason Darwin's Theory of Evolution doesn't apply to ugly people. (ex. Zod) Hince the reason God made alcohol.

The hard part is finding someone who is not only compatible with you sex wise, but in all the other parts of your life.

But it is very much like art in that there are many was to go about it, and there is no one clear correct way.

At least that's what all the prostitutes tell me.

[Hawk]

I have no problem picking up women whenever I want...as long as they are under a buck forty...anything bigger than that really strains the poo out of my lower back

[GritsRgreat]

Jazz flute, jazz flute is the key.