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“I’m about to riff on that thread, probably go into something about how she should meet my hairdresser friend blah blah…”

Solid, and the “she wants to do a mohawk on me” shit is good, girls love giving their opinion on all that. You could talk to the hairdresser directly about that for a minute and snub your 9 and let her see you work her group as you demonstrate value etc. before allowing her some more of your attention.

This is all theoretically a really good setup for you. BUT THEN…

“He enters the set like the Allies entered the beaches of Normandy.”

Props to him for even jumping in lol a lot of guys would be too chickenshit and leave you hanging.

“The first thing he says is ‘oh hey, have you met him?’ indicating me. They blink, as though that’s weird, and say ‘uh yeaaaah.’”

lololol fail on his part! But in his defense he probably panicked and didn’t know what to say/do to get in the set. This is where you have to introduce him and hope that he can pick up the slack and keep up with you, to keep a set like this going. This is why you both have to be social high-value guys, if you bring a lame/shy guy into set, he’ll fuck the vibe up for everyone.

“Then, my friend engages me. Something shifts in the interaction, and ALL of them turn away.”

lol shit, ya that went toast. You want to pass the Hook Point before you can ignore the set to talk to your buddy, otherwise they’ll walk off like that. If you’re past the Hook Point and they WANT to know more about you etc., they’ll sit there with a DDB look on their face hoping you’ll give them some attention again while you ignore them to talk to your buddy.

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