You walk up to a beautiful girl and say, “Hey, I like your style.”
She smiles and says, “Thanks!”
She’s waiting for you to sweep her off her feet with your charming personality. But you can’t think of anything to say. So, you just walk away, embarrassed that you missed your opportunity to get a date.
Sometimes the hardest part of attracting women is thinking of the right thing to say. But it doesn’t have to be.
In this article, you will learn how to keep your conversations with women flowing – even if you’re feeling nervous. You’ll also discover how you can turn surface level logical conversations into emotionally impactful conversations that a woman will never forget.
Part 1 of this article will help you if you don't know what to say immediately after you start a conversation with a girl. Skip it if you're already comfortable with thinking of things to say in the first couple minutes of your interactions
Part 2 of this article will help you if you want to learn how to make your conversations more creative and emotionally stimulating.
How To Keep A Conversation Going With A Girl Part 1: Breaking The Ice
Once you’ve approached a girl, you have to build an interesting conversation out of thin air.
Overall, this is a skill that you’ll develop with practice. The more you put yourself on the spot by approaching women, the better you’ll get at thinking on your feet.
In the short term, you can make starting a conversation with a girl easier by memorizing a few basic questions.
Whenever you can’t think of something to say in the moment, you can fall back to one of the questions you’ve memorized.
Here’s a few examples:
“What do you do for fun?”
“What are you passionate about?” “Are you from here?”
“What do you do for work?
“What are you doing later?” (this helps you get a sense of how much time she has to hang out with you)
These questions aren’t magical, but they can get a conversation started: think of them as a crutch to fall back on when you can’t think of something interesting to say in the moment.
When asking these basic questions you’re looking for commonalities that you can expand on:
For example, if you ask a girl what she does for fun, she might say she likes to watch Netflix. You could follow up by asking what she’s been watching lately. If she says she’s been watching Game Of Throne,s you might respond by asking, “Who do you think is going to survive in the final season?
If a girl says she’s passionate about helping people, you can talk about how Tim Ferris’ book, The 4 Hour Workweek inspired you to start your own online business and it completely changed you life. You could go on to explain how that experience made you realize that helping others is one of the most important things you can do – you really can improve someone’s life for the better.
If you can’t think of anything to say about a particular topic, just move on to something else by asking another question.
Now, we all instinctively know how to hold a decent conversation, but when we’re under a lot of social pressure, we start overthinking instead of letting the conversation flow naturally.
That’s why it’s useful to memorize a few basic questions you can ask any girl you meet. Doing this will give you something to say so that you can keep the conversation going until you can break the ice.
How To Keep A Conversation Going With A Girl Part 2:The Power Of Free Association
Whenever a girl says something, you can associate off what she said to deepen the conversation. If you get good at doing this, you will never run out of things to say again.
If you think about it, anyone you’ve met who was particularly interesting or funny was good at free associating. They stood out because of their ability to relate what you said to something unexpected and creative.
At this point, I can pretty much make a girl burst out in laughter whenever I want to simply because I’ve practiced free associating so much.
Let’s take an example. When a girl tells me her name is Ashley, my mind automatically creates a list of associations. It looks something like this:
Ashley = Attractive / Wealthy / Generic / White / Ashley Benson.
I can then say something based off any of those associations, for example:
Attractive:
“Ashley? That’s a classic hot girl name. I’m not sure if it fits you.”
Generic:
Me: “I’ve never met an Ashley before.”
Her: “Really?”
Me: “No, I’m messing with you, I’ve met tons of Ashley’s.”
Ashley Benson:
“Ashley? Like the actress Ashley Benson. Would you say you’re a Pretty Little Liar?”
Wealthy :
“Most of the Ashley’s I’ve met were really rich. But you look like you’re the exception.”
White:
“That’s the ultimate white girl name. You must be from Scottsdale.” (Scottsdale is the rich white part of my city.)
Even from just hearing a girl’s name, you can use free association start building an engaging, emotionally charged conversation.
Of course, just knowing why this concept is so powerful isn’t really going to allow you to make a change in your life. Fortunately, your ability to free associate is a mental muscle that you can develop with practice.
I do two exercises every single day that have allowed me to effortlessly generate interesting things to say when I’m interacting with women. If you spend two minutes a day practicing each of these, your conversation skills will skyrocket.
Exercise 1: Free-Associate Sentences For this exercise, complete a sentence out-loud, then create a new sentence using a word from the previous sentence (You can also do this silently in your head ).
Example:
The universe has existed for billions of years.
I am 25 years old today, that’s halfway to 50.
Half of marriages end in divorce.
Marriage is known to be a cultural universal which is strange because I read that monogamy isn’t natural.
Reading good books is one of the best ways to improve your life.
If you’re not improving, you’re slowly getting worse.
Practicing this exercise will help you to make creative connections naturally in all of your conversations.
Exercise 2: Chain of Associations
In this exercise, you’re associating singular words instead of sentences. But there’s a twist, you are specifically thinking of words that have an emotional charge.
Doing this exercise might look something like this:
Love – Sex – Virgin – Mormon – Cult – Manipulation – Salesmen – Annoying – Amy Schumer – Gross – Taco Bell – Obesity – America – Freedom.
Men often struggle with women because their conversations are too agreeable and logical. These men might have a nice conversation with a girl, but they don’t challenge or excite her. A safe conversation will never offend a girl, but it will also never turn her on.
Guidelines For The Chain of Associations
Your goal when doing this exercise is to associate words that provoke a strong emotional reaction. (That emotion can be either negative or positive.)
While you’re doing the exercise, don’t overthink it. Not every word you associate has to be controversial or shocking; it’s okay if some of the words you think of are relatively bland.
This exercise will teach your mind to make connections that are outside the boring, logical, safe topics that most guys rely on when talking to women. As you practice this, your conversations with women will become increasingly impactful.
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bsutansalt 5y ago
Related: /r/TheRedPill/comments/2n7j2t/how_to_approach_and_get_contact_details_or_an/
tl;dr - The first thing you should do when meeting someone new is identify and cultivate commonalities. The thread includes a ton of examples how to do so.
11-Eleven-11 5y ago
Is there anything wrong with just walking up to a girl and saying 'You're cute do you want to go out this weekend?'
russian_nigger 5y ago
absolutely not and you should
masterbaterchief 5y ago
Nothing wrong with that approach, although if you work on holding a 5ish minute conversation with her you could greatly create more attraction. Work on eye contact, bust her balls a little bit. But if you have to start small, there's no shame in that. Remember, which is worse: getting rejected, or never approaching her because you didn't have the balls to do it?
ZachMeadows 5y ago
It might work in some cases.
In my experience in big cities where everything is sped up, by doing so you look like an opportunity to 'do something different'.
But in smaller cities where everything is more 'slow' and social circles are closer, you need to get validation through conversation.
I still ask for a date right here and there occasionnaly though.
the_goatgrrrl 5y ago
nah, nothing wrong with that, i can only speak for myself but there are incidents were ive decided that im interested in a guy, long befor the guy even talked to me...also, to me, it shows that you are streight forward, know what you want and you do not feel like convincing me that you are a catch...i guess this technique works with SOME women and SOME men but is not for everybody
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I think being (the best version) of ones self is the safer way to go...
RPSilverfox 5y ago
I’ve found this is sometimes the best method. Walk up, state your intentions and either score the number or don’t. In less than 30 seconds you could either have a date or if she turned you down you’ve wasted no time.
I like this post if your goal is to keep an interesting conversation going (which you will need to do eventually), but if on the street or in a coffee shop or something the in and out method can be successful.
11-Eleven-11 5y ago
Right. It doesn't waste time and it creates a bit of mystery. And displays your confidence right from the get go.
MrCongeniality1 5y ago
Does anyone here want to get laid because of their improvisational skills?
Or do you want to go out and kill a mastodon and have her cream because you're the man that brought home the meat and pelt?
Straw_Larry 5y ago
Improvising seems less tiring. Also, why would I want to provide for her? She's not my daughter.
Aghayden 5y ago
If killing mastodons gets you laid, keep at it.
MrCongeniality1 5y ago
This response makes me sad.
delicoban33 5y ago
May work if you are over 7/10. Not sure about 6/10. Well, I don't think that you will need this when you are over 7/10 already.
11-Eleven-11 5y ago
Quit thinking about yourself on a ?/10 scale. You're not a woman, you're a man. Women don't rate men on a 10 point scale. Its either yes or no to them and there will always be someone that will say yes.
ScribeThoth 5y ago
At a more macro level there's a process of conversation which can be practiced, and it's applicable to so many interactions. With various tweaks and improv it's useful for sales, seduction, journalism, intelligence gathering, interviewing, speeches, etc.
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It's essentially 6 steps.
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Introduction.
Break the ice.
Establish credibility.
Ask questions and gather as much information as possible.
Make your presentation.
Close. Close. Close. until you get what you want.
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maverick9759 5y ago
Annoying - Amy Schumer - gross bwahahahaha
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ahab_dies 5y ago
Great post, thanks.
I'll add: get a job that requires you to talk to a lot of strangers.
Also, practice on men just as much as with women. Conversation skill is a muscle you have to work out and everybody is an opportunity to do so. Not only that, if you can have great conversations with other men then women will notice and see you as high value.
A good conversationalist is much rarer than people think and it opens so many doors, not just in terms of dating.
Ask questions that start with Wh- words or How, these are open questions. Don't ask questions that start with Do/Does, these are closed questions.
If the girl finds you attractive and isn't dull as dishwater she will help you with the conversation.
Shankar_ 5y ago
Solid post man! Loving the content you've been putting out!
GastrointestinalRein 5y ago
This content is really good, i'll be a approach gawd!!!
Warrior_King02 5y ago
Good post, however I've noticed that when asking questions the conversation turns into an interview. Usually to start things off I'd give a generic statement. I was talking to this chick and used this line which then got her interested in the convo "Nice Hilfiger bag, I'm guessing you're into fashion?" it was a simple line but I feel that doing that works better than asking lots of questions cause then it feels as if you're all over her.
Vlagos 5y ago
Same feeling, I try as much as possible to avoid questions, because it feels like you're giving her power
SensualSeduction01 5y ago
Tangent: anyone else here submitting posts that apparently "go through," but do not get posted on the sub?
russian_nigger 5y ago
good post, but if you really want to get out of your comfort zone just tell a girl she has a nice ass. two things will happen, she'll either smile and say thanks or decline you completely, maybe tell you to fuck off or whatever. either way, who cares. i do it all the time and mostly get positive results, not necessarily end up fucking them, but that's never my intention in the first place. i just like getting a reaction out of people. i was at macy's yesterday looking at luggage and this older woman (maybe 50) walked by, and i said "oh man, now that's a butt if i ever seen one" she started laughing and told me to "get outta here" and walked off. i don't know if this would work if you're a spaghetti armed dweeb, but works for me and i ain't no arnold either.
masterbaterchief 5y ago
I've seen a stud do this. Hilarious reactions. If a girl isn't attracted to you in the first place, there's nothing you could have said to her to change that regardless.
Whisper 5y ago
Not bad.
But don't worry about running out of material. Make her worry about running out of material.
VoxVirilis 5y ago
Really good post, but I stumbled over this bit:
Do we? Seems to me this is something a lot of people struggle with. I would have guessed good conversation is a learned behavior; not instinctual.
Aghayden 5y ago
Fair point. What I really meant to get across is that we hold better conversations with people we are comfortable with, but we get stifled when interacting with attractive women.
I'll replace the word good with decent as that would be more accurate.
jbpostv 5y ago
Really like the one word technique. You can only memorize a pickup line but after that, having word targets can help generate an emotional charge. To have fun, sometimes a friend and I will challenge each other to use a short phrase, word or topic in every approach, usually something shocking or funny like it’s impractical jokers. Helps a lot with self amusement, focuses you on process over outcome and builds a sense that this is all for fun. It’ll put a little grin on your face up until you come to the topic/word/phrase trying to weasel your way to making a smooth transition. What are some charged words you guys can think of?
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chazthundergut 5y ago
Good stuff.
There is a point where you need to stop worrying about it and stop trying. Let the conversation fizzle out, let the awkward silence build, and demonstrate your comfort with tension & awkwardness.
Having the right masculine frame is much more important than saying the right things or keeping the conversation going. Don't forget to speak slowly and stay relaxed.
odaklanan_insan 5y ago
There is only one way to improve your oral skills; practice. You have to practice how to talk freely without fear. Just like those entitled girls do. They never fear saying something weird, do they? Sometime their words don't even make any fucking sense.
When I accidentally say something that doesn't make much sense, or weird, I don't try to correct it immediately like I used to do. I just wait like I know what I said, and let her get my words together. Confidence is the key. If you fuck up so badly, then proceed to the next girl.
If you do this enough count of times, eventually you'll become a master like Enrique Iglesias in this video: https://youtu.be/rxk92Y9LavQ
MattyAnon Admin 5y ago
It's really not
ahab_dies 5y ago
QFT. Learning to work silences helped me immeasurably. Looking around, taking in the scene, knowing they're worrying about the silence, then locking eyes with them for an unusual length of time before allowing smiles and laughter to break the tension and then carrying on the convo. That eye contact will always tell me everything I need to know. Great tension.
masterbaterchief 5y ago
I'm learning what you just described. A lot of women have blown me off at the start. It's easy to get discouraged when you fail so much, but you start to learn and tweak small aspects of your approach. You learn if she's worth continuing the approach through her reciprocity of investment. Is she being short and trying to walk away? Fine, forget her. Is she just amazed at your courage and wit? She is interested, now take charge. The former happens 10x more than the latter, but it's so satisfying when you succeed.
the__aggressor 5y ago
This is really useful, thanks! I've been getting into conversations with women pretty regularly recently but they usually break down into standard watercooler chat instead of something that makes tingles, so this will definitely help. I really appreciate the exercises you provided!
Neil1398 5y ago
Man I swear I’m glad I found this sub.
Everything seems to come at the right time.
Thanks man.
babayega 5y ago
Agree with the point that you need to try and provoke an emotional reaction, even a negative reaction can be better than boring if you maintain frame. Learn how to tell interesting stories. Don't have anything interesting to say? Focus on that. Travel, say yes to crazy things, switch jobs, etc.
I understand you need to get the conversation started somehow, but asking questions should be your last resort. This is rapport seeking behavior, you can look up why it's bad, but basically it shows that you are chasing her and giving her the power. A better alternative is to just assume. Instead of asking "What do you do for fun?" You can say "You look like you are into hip-hop/hiking/basket weaving/whatever the fuck who cares" You either get it right or get her hamster spinning.
Lastly don't be afraid of silence and letting the conversation die. She will either try to keep it going or just move on - abundance mentality.
TheLastHero7 5y ago
I swear ever since we've been quarantined the quality of content posted has gone up and up.
hearse223 5y ago
Tbh I thought the whole purpose of the quarantine was to keep outsiders out, was it intended to be a punishment or reprimand to the community?
RedRightreturntoo 5y ago
r/TheRedPill was quarantined BEFORE I Found it...
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MAYBE I'm the exception, but good content finds it's way out...
Skylights1000 5y ago
Reddit admins don’t like us and quarantined this subreddit to show they don’t support us
Avertus 5y ago
Punishment for speaking out the truth.
"To learn who rules over you, find out who you can't criticize."
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UpperRedSide 5y ago
You must be good at improv. I watch stand up comedy, Bill Burr, Tom Cotter, Dave Chapelle, on a daily basis. They utilize the vast majority of the concepts you outline here. Internalizing these concepts will quickly lead to engaging, entertaining conversations. Kudos.
MadSparty 5y ago
Check out Owen Benjamin yo! Red Pill AF
UpperRedSide 5y ago
Didn't mention it in my first comment but I fucking love Owen Benjamin!
CLYDE_FROG117 5y ago
Does watching comedy improve one's sense of comedic timiming and social repituare?
UpperRedSide 5y ago
Absolutely. At least in my case.
masterbaterchief 5y ago
Sure. I like to mirror louis ck's humor and delivery. However, you can watch that stuff all day and still be socially inept. Realize that you must also practice on your own.
askmrcia 5y ago
I recently took an improv class. Actually I took three of them and taking one more in February.
It really does teach you techniques on how to think and come up with something to say on the fly. It's pretty cool.
One of my favorite concepts is the "yes and...".
Basically whatever something say you agree and amplify.
Her: "I'm going to the mall"
You : "yea and you should go to store xyz. They are cheap compared to ABC."
That's just one of the few things you can use to translate to real world conversations. There's other stuff like how to avoid keep asking questions. Because the more questions you ask the drier the conversation.
So I believe watching stand up comedians or improv people can definitely help.
With all that said, some people suck at talking or simply not interested. So there are things that are out of your control.
vullnet123 5y ago
I've been thinking of taking an Improv class at a community college if there any night classes. I feel like it'll benefit my conversation skills greatly.
ThePantsThief 5y ago
What are some other concepts? Never heard of the "yes and" tactic but I do it all the time
askmrcia 5y ago
Other concepts is to be strong about something.
Instead of saying I like going hiking at xyz you say I really love going hiking a at xyz and I don't see how anyone can agree or disagree.
This kind of forces someone to take what you said and expand upon it either negative or positive. Either case it will get a conversation going.
Another concept is to put someone in a hypothetical situation. For instance when talking to a girl just say "we should go to Alaska."
Yes it's random as hell, but then you say "what are we going to pack?"
She can hypothetically suggest what to pack, what airport to leave out what things to sight see. Not only does this creates a scene but it puts the woman in a situation where she is visualizing you with her. That's an example, but you can make it anything like robbing a bank, getting hired into the CIA.... Anything.
So those are stuff you can do. And again this all comes down to woman being a good talker too. In Improv you need a team. You can help the team and be the main person, but your partner needs to bring her attention in as well
Camjd10 5y ago
You mentioned free association and I instantly thought of my friend who, I believe, has a superpower comparing people to their fictional doppelganger. He whips them out of thin air and they always make the room bust out laughing; and of course, he's incredibly successful with women- I'd consider him a natural.
Vlagos 5y ago
Unfortunately these tips don't work in Arabic countries, she'll ignore the moment you try to start a conversation
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MattyAnon Admin 5y ago
Try to ask as few questions as possible, ideally zero. For the basics like her name you can say "tell me your name". Avoid interview questions like the plague: "what do you do". Keep statements like "so .. tell me about yourself" in reserve but always phrase them as commands.
Attraction is first. Questions are for later with mutual interest in place. Asking standard interview type questions is for girls and losers.
The point is that most people don't ask each other questions like this, and certainly not on first meeting with no mutual interest established.
OneInAZillion 5y ago
Watch Craig Ferguson (former late night talk show host) compilations on Youtube. That guy is a master of association and never running out of things to talk about. And of being charming etc.
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SemiLoquacious 5y ago
Just be friendly with her and nice and do things any newspaper periodically would tell you to do and you'll succeed. Thanks.
RedRightreturntoo 5y ago
Being "nice" is a sure-fire way to end up in the "friend zone" -- bad move.
"Do nice things..." Oh, you mean a classic "White Knight?" -- bad move.
spent 15 years doing that BS... waste of time
OneHandToFapThemAll 5y ago
I know tone doesn’t come across in text, but come on man... clearly that guy was joking lol
mheyk 5y ago
the interwebz is always conveniently bad with sarcasm
RedRightreturntoo 5y ago
maybe so.. I was wondering it was a SJW just "tilting windmills".. Drudgingly.. lol
SemiLoquacious 5y ago
I was mocking the op. I was saying that's what his post was saying. There's no redpilled principles in there. Hence, the thanks i ended my post with.
Thanks op you faggot
OneHandToFapThemAll 5y ago
I got that. I wrote you were joking because the guy above me shat his pants at your post. It was obviously not a serious post.
SemiLoquacious 5y ago
I mean, you still didn't catch I was insulting op
Aghayden 5y ago
Maybe if you practice the exercise in the article you'll be able to think of a competent insult.
OneHandToFapThemAll 5y ago
I mean, you didn’t execute your insult as well as you seem to think you did.