Pick-Up Lines: The Opinion Opener
With all the single women out there, and the thousands of different things you could say when introducing yourself, you’d think it would be easy to meet a woman. However, most men struggle with what to say after “Hi.” They fear that awkward pause as it becomes clear you have absolutely nothing to say and basically just thought she was hot. Never fear, however, today we introduce the Opinion Opener, as popularized by Neil Strauss and Mystery several years ago.
The rationale behind the opinion opener is simple. Women love to talk and give their opinion on things, so you go up and give them the opportunity to babble. The opinion opener has your first conversational topic with her built into it, so it buys you some time to build some rapport, as well.
Here is one example of an opinion opener you can use on some women tonight:
“Hey guys, I need a quick opinion on something, before I get back to my friends. Do you think if a guy invites a girl to a ball, he should pay for her ticket?” They’ll usually say yes.
Go on with “Well get this, my friend invited this girl he knows to a Halloween party and she wants him to pay both her ticket AND her sister’s, and even to reimburse her for what she’s wearing. Is that fair?”
Immediately, the women will respond with “No way! Tell him to drop the witch!” This will spring open more topics such as Halloween, relationships, etc. You now have enough rapport with them to talk about other things as well. Get off opening topic soon and go on to something else, or the energy will start to really stagnate.
Other questions could be:
“My friend’s starting a glam rock band and he needs a name for it. What do you think is a better name, The Red Rokkers or SexJam?”
“My friend Becky has been talking to this guy online for like 6 months, started to feel like things were moving somewhere, and they were going to meet, but she just saw a recent photo of him and he’s not good looking at all. What should she do?”
Begin each opinion opener with a “Hey guys, I need a quick opinion” and include a false time constraint. If you make it clear you’re not going to stay there forever, women will feel more comfortable because they know by talking to you, they’re not committing to you hitting on them all night.
The best use of opinion openers is for guys that aren’t used to going up to women that regularly. Women are usually likely to comply with an opinion opener even if they’re not sold on the guy yet, so it’s great practice for beginners. Remember that it may sound awkward to use these at first, but just keep doing it, and it will be very natural.
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