It’s been a while (due to work, MLTRs, and FB’s) since I had a chance to go sarge. There has been no time at all. Friday I had some time between 9:45 and 11:45 so I decide to ring up Smallpippin for a little sarging.
Smallpippin and I meet at a bar. He is looking sharp; totally peacocking. We start playing a little pool to start off the night. I spy a blondeHB8 and a sassyHB7.5 with an AFC. Smallpippin is peacocking so I go open, asking their opinion on Smallpippin’s fashion style, giving most attention to the AFC. Positive reaction from the group. Smallpippin comes in. I notice the hat that Smallpippin is wearing would match the blondeHB8’s outfit perfectly. I take the hat off of Smallpippin and place it on blondeHB8’s head. Woah, she is smoking in that hat. BlondeHB8 now has the hat and therefore can’t go away immediately without giving hat back. They ask if the two seats in the corner by our pool table are open and then make themselves at home. Suh-weeet – superb social proof. Smallpippin and HB8 are exchanging kino. Nice. That leaves SassyHB7.5 for me… but a problem. We have an ex-army boy playing at the table with us. SassyHB7.5 asks the armyAFC to get her some quarters who without hesitation fetches some.
DM: Awww, wish I had a puppy dog that did tricks for me.
SassyHB7.5: That’s what guys are good for.
DM: You sassy. How cute.
SassyHB7.5: *Smiles*
ArmyAFC comes back with the quarters like a good lil puppy. We decide to play teams, and this is where I messed up. Usually, I like to give a nonchalant vibe. I don’t want to appear to eager, so I decide to stay out of the game. BlondeHB8 pairs with Smallpippin while SassyHB7.5 only has armyAFC. I didn’t realize it at first, but this allowed more rapport to be formed between both of them. With armyAFC fetching coins and buying beer, I didn’t perceive him as much of a threat. Mistake…
I decide to bring in another set into the mix. I have next game and I need a partner. I do not want SassyHB7.5 on my team - I thought that might have been over eager – so I open the hottest girl I see, who is in a 3-set (2 HB’s and one AFC who just can’t dance). I open, build quick rapport with all three, and tell the hottest girl in the set I need a pool partner. With the social proof of the other two HB’s, it was easy for her to say yes. I take her hand and as we walk, I squeeze, and she squeezes back. Nice.
SassyHB7.5, sees this, and immediately approached the new HB (we will call her sexymexyHB7.5) and says a rude comment about her choice in beer. A little jealous? Hehehe. SexymexyHB7.5 steps up the kino with me and tells me how she does not like SassyHB7.5. More jealousy? Don’t worry, I tell her. She is just mad cause I decided to have you as a pool partner instead of her.
SexymexyHB7.5 makes sure that I know she does not like SassyHB7.5 by telling me three more times…
By bringing SexymexyHB7.5 in I was aiming for more social proof and making SassyHB7.5 jealous. However, the mistake I made was not paying SassyHB7 enough attention and letting her know I was interested. SassyHB7.5, seeing me with SexymexyHB7.5 decides to go to the other table with armyAFC where she stays rest of the night.
Thank goodness for these field reports to reflect on what went right and wrong in a sarge… It’s all a learning experience.
Fortunately, Smallpippin and blondeHB8 (and she was every bit of an 8.) exchange phone numbers. SexymexyHB7.5 and I knew some of the same people at the bar, so I knew she frequented the bar and would see her again. Thus, I decide not to ask for her digits (which I could have easily gotten). SassyHB7.5 walked over to where I was, made sure I saw her write down her phone number on a napkin, and then walked back to the other side of the room to give it to armyAFC. Awww, how cute. Like I really care. The games girls play : )