Everytime I head back to the States it’s always about recalibration. The first few nights I go back out seem to be the hardest nights for some reason. Adjust, adjust, adjust. The material can only get so much inside your head, but the real practice comes from getting out on the field.
Travolta replies ” Hey it’s my 21st tnite it’s gonna be crazy.” Being done with my Day 2 and wanting to get some fresh time to game I agreed for tnites activity. The venue would be Rayn.
Travolta calls up some people and we head over to West 10 to meet up with the group. We meet up with some of his friends then head over to another PUA’s place. Travolta pounds the drinks as its his bday.
After midnight, we head to the venue. Travolta is pretty tipsy so it was gonna be tough for him to be running sets because hey it’s his bday and he’s gonna drink and have fun!
Go into the venue and I have that initial shock of gaming in a new environment. I absorb it all in- head to the bathroom. I come out and see Travolta’s pivots. Say hi to them then head to the bar to help Travolta to order his first drink of being 21…
I open my first set about what my wing Travolta should order for his 21st… I give her the handshake then she says “That’s no way to greet a girl.” I laugh it off then ask her if she’s an East coast girl. I order a drink and she asks “Are you buying us shots?” I laugh at her and go “I barely know u… Maybe if I know you a little more.” She gives me a funny look and walks off with her friend… I see a three set open them and it goes well… Travolta occupies them.
Not gonna lie the sets I was opening weren’t going to well. This was due to miscalibration on my part. It has been a while gaming in English so I was adjusting to my stories, kino, and all the other fun stuff gaming in America!
I opened a two set with another opinion opener. Into the set, I went for the palm read and got called out from being a PUA like Mystery on the TV show.

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She asked me if I was one and I told her I was. What do you guys think about admitting that you are? It was tough to get back into the set, but they did ask me things like my avatar and other questions which they were intrigued about. But, when I tried cold reading or anything else the obstacle said I am not going to believe a word u say. I have heard of other PUA’s admitting they are and it go well, so I will have to play around with it.
Finally, I regain some momentum towards the end of the night. This was due to plowing my sets. I hit a good set with HB Bracelet I commented on her bracelet then talked about how people thought my arm band was some type of medical brace. She was just laughing after that and went into talking.
This set hit nicely. Had good kino compliance, she leaned into me, ioi’s, etc. Then a guy sits down who she knows. I ask them how they know each other and turns out he’s the roommates friend. Travolta comes by and says hi. At this point he is pretty f**** up. As a friend, I drop the set to go over to him. He’s nearly falling asleep. It’s gonna be time to take him home soon…
I work another set hb tall brown hair towards the end of the night. I hit her with an opinion opener and got her talking. She was with her friends. I made sure to ask cold reading questions like ” You look like your from the East Coast…” Their reactions are always fun to watch… She looked over at Travolta and asked if my friend was ok… At this point, I took care of him and brought him back to his place.
Tonight was all about recalibrating my game. Looking forward to tomorrow night!


I’ve never been called a PUA before, but I have been accused of being a player. Best way to handle it, I think, is to treat it like any other shit test. Don’t answer seriously, but don’t deny it, either.
Just make a joke out of it, like: “Oh, you’ve heard about me?” or “Oh yeah, I totally learned all my game from watching VH1. Is it working? *furrow your eyebrows* How about now?” then move on with the conversation.
Thanks Casual. I think I stuck on the subject too long instead of changing it. Next time, I’ll be ready…
How are you guys over there in San Fran?
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Being called out for being a “PUA” isn’t bad at all. Most of the time it means you’re saying something they’ve heard before and not being as authentic with them as you can be. I used to get called out regularly until I started working towards deep change in my identity and coming to terms with my sexuality.
That’s just for me. You may have an entirely different experience.
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