Hitting girls up, I have noticed, to them, their identity as a woman is based around a lot of attracting men and getting men to approach them, i.e. to go first, just look at how they dress when they’re out, they want to be approached, and furthermore, if I approach them and they’re into it and I do all my escalations that I am supposed to do, she’ll want to make me feel good for making her feel good; making her feel good comes from, like I said at the beginning, getting the guy to go first because she attracted him. I used to, and still do sometimes, have a problem with going first because the girl “hasn’t earned it yet” but that is butthurt pussy shit. I have come into a new understanding, so long as I am not a creep about it, I am giving her a gift by approaching her and escalating on her properly, even if she says no, she’ll still appreciate it and feel good about it afterward. I remember that when I realized this was this one time that I instadated a girl and we hung out for like five hours and afterward I texted her that it was great meeting her, she texted me back: “thanks for talking to me on the street.” I remember right before I approached her thinking she didn’t want to be approached but fuck it, I was about to approach her anyway and making the whole approach about me, but ever since she texted me that I became aware that the approach really isn’t about me, it’s about her and making her feel good, making her feel like a woman that attracts men. This really shifted my mindset so much, my approaches have never been the same since. It’s like when I give someone a gift that I believe/know they’re about to like, my energy is all open, happy, certain, confident, and I cannot wait to to give it to her.