Grocery stores are great places to meet women – they gotta buy food,
right? And it offers a great opportunity for you to seem like a helpless
male who needs a little feminine wisdom to get him through.
Here’s the plan: Go up to a woman who’s browsing meat (or looking at
fruit or reading labels on laundry detergent or whatever). For instance,
if it’s meat, look over the meat, too, picking some up and reading the
labels then setting it back. Turn to her and say, “I’m hopeless at this,
I can never pick good steaks. It’s always too tough or too fatty or
just not fresh. Can you help me out?”
Women love giving advice, and you just gave her a golden opportunity
she can’t refuse. She’ll give some tips. Ask her questions, like what
color to look for, if you should buy leaner cuts, etc. When she’s done
and you’ve selected some steaks or a package of hamburger or whatever,
say, “Thanks so much, I really appreciate this. This may be the first
good meal I’ve had in ages. Let me repay you – let me make you dinner.
You already know I’ve got good steak.” She’ll be a little taken by
surprise, but very pleased with the attention.
Say, “By the way, I’m Doug. And what can I call you?” She may accept
the dinner invitation and if so, great, get the number and start
planning that menu! But since she doesn’t really know you well, she may
hesitate to go to your house for a meal. So if she seems a bit
reluctant, say, “You know, I know you really don’t know me and might be
shy about coming to my place for dinner so soon. So how about I take you
out for a nice meal, and then you can see what a harmless guy I am, and
maybe later I’ll cook you that dinner. Come on, you’ve got nothing to
lose and you’ll gain a free dinner at the restaurant of your choice.
Besides, I owe you. Your advice has saved me from a lifetime of eating
bad cuts of meat. You’ve got to let me pay you back.” She’ll be
flattered and laughing at this point, and most likely writing down those
digits for you!
If you met talking over fruit or laundry detergent, you obviously
can’t offer to cook that up for her (well, you could, but you’ll score
crazy points instead of brownie points). But you can still thank her and
offer to pay her back by going for a cup of coffee or dinner sometime.
Play up how she’s saved you from wearing horribly dingy clothes by
helping with that detergent or saved you from catching God knows what
kind of rare tropical disease imparted by eating squishy, bad fruit.
Make a joke, get her laughing, and get those digits! Supermarket scores
are great, because women love it when they think a man who was just
minding his business, doing shopping, saw her and was so taken that he
couldn’t help but make a move. Female vanity has its uses, fellas!
