New Year's Success Story #3 - Who'd You Kiss At Midnight

Lance and the Pickup 101 Crew:

Your advice is awesome, but of course, you knew that already. I read your note right before I went out on New Years, most importantly, the part about having fun above everything else.

Long story short, I went out bar hopping with a limo full of 30 of my closest friends ( well, 2 close friends and 28 brand new friends). We walked into the first bar at about 9. I'm hanging out, dancing, whatever, just screwing around. One of the guys that came with us said to me, "hey, I just met these two cool chicks, I can't take advantage (he was there with his girlfriend), why don't I introduce you?"

I asked what their names were, he said, "I don't know, I just met them two seconds ago". Cool, game on. He asked me what my name was, I said Jeff. He says to the girls, "hey, meet my friend Jeff" and he walks away. So now I'm in the set, two girls and guy.

Immediately I start with the, "hey, what's up, how do you guys all know each other?" BAM. Everyone's loving me, couple jokes, keep everything fun, couple quick kino hits on my target's arm after jokes, golden. The three decide it's time to hit another bar and invite me along. I can't because our limo is going to leave soon as well.

My target says, "hey, you're really fun, let me give you my number so that we can meet up later". This is the first time I've ever gotten a number without asking for it. Cool, say goodbye to the friends, lean in to kiss my target, she says she can't because "it will ruin the bet".

Confused I ask what bet. She looks back at me equally confused and starts telling me about how my idiot acquaintance/guy-trying-to-move-in-on-my-girl told her we had some bet (that DID NOT exist) and she didn't want to ruin it for me. Bullshit but… everything up to that point was solid. I called her couple days later, she remembered exactly who I was and wanted to meet up, but alas, I had to return home 12 hours and 5 states away. Damn.

Went to next bar and was hanging out again. Had a few drinks with some friends and on the way out, ran into one of the girls in our circle. Said hey and asked her who she kissed at midnight?

Her: Well, no one.
Me: (all smiles) Well, that's bullshit. Put my arm around her, lean in, and give her a quick kiss:

That was innocent enough. She grabs me back and starts making out with me. I didn't sleep a whole lot that night due to some extra-curriculars, but it was one hell of way to ring in the new year.