How to Learn Pickup Lines

So you want to learn pickup lines? Hitting on members of the opposite sex takes poise, charisma and sometimes dedication. You can learn a lot from the experience of other people, but ultimately, it comes down to your own experience. Learning pickup lines will be a mix of getting input and internalizing what you hear/read for your own use. Study, learn and listen, and then go out there and do it.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Ask around. Ask about how people you know met their current spouses, boyfriends or girlfriends and what they said to them first.
2. Get pickup lines from books. Read romantic novels, either classics or newer manuscripts. Some great pickup-line ideas can come from the pages of history. Underline the ones you like and try to memorize them enough to make them your own. A lot of Hemingway's cafe-story anecdotes, like the ones in "A Moveable Feast," should work well when adapted to your own situations.
3. Keep your ears open. Hear what's said on the street and the kind of results different pickup lines get. This is easiest in a city, where you can hardly help but hear everybody else's conversations.
4. Get pickup line help online. Pick Up Help has an exhaustive list of hundreds of pickup lines. Read through and select the ones you like; keep them in your own list for use later.
5. Be creative. Come up with your own pickup lines. Sometimes the ones that sound best are the ones that come from the heart--not lines you've "studied" but things you would say naturally. Give your own instincts a try before memorizing a lot of random pickup lines you may never have a chance to use.

Tips & Warnings

• Be discerning. Above all, while learning pickup lines, you have to know which ones to use and when to use them. Obviously, the art of the pickup is not a science--well, maybe a social science. The key is to use good judgment.