Oh, hey, I just thought... Good pick-up lines

[Bramblethorn]

The classic goth version is "Nice boots. Wanna fuck?"

I have a story where the narrator repeatedly fails to notice she's being flirted with. "Nice boots" was one of those times.

 

[DeMont]

If you've been married more than ~5-10 years I can't imagine trying to get back out there nowadays. I feel like I slipped out of the singles market just as the apps etc. were starting to take hold of the dating scene. It's weird out there.

@crookedletter, et al,
You know, I don't think the English language has changed that much so that as @big_cane_sugar put it;
"Hi, I noticed how pretty you are and I wanted to meet you."
I don't even know if that counts as a "pick-up line" since it's just the simplest, most honest way I could think of to say that."

I will admit that certain approaches work under different situations. For example, in my time (back in the day) I was a surfer/Goth/Emo/Metal head/Punk - Skinhead at different times and that was certainly a world of endless possibilities that demanded different approaches. Probably the best I ever found to use was in the Goth genre;
"Your makeup is perfect, teach me?" while probably the most direct and blatant was in the Punk days; "Are you plannin' on goin' 'ome tonight?"

In answer to your question (presumed) Yes. I am the oldest Goth/Emo/Metal head/Punk - Skinhead/ Psychobilly rocker that I know!
Deepest respects,
D.

 

[Britva415]

If you've been married more than ~5-10 years I can't imagine trying to get back out there nowadays. I feel like I slipped out of the singles market just as the apps etc. were starting to take hold of the dating scene. It's weird out there.

I'm not a "single," but I myself feel differently about this. My wife and I opened our relationship a couple of years ago.

At first I definitely thought "am I even a candidate for anybody after many non-single years" and "how are people even doing this in the 2020s." And also "is anyone interested in anything with a married guy."

But I have found that "being out there" works the same as it ever/always did. I avoid online/app-driven ways of meeting women and I just behave in regular ordinary organic everyday life in the same ways I always did when I used to attract people and show my own interest. And it works the same as ever.

The big difference is that in the past I was open to relationships and now I'm not, because I already have one. So, learning how to establish expectations up front and be transparent that I'm only available for casual, no-strings - that part has been a new wrinkle, but it isn't any obstacle.

And I'm better at this now, than I was when I was half my present age, before I got married

 

[Djmac1031]

The best pickup line i ever WROTE was this exchange between my She-Demon character Cozbi and Amy, the woman she becomes immediately enamored with at the bar:

Whatever was on her mind must have been pretty serious, as she never even looked up from her drink until I'd taken the stool next to her.

Leaning on the bar, I rested my chin on my palm and looked her dead in her beautiful coffee colored eyes. "I'd offer you a penny for your thoughts, but by the look of that gorgeous Gucci dress I'd say you certainly don't need my charity. So how about I offer my company instead?"

https://www.literotica.com/s/when-cozbi-met-amy-lit-con-2025

 

[Noor]

One of my old male friends did well with offering tootsie roll.
For me “ hi, my name is” and then a reason why you are there at the party, or whatever.
Back in earlier lit days on my learning to cyber thread someone asking if I wanted “to branch out” from my current cyber guys worked.

 

[Britva415]

One of my old male friends did well with offering tootsie roll.
For me “ hi, my name is” and then a reason why you are there at the party, or whatever.
Back in earlier lit days on my learning to cyber thread someone asking if I wanted “to branch out” from my current cyber guys worked.

I only consider the last one to fall into the "pickup line" category. The others are simply initiating conversation.

Even if they're done in a plainly flirty way, I still don't see them as pickup lines.

 

[Noor]

I only consider the last one to fall into the "pickup line" category. The others are simply initiating conversation.

Even if they're done in a plainly flirty way, I still don't see them as pickup lines.

I know guys who picked up their wife to be using “ hey, want a tootsie roll?”

 

[Bramblethorn]

I'm not a "single," but I myself feel differently about this. My wife and I opened our relationship a couple of years ago.

At first I definitely thought "am I even a candidate for anybody after many non-single years" and "how are people even doing this in the 2020s." And also "is anyone interested in anything with a married guy."

But I have found that "being out there" works the same as it ever/always did. I avoid online/app-driven ways of meeting women and I just behave in regular ordinary organic everyday life in the same ways I always did when I used to attract people and show my own interest. And it works the same as ever.

The big difference is that in the past I was open to relationships and now I'm not, because I already have one. So, learning how to establish expectations up front and be transparent that I'm only available for casual, no-strings - that part has been a new wrinkle, but it isn't any obstacle.

And I'm better at this now, than I was when I was half my present age, before I got married

My take is kind of the reverse of this: I have no idea how to date now, but I didn't back then either. (Or at least not as a way of initiating a relationship; I'm fine with asking somebody I'm already sleeping with for a date.)

 

[Zootonius]

I'm not sure how successful it is in face-to-face situations, but I hear that lots of online conversations begin with "Hi, here's a picture of my penis."

I imagine the the response, "Oh, did you use microfilm?"

 

[Bramblethorn]

I'm not sure how successful it is in face-to-face situations, but I hear that lots of online conversations end with "Hi, here's a picture of my penis."

FTFY.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

All good, but to toss in the perfect anti-pickup line, I'd suggest, "Have you been saved?"

Success rate approaching 100%.