Mr. Online Dating Matches wrote about how to talk to women in bars. Here’s the second entry in his two-part post. Click here for the first part and click here for previous installments of Man Made.

2. Pick up lines don’t work.

Sometimes the best “opening line” to say to a female is nothing more than “hi!” (just make sure you’re smiling). There really is no definitive opening line to say to a woman. It various greatly between the girl and the situation you are in. Start off slow and let the conversation build. I was just recently in Vancouver and one night went down to the hotel bar. It was a 4 star hotel and the women there were stunningly beautiful as well as dressed to impress. I was dressed in a hooded sweatshirt, unshaven, wearing dirty jeans and a baseball cap. I probably looked like I just robbed the local 7-11 and was on my way to my gang initiation party. By the time the night was over, I had met 4 different women, gotten 2 of their numbers, one of whom wound up in my hotel room at 2 am.

What was my secret opening line? It had been raining cats and dogs for 3 days and all I said to them was: “Lovely Vancouver weather we are having?”. I used a situational opener, and I used it with confidence, all the while smiling. That’s all it took to open the conversation.