Silence, it's golden.

One of the most overlooked things in a pick up is silence. Most guys think it's a bad thing and do their best to avoid those uncomfortable moments of silences. I used to hate it too. I did every thing in my power to avoid it and it meant being quick on my feet and PLOWing until my mouth falls off but not anymore.

Now, I open directly, full of commitment and get her involved in a conversation. After I talk to her for few minutes, I stop and just look at her. I have carried the burden of conversation until this point. It's time for her to do that. It's time for her to come up with the next lame question to ask me. Let her sweat a little bit. Nervousness and the pressure she is feeling is good. She will has to work for me and the more effort she puts in asking me questions, the better it is and the more committed she will be. No other guy will do this!

This is super important for guys who are in set for a while but has trouble getting solid numbers. The more effort she puts it, the more solid the number is. If the only thing you do is palm reading and talking about Britney Spears, good luck with the solid numbers.

The bad part about her asking questions during those silences is that those questions will be "yes" and "no" questions. When she asks those, i have to be able to come up with some thing more than "yes" or "no".

Ex:
Me: [looks at her]
She: [thinks of a question to ask me]
She: So did you eat Pizza in Italy.
Me: Yeah, I ate a ton of pizza. My favorite was surprisingly this tuna pizza. I know it sounds gross but I still remember it to this day. May be they put crack in it I mean it has to be really tasty and addicting if I remember it 12 years later.