Is it true that if a guy asks out 100 different women, then he'll find a girlfriend? (average, interested)

[Bob-Man]

I don't think most men will ever ask out 100 women. Eventually, you have to have at least found 1 extremely interesting woman to commit to, out of 100 women.

[Phoenix2017]

Very fascinating thread...IME, out of about 400-500+ total estimated women that I've been romantically interested in over my entire life, only 5-6 have ever said "yes" to wanting to be a gf. And of those 5-6, only 1 was actually successful...amounts to about a 1% - 1.5% overall success rating, if my math is hopefully accurate and correct there?

[Masamune]

Yes, it's an iron-clad law of the universe, just like gravity. If you suffer 99 rejections, then the universe will compel the 100th person to be your girlfriend regardless of whatever inclination she would have had if she weren't #100.

Seriously, don't bother with such gimmicks. Maybe they're helpful in that they give you a boost of confidence, but that confidence is misplaced. Be confident in your ability to know which women you should be asking out, and in your ability to put your best foot forward to build the connection. Don't be confident in a superstitious number.

[blinkfan182]

I think this is something a psychiatrist who suffered from social anxiety did a long time ago, and he coined it "exposure therapy". The end goal wasn't really getting a date, it was about repeatedly putting himself in uncomfortable situations so he could expand his comfort zone. Definitely some merit to it, but then again, there's some things we can do over and over and never really find total confidence in. Like, changing lanes in congested traffic during a snowstorm with poor visibility is always going to be nerve-wracking to me.

[Listener2307]

Is it true that if a guy asks out 100 different women, then he'll find a girlfriend?

If he does it properly, I would bet on it

But that's because asking some out on a date includes the process of establishing rapport, giving each other the proper signals, and then learning how to entertain someone who is a virtual stranger. By the time our "guy" does this a few dozen times he is going to be pretty good at it.
And some woman will want to keep him.

But if we are talking about a dude who struts down the street asking strange women for a date, I would bet against it. It'll never work.

[Catgirl64]

Originally Posted by simon22

I've heard from this various sources before, but obviously never tried it. What do you guys think?

I'm not a guy, but I think you might fare better if you ask out women you actually like, and not just anyone with the requisite equipment. Being treated as interchangeable is kind of insulting, ya know?

[Rocko20]

Originally Posted by Runninglikethieves

The bottom line is that if you want dates, you need to talk to, interact with and ask women out. If you don’t, then you might not get any dates. I asked out 3 women over a 4 year span at one point. Guess how many dates I got in those 4 years? None. When I started asking women out, I got dates.

Nailed it.

To the OP, I don’t think 100 is the magic number. It has more to do with what the guy brings to the table. Some men it would take 200 or 300, others it would taken 10 or 20.

[ipaper]

Originally Posted by simon22

I've heard from this various sources before, but obviously never tried it. What do you guys think?

I think you are going to be busy this summer, and exhausted by the fall. Oh, and probably broke by then, if you don't have deep pockets. Also have fun cataloging all the data and info about each of them, something you probably wouldn't want to get mixed up. Let us know how far you made it, like where you are now on that list of 100, and where on the list did you gave up. Best of luck, and have fun.

[soulstriker]

what guy has the patience to even bother ? After a few take a break then start again but 100 is just too much effort

[jgn2013]

Most likely unless he's a below average man and specifically only talks to women that are wayyyyyyyyy out of his "league."