Since my last post, I’ve traveled from the US to Lviv via Krakow and started to get settled in here. The pro’s and con’s of Lviv so far:
Pro’s:
- Hot girls. A LOT of them. There are a ton of hot girls here from all over Ukraine. Some of the most beautiful women I’ve seen in my life. Much hotter than Polish women in my opinion.
- The male competition here is not as high as in other European countries.
- There are almost zero foreigners here.
- Super affordable and high standard of living.
- The city has a cool atmosphere.
Con’s:
- Obviously the fact there is war going on. Last night for example, I was woken up by an air raid alarm at 4am and could hear the sound of incoming drones and machine gun fire to take them down. I also just found out today that there aren’t really any shelters that are open past 10pm in Lviv.
Honestly, that’s the only con I can think of. It is unsettling to hear explosions at 4am but the pro’s make up for it in my opinion. Using ChatGPT, I determined I have about a .002% chance of dieing here from a Russian strike *knock on wood*. Not to say that can’t happen, but the way I look at it, I don’t stop driving in the US just beause people die in car accidents. You still have to live your life.
But coming into the country, I was very paranoid after being exposed to years of American media coverage of the war. I thought as soon as our bus (full of women, children, elderly men, and myself – a 36 year old male) crossed the border into Ukraine, it would be targeted by a Russian missile. But mostly life continues as normal here from what I’ve been able to tell so far. People just go out about their lives here as best they can given the circumstances, and that’s what I’m trying to do as well.
Another notable event so far was getting stopped on my way back from the grocery store after dark by an unmarked van with mobilization officers in it trying to round up draft dodging Ukrainians. The van came to a screeching halt behind me out of nowhere and the back door flew open. For a second, I thought they were going to throw me in the back, but as soon as I started speaking, they just said “USA USA” and drove off.
Using Krakow (where I lived for ~3 months last year) as a point of reference, in my opinon Lviv is superior in every way, except for the war. It has hotter (and nicer) girls, less annoying foreign tourists, better value for money and the city is not as depressing as Krakow.
Ok now on the daygame. I’ve been trying to do at least 5 sets a day. So far here are my stats since I arrived in Lviv on August 17:
Approaches: 16
Number close: 2
IG close: 4
Dates: 1
With just these stats alone, I’ve already done better in Lviv in a few days than I did in ~3 months in Krakow because the date was with a hotter girl than the 2 girls I dated in Krakow. This girl was 24 years old, had long, beautiful black hair and was from a small Ukrainian town but visited Lviv periodically. She was living here by herself.
The set went very well, I actually didn’t approach her when I first saw her because she dipped into a store. But by happenstance, I passed her again after she came out and took that as a sign to open her. I’ve been trying to pay attention to BroodingSea’s Trust-Intrigue-Attraction model in my sets, which is easier said than done when I’m still experiencing approach anxiety. But in this case, I could feel the girl’s intrigue growing when I described my business back in the US.
She was easy to get out on a date, but she showed up about 15 minutes late. We met at the Lviv opera house, and while I was waiting I couldn’t help but be amazed by the quantity of hot, sexy women flaunting their bodies in the warm summer air. It truly felt like a paradise for foreign men in that regard. I’m still thinking about this tall, tanned beauty that I badly wanted to approach but I didn’t because I thought my date was going to show up on time and I didn’t want to be seen approaching another girl when she did.
When my date arrived, she was wearing a tight top displaying her slender body and small but pert breasts. She looked damn good in my opinon, especially compared to American women. I suspect it may take some time to lose the “US goggles” and get accustomed to seeing this many beautiful women around.
During the date, we sat outside a cafe having coffee before going for a walk around the city. This was my first date in over 9 months since I left Krakow and went back to the US. With that said, the conversation came easy, and I thought the date went reasonably well. My main issue was being comfortable with pauses and more importantly, escalating. It simply didn’t feel like the right time or place (middle of the afternoon, walking around the city) to escalate her. I feel awkward escalating white women, especially when I feel they are higher SMV than me. Looking back a few days later, I probably should have tried escalating on the date and bounced her back to my place instead of betting that I would see her again. She said she had plans in a few hours with a friend so I didn’t go for the home bounce. Plus, I hadn’t done much to escalate so the buying temperature didn’t feel right.
Going forward, I’m going to make it a goal to try to bounce the girl back to my place on the first date. You simply can’t count on being able to get them out again. I also just listened to BroodingSea’s podcast on the way he runs his dates with a one venue model and I’ll be trying that for my next date.
Since my date with the 24 year old Ukrainian, she replied to my texts and we had plans to meet the next day for dinner but she flaked at the last minute and the lead has gone cold now. Back to getting more leads.
This may just be me being paranoid, but when I considered her an active lead, I didn’t do any approaches for fear that she would see me, even though Lviv has ~750k inhabitants. It’s a weird hangup I have about “burning” Lviv. I need to just put in my daily sets and not worry about double opening girls. Using Lviv as my base, I’m also planning to visit second tier Ukrainian cities for 3-day daygame blitzs like Ivano-Frankisk, Rivne, Lutsk, etc to see other places and what they have to offer.
I’m also pleasantly suprised that my Russian, which I spent 4 years learning, has been quite useful here communicating with women, especially with those who relocated to Lviv from other parts of Ukraine. I was starting to learn Ukrainian, but now I think it’s simply too low ROI of a task to bother with. Russian is enough as far as communicating with women via daygame goes. Still, I start every set asking “Do you *pause* speak English?” and only use Russian if she says a firm “No” or clearly doesn’t understand what I’m saying once I start speaking English.
I know I still have a lot of work to do on honing my daygame skills – I still topic jump a lot, have trouble coming up with creative openers, have difficulty bridging from the opener to an actual conversation, paying attention to non-verbals, etc. I had one girl today who I added on Telegram after a pleasant exchange, but then about 30 minutes later, she blocked me. It stung a little, but I got over it fairly quick. I’ve also noticed that quite a few of the women are pleasant in set and will easily reach hook point or give contact details, but then go cold afterwards. Not sure yet why that is. Maybe I’m reaching social hook point but not sexual hook point. I plan to try more of the “Do you have a boyfriend?” filtering question to see where I stand when in doubt during the set.
For now, I’m pleased that I’m getting back out in the field and taking action to achieve my goal of getting a hot white girlfriend. Even though I’m still working with a small sample size, I’m starting to feel more comfortable talking to women on the street again.
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