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Single guys: How many have you picked girls up since getting the watch?
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You're at your prime age. At 22 years old if you need a tech watch to help get you girls then you may have bigger problems than even the watch can solve.
Jesus Christ, nobody said they NEEDED it to pick up someone... but that it has happened due to it being a conversation starter. It's not that hard to understand unless you live in a small town or something where nobody cares about such things.
Same here - 22 wasn't my prime either. It was around 27-33.
When I was 20, I couldn't get a date. I didn't really start dating until age 22. At 27, I was on multiple dates a night with 20 year old girls. It was no problem getting dates.
Some people mature at different ages - I'm in my 40s now, and my wife is 13 years younger than me.
Regarding 'women as friends'? Nope. VERY rare. I was friends with a lot of women. It was mainly because the women didn't want to date me. They were really cool, fun women to be around, so I hung around them hoping for more, but not pursuing anything. I didn't want to ruin the friendships, because in part, it helped me meet OTHER women. I would half think that the original girl would be jealous, but if not, it's a lot easier to meet new women when they see you have a woman friend. But at any point if the original girl would want to get more intimate, done deal.
Maybe you missed the part of my post where I put a big smiley face at the end. It was said in humor. Lighten up. Sheesh.
I'm sorry but to honest this is ridiculous. My own friends don't even comment on the high tech gear I have. I can't see women walking up to a guy and starting a conversation about hisWatch. While one of the things that attracts women about men is the watch they wear, (but that's generally because they see them wearing either a Movado or a Rolex) considering the
Just yesterday I*had an attractive young woman stop me because of my
watch. Ends up she recently got a moto 360. I'll be seeing her again That being said, I can't see that being the norm other than an easy ice breaker.
There are plenty of nerdy men that are looking for nerdy women.
When I went backpacking through Europe, simply wearing my favorite NFL team's shirt got plenty of people talking to me - teasingly - 'Yo! The Bills suck!' or 'Are you from Buffalo?' I hung around many girls for days at a time touring whatever city I was in - just because of them coming up to me with a comment about a shirt I was wearing.
i.e. THEY were interested, and THEY needed an ice-breaker.
Your example of the football ribbing and and turning it into a fun conversation is common because football is a national sport. I totally get the idea of an ice breaker but we're talking about a tech watch and an Apple Watch for that matter. Honestly I can't even vision this scenario of a girl walking up to a guy and saying, "Hey is that the Apple Watch? And then him getting a date with her.
It seems to be one of those scenarios that a guy would create such as purposely playing with his watch so it causes people to notice. It kind of falls on the line of a douchebag guy driving his fancy new car with the windows rolled down expecting every superficial girl to run up to his car ready to give him anything he asks for just because he's in that sexy car.
I've seen a few threads here of guys posting that multiple girls have approached them about his iWatch and he got their number. Sounds a bit unbelievable.
Funny how I haven't seen many female posters saying guys are approaching them, which honestly sounds a bit more realistic as it's common that men are more into a tech gadgets than women.
I've seen a few threads here of guys posting that multiple girls have approached them about his iWatch and he got their number. Sounds a bit unbelievable.
True. Does sound unbelievable....
If I was a girl and saw an attractive guy wearing an Apple Watch, and I was interested in Apple Watches, I would definitely talk to him about it. That would start a conversation, and could always lead to a phone number.
Watch some girl wearing a World of Warcraft T-shirt, for example. If she's at least average looking, she'll get guys coming up to her all day.
So, there has to be the attraction first, then the t-shirt will get looks. But a geeky guy picking his nose in the corner with an Apple watch will not get the same results as a guy who is okay looking, goes to the gym, seems approachable and is wearing an Apple Watch.
Right...an icebreaker. You can't imagine a woman coming up to a guy at a bar and talking about the Watch? and that leading to something else? I'm not saying it's a magnet for women, but jeez... people make small talk that leads to something else all of the time.
No, the times I've been at a bar and a woman walks up to me to make small talk she usually asks me what am I drinking because she doesn't know what to order. Then that sparks a conversation. Or if there's a sporting event being played on the TV I've had women come up to me and start a conversation about that. You know, normal things.
She doesn't walk up and say, "Hey those are some sexy socks you're wearing or Hey I like that Samsung Galaxy S6 you're playing with. How many pixels does the screen have? I've yet to have woman ask me about any trinkets I'm wearing or using, especially when it's a tech gadget. Besides it shows that she's more interested in the product than the guy. Nerd Central.
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No disrespect, but as logical as it may seem to you, most, if not all men do not have the faintest idea what attracts a woman to a man. To say, "If I was a girl...." No you wouldn't, you're still thinking like a guy. I just asked my GF and her best friend about this and showed them this thread. They both busted up laughing at some of the posts here who would use the iWatch to get girls.
If this is the level of comprehensibility at which you speak to women with, even a hover board won't get you laid.
Well, I'm sorry that you cannot fathom that something outside of your own experience might happen to someone else.
In all my years I've never had a girl approach me. You have to post a pic of your physique.
Firstly, the only thing that doesn't seem realistic are some of the posts here of guys saying many girls or people have approached them since they bought their Apple watch. Doesn't sound like a reality.
I'm sorry for you that you can't understand that one human should be attracted to another human based on the positive vibe or energy they pick up from them, not because of a silly tech trinket they are wearing. That puts people in a superficial category. If a girl walks up to a guy (doubtful) and asks him about his Apple Watch chances are 99% that the conversation will remain about the watch and she won't give him a chance to get at her. Ever heard of just going to a public event and spark up a conversation about the event? At least the conversation wouldn't sparked over some geek item the person is wearing. If a girl appears attracted to a guy because of something he has, chances are she's not attracted to "Him". I'm thinking of Sports Car, Money, Career Position.
If you think physical attraction is all about how ripped someone looks well then you're experience with the opposite sex sounds a bit limited. You do realize women are not as turned on by ripped guys as much as we would like to believe. I've seen some hot girls with severely overweight average-looking guys. I'm sure she didn't go after him because of his Apple Watch.
I wasn't aware that we were talking about what people should like... I thought we were talking about the Watch as a conversation starter and the possibility of it leading to something else. It can and does happen. However, I do agree that the conversation starter could be anything and most likely if something was going to happen, it would happen without the Watch too. Random women have come up to me and asked about it. A few of them gave off an interested in me vibe, most didn't.
I can agree that it most certainly can be about the Watch only. It might not be too... women are not all the same. There are tech geek women too. They just most likely aren't your type.
I can agree that there are many things to talk about... but I'm open to the watch being one of them. I went on two dates over the last few days and neither woman cared about my watch at all (I'm 41, the women in their mid to late 30s). However, I was definitely asked about my watch by a woman who was clearly interested in me while waiting for the subway. My friend was with me and got the same vibe. She wasn't my type or I might have used the opportunity. You keep saying Geek item... well, sometimes two geeks date no? I can agree on the latter part of your quote. I think the problem here is that we all date different types of women. I never talk to women about my drink or sports, but you do.
Wow, this thread really delivers. The combination of intentionally and unintentionally funny posts is terrific. Thanks for the early morning laugh all!
At age 41 you went out on two dates in the last few days? Brother, you certainly don't need the AppleWatch for a conversation starter if you can get that much action in the same week.
At age 41 you went out on two dates in the last few days? Brother, you certainly don't need the AppleWatch for a conversation starter if you can get that much action in the same week.
Thanks Man.
Best post of the week! That made me laugh. Perfect quote for this thread.
Lol I can't stop laughing!!
You're not USING THE WATCH as a sole way to get girls - it's just an icebreaker. Just like wearing a shirt or jacket, having a tattoo, a hair style... if you're not interesting to the girl to start with or don't have conversational skills after she says something, the watch won't do squat.
I remember a girl coming up to me and ask me about my goofy watch one time (Disney's goofy - the watch goes backwards). We struck up conversation because of that. She saw me at the bar, and that's the first thing she said and our first conversation. She used that to start talking about other Disney things like 'Have you been to Disneyland?' Disney was something she was interested in, and she was able to talk about it, so didn't feel as uncomfortable at first.
In the first years of the iPhone (2007/2008), I had many women come up to me to talk about the iPhone and they wanted to play with it. If I didn't have it on me, I doubt I would have had those conversations.
And some of those conversations led to dates later. But, of course, not 'just because' I had an Apple product.