So I dropped Olga off at the airport last night. This was the first time I’d gone on a trip with someone I was dating, and it was a good experience.

It was interesting though to spend a week with her and to see the way she interacts with the world and with men. In many ways, her life is typical of many beautiful women you will meet.

First of all, you can’t leave her alone at a bar for a minute before some chode (my generic term for any guy I don’t respect) comes and hits on her. If I turn around to get a beer, some dude is grinding up next to her in 30 seconds. When she went to the parking lot to drop off some clothes she had bought, some guy offered her $1,000 for sex.

No wonder a lot of beautiful women can have a cynical attitude about men. No wonder they travel in groups, and go to the bathroom together. The average guy acts pretty lame around her, and a small number of guys act downright creepy. It was strange enough to experience this for a week, but Olga has dealt with this since she was 14 years old.

What makes the Mystery Method so powerful is that for all the guys who incompetently hit on her, I never saw a guy actually do a smooth approach. Every guy who says “you’re pretty” as the first thing out of his mouth, or leans in, just makes it more remarkable when one of my students approaches the way you’re SUPPOSED to approach