{"id":12954,"date":"2020-08-30T17:27:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T21:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=12954"},"modified":"2020-09-04T23:22:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T03:22:59","slug":"kiss-close-pua-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/kiss-close-pua-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kiss Close PUA Tactic: How Style Mastered it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the kiss close PUA tactic? How do kiss close routines work, and why was it important for Style to learn it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A kiss close in PUA culture is a type of technique Style learned as a PUA. A kiss close means that the pickup has been successful, and has moved on to physical intimacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Style Learns About the Kiss Close<\/strong> PUA Tactic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From an early age, Mystery had wanted to be a famous magician. He spent his teenage years honing his craft, but, when he turned 21 and was still a virgin, he realized that his obsessive focus on magic had kept him from meeting women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery didn\u2019t know that the seduction community existed, so he conducted his own research. He studied women and their reactions when he tried to hit on them. Over 10 years, Mystery pieced together the principles of social interaction and the patterns of male-female dynamics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery developed techniques that incorporated magic with the lessons he\u2019d learned. His strategy\u2014which he dubbed the Mystery Method\u2014broke down into these steps: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you get three IOIs, try to get her to kiss you <\/strong>by saying, \u201cWould you like to kiss me?\u201d This question is fool-proof: If she says, \u201cyes,\u201d you get a kiss (this is called a kiss close PUA tactic). If she says, \u201cmaybe,\u201d you can say, \u201clet\u2019s find out,\u201d and go in for a kiss. If she says, \u201cno,\u201d then you can deflect and say that you weren\u2019t asking for one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Style Learns to This Technique<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prior to Mystery\u2019s workshop, Style had gone out every night to practice seduction. He\u2019d mastered a routine that consistently helped him number-close\u2014but his pickups never went any further.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Style had to get out of his head and get over his nerves in order to attempt a kiss close for PUA. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Style\u2019s impressive success on the first night of the workshop gave him a confidence boost. But when he met the woman at a cafe a few days later, he couldn\u2019t shake his anxiety. Despite her indicators of interest (IOIs), Style couldn\u2019t bring himself to use kiss close routines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Pick Up a Woman, Be Willing to Lose Her<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As Style watched Mystery\u2019s pickups, Style realized what he was missing: He had to be willing to lose<\/em> a woman in order to make moves bold enough to get<\/em> her.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery had made a strategically impressive pickup on the first night of the workshop, and now he was sitting with the woman at a cafe and trying to figure out how he could get her to have sex with him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery claimed he\u2019d had a haircut earlier in the day and that he needed to take a bath, offering for the woman to come and help him wash up. The woman, who had a boyfriend, declined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seemingly unperturbed, Mystery said goodbye and bluffed as if he was about to leave. The woman looked deflated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery took a few steps, then turned and told her he was going to take a bath at a nearby hotel instead of going back to Marko\u2019s apartment. He repeated his offer for her to join him\u2014if not, he said, he\u2019d email her in a couple weeks when he was back home in Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman paused briefly, and then she joined him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overcoming the Hump<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After returning home from Belgrade, Style posted a call for advice on how to kiss close in PUA tactics on Mystery\u2019s Lounge<\/a>, an invite-only online seduction message board. Top pickup artists (PUAs) logged onto Mystery\u2019s Lounge to exchange stories, strategies, and sometimes photos and videos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Style got a range of responses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n