For those of you who have been following along and giving me feedback I thank you very much.

Now on to the topic.

We’ve learned to classify sidecars into 3 categories, the Over Sidecar, the Equal Sidecar, and now let’s discuss the dreaded. . . Under Sidecar.

So let’s set the scenario. There you are, either with a friend, or a group of friends, or even alone if you’re waiting for people, it doesn’t matter. All of the sudden you spot her. You spot the girl that you immediately envision yourself throwing onto your dorm mattress and ravaging for an hour. Great. It’s great because you know that with your confident game, she’ll get scooped like ice cream.

One problem. A sidecar, and an Under Sidecar at that.

How’d you know she was an Under Sidecar? Well there are many ways to tell.

First let’s define what I mean by “Under Sidecar.” I define it as a girl who is inferior (in a superficial sense) in one way or another to the girl that you are interested in. There’s just a few things about her making her the less appealing of the two. Maybe she’ less attractive, overweight, boring or emotionless, has that fat girl look of misery in her eye, whatever.

It’s much easier to spot Under Sidecars than it is to define them. A sidecar is an Under, if you start looking around for one of your friends to be your wingman knowing full well that you’ll owe him a huge favor in the future.

OK, you get the point.

Now what do you do?

Let’s pause for a second and place ourselves inside the mind of the sidecar who is sitting next to the more attractive, more appealing girl.

At a bar or club what has probably been happening up until the point that you spotted them was that guys. . . one at a time, or in groups, have been trying to talk to the hottie, and either completely ignoring the sidecar, or trying to pawn off some jabroni of a wingman onto her.

You see this all the time. From my own experience, many times I’ve grabbed a friend and said something like, “Just talk to the ugly one for 5 minutes while I try to get this blonde’s phone number.” So he does, and when I’m done handling my business, my friend is OUT like your dad when the bill comes.

Now the sidecar knows exactly what just happened simply because it’s probably been happening to her for a LONG time. So she knows. She might try to fake it, and tell her friend something like, “That guy who was hitting on me was such a LOSER!” And her friend, who also knows what just happened, will say something like, “Yea you can do better.” Both statements obviously false.

So after a few episodes like this have happened, you enter the picture either solo, or with your wingman. Let’s say first, that you have a wingman.

Now you know that if your wingman is sub-par, you gonna have to work extra hard to lay your game down before the sidecar gets sick of him. I suggest that after 2 or 3 minutes of conversation, you say to your hottie, “I’m about to get a drink, you wanna come with me?”

Here most girls will say yes because a line like that usually implies you’ll buy her a drink. And normally I don’t buy random girls drinks, but in the situation of an Under Sidecar, it’ll be $3-4 well spent. So while you’re at the bar with her you turn it up a bit. Get her digits, or email, or if you’ve been chatting for a long time, suggest that the 4 of you go back to your place and “watch a movie.” The key here is letting her make a spontaneous decision without looking straight into the eye of her sidecar.

Accept the fact that she is probably not going to ditch her friend for you, and also accept the fact that your friend is probably not going to wingman all night for you. So use this night to lay down the groundwork rather than go in for the kill.

Now what if you approach the 2 girls alone? You have no wingman in sight. Let’s say that you break the ice in a confident yet playful way such as, “Way to ruin this sausage-fest, I didn’t know they allowed girls here.” Bam, they laugh, or smile, and even if they don’t laugh, you’re ready with something else to say, and bam, you’re in. Now here’s the key,

You have to give enough attention to the sidecar so that the hottie likes having you around, but you can’t overdo it to the point where the hottie gets the brilliant idea that you should hook up with her friend instead. Conversely you can’t give so much attention to the hottie that the sidecar feels left out and/or jealous. That can lead to the hottie dissing you just to spare her friend’s feeling.

That’s it. You have to find the medium. Easier said than done I know, I know. It takes practice. I’ve lost many opportunities to mack hotties by screwing up the sidecar situation, it happens.

A few tips to help you find this medium.

Give the sidecar a solid amount of eye contact and attention, but make your interactions with the hottie subtly more suggestive.

If you ask a question, ask it to the hottie, but phrase it starting with “So do you two. . . ?“ or “Do the both of you. . .?”

This does wonders. It lets you give the hottie some eye contact, while including the sidecar in the conversation and therefore making them both find you pleasant to be around. Most questions that you’d ask a girl in a bar can be easily changed to address it to one more person at the same time anyways.

And lastly, one of my favorite moves. The interlude. If there comes a time when you say something that the sidecar finds hilarious, or if you just notice that she is smiling a lot, take a break. Leave them for a minute or two, giving the sidecar a chance to tell her hottie friend that she approves of you.

Excuse yourself. Maybe you need a napkin from the bar, or your phone is secretly vibrating and its your friend who’s trying to find the place, whatever.

Give the two time to talk you up and to miss you. It does wonders.

Remember studs, half of the battle is figuring out what kind of sidecar you’re dealing with, and the other half is dealing with it.

And remember, practice makes perfect. . . Well, THESE make you perfect too, but practice anyway.

Stud On,
Anthony D