I was out at a bar last week with my friend Tony.

He’s a decent looking guy but he’s really shy around girls for some reason.

He was standing there for about 15 minutes holding his beer with a nervous look on his face.

Finally I realized why.

He was gazing at a couple of hot girls eating chicken wings.

I asked him, “Tony, what are you waiting for? Go over there and say something”.

He said, “I have no idea what to say. I suck in these situations”.

I said, “Oh don’t be such a wimp, I dare you to go over there, take a chicken wing off one of their plates, eat it, smile, and say. You girls are so beautiful, I just wanted to make sure they were safe enough for you to eat”.

If you do it I’ll buy your drinks for the rest of the night.

Hopefully they will think you are cute or funny and want to talk to you.

If it backfires you can just tell them it was my fault.

What’s the worst that could happen?

It’s a win-win situation.

vocabulary and phrases

Decent looking guy – Good looking or handsome guy, often guys describe other guys in

this way. They don’t want to sound gay.

Gazing – Staring for a long time

Hot girls – Great looking or incredibly sexy girls. We often say hot to describe girls.

Girls also use hot to describe great looking guys.

Dare – A challenge that you give to someone. It’s a kind of challenge that they normally

would be scared or embarrassed to do. It’s a fun kind of thing between friends.

This can also be used as a characteristic to describe someone. We can call someone

“daring”. That means the person is willing to take chances, bold or courageous.

Wimp – Weak man. Scared, babyish, not strong.

Confidence or belief in yourself.

If you have a high self-esteem then you think you are a capable person and like yourself.

If you have a low self-esteem you get discouraged easily and don’t have a lot of selfconfidence.

Backfires – If a plan backfires it means that it did not turn out the way you hoped that itwould. It went the opposite of how you hoped it would go.What’s the worst that could happen? –This is a question to ask yourself or someoneelse if they are considering not doing something. The idea is that if the worst thing thatcan happen isn’t really that bad, then you should do it.Win-win situation – A situation where no matter what the result is, there is somethingstill good about it. Here, if the girls like Tony, he wins. If they don’t like him, he will getfree drinks for the rest of the night, so he wins again.Although Tony is usually a bit of a wimp when it comes to approaching girls, the buzz from the 6 beers he’d had was starting to give him some confidence.

Not to mention that he hates backing down from a good dare.

He didn’t have a lot of money either, so free drinks for the rest of the evening sounded like a good idea.

He chugged the rest of his beer and stumbled over to the 2 girls.

Without looking back to see my reaction, he grabbed a chicken wing and slowly started eating it.

When he finished the wing he even had the audacity to ask one of the girls for a napkin to wipe the sauce from his face.

To everyone’s surprise, the taller of the two girls handed Tony a napkin and told him he seemed like a sweet guy and asked him to pull up achair. Tony didn’t even have to explain why he took the wing without asking.

They talked and laughed for a while and eventually exchanged phone numbers. I expect that this event will work wonders for his self-esteem.VocabularyBuzzThe good feeling after drinking alcohol. Not too drunk but feeling the effects.Backing downNot accepting the challenge. Back down from a fight, back down from a dare.ChuggedDrink quickly. Drink the beer all at one time without putting the glass down.StumbledWalked like a drunken person.

Almost falling down walking.AudacityAfter doing something rude, like taking the wing, he didn’t apologize and just did something rude again. No shame.That man stole $1000 from the girl and had the audacity to ask if she would be his girlfriend.Pull up a chairSit down with us, or join us at the table.Work wondersDo a lot of good for something.That investment will work wonders for your bank account.If you find a beautiful girl who likes you it will work wonders for your confidence.Self-esteem

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