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<h1 style="text-align: center;">You Are Cleared For Approach</h1> <img src="https://media.istockphoto.com/id/2223939753/photo/beautiful-woman-sitting-on-bench-with-smile-while-boyfriend-is-approaching-from-behind.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=jr7P56bKPPFcj4HFzkWH6nSJQPWhi2_z2lGpsJX3nb0=" alt="" width="800" /> Waiting to board a flight, I noticed a reasonably attractive late 20's/early 30's redhead sitting across from me. Typical northern winter attire for young women -- shin-high boots, black tights, flowy top, denim jacket and a colorfully complicated scarf of white and red and streaks of blue and purple. She was furiously texting on her phone, with a look of <a href="https://blog.loveawake.com/2020/06/29/making-girls-laugh-and-dating/">cheeky humor on her face</a>. Clearly enjoying herself. Probably ripe for an opening. I went to toss my food wrapper in the trash and I looked over at her as I sat down. She looked up and made focused eye contact for a second before looking away to fiddle with her handbag. So I was proofed to approach, but we were too far apart to converse with decorum, so I waited until we all lined up for boarding. <h2>Playing With Fashion And Flirtation</h2> "That scarf you have is very colorful for the winter season." (Neg territory -- I've <a href="https://blog.loveawake.com/2019/02/14/most-common-mens-fashion-mistakes/">commenting on fashion</a> would come off as gay, but I've taken a cue from Aoefe and Vincent Ignatius -- women wear fashion as flair and want it to be noticed (by attractive men), and a man who understands fashion can get major chick-crack points for being cultured and attentive to detail if he doesn't overplay it.) (I used to think commenting on fashion would come off as gay, but I've taken a cue from Aoefe and Vincent Ignatius -- women wear fashion as flair and want it to be noticed (by attractive men), and a man who understands fashion can get major chick-crack points for being cultured and attentive to detail if he doesn't overplay it.) She rips into a huge smile. "You know what...it's a men's scarf!" She says this as if she's sheepishly admitting a shameful secret. (with deadpan disbelief) "Reeeally..." (giggles hysterically, pets the scarf) "Yeah...!" (My mind races with possibilities. I certainly don't want to set up her telling me she got it from a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend or have her bring up any other man in the conversation.) "So you shop in the men's section, is that what you're telling me?" (baiting her into self-deprectation) (satisfied grin and more laughs) "...that's what I'm telling you." 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(I've qualified her, subtly pointing out she must not be like all those other chicks.) "Hehe, well I don't think it'd look good on a man anyway." I ignore that comment. "It's probably a good shopping strategy, I know that women's haircuts are about six times the price of men's." She smiles again. "Hmm, maybe I should try asking for a men's haircut next time." Now we're just being silly, which is good -- she's emotionally activated and comfortable moving the coversation forward. <h2>Letting The Banter Catch On</h2> Were we in a club or bar environment I might have asked to try the scarf on myself and said "do you think it goes with my complexion?" As it happened our group was called and she botled ahead of me. I was about to step onto the jetway when I looked to my side and saw another, older woman, dressed in black and brown with leather boots and belt, and a large printed scarf. Opportunity knocked. "Did you skin that leopard yourself?" "Huh? Oh, pff, nah...I wouldn't be able to get that close to one." "Well you do look dressed for a safari." She laughs. I step ahead of her. As the jetway backs up, I hear the same woman asking the woman next to her, "did you skin that zebra yourself?" I turn to see a second woman, dressed in business black and gray, with a small zebra-striped purse in her hand. I face them and interject with self-satisfied meta. "See, it's catching!" They then tell me about a zebra escape they read about at an east coast petting zoo. Later in the flight the flight attendant offered me a drink and pretzels, which I politely declined. "You're easy," she says. "I try to be." "Ha, I like that." "I bet you do." (with amused mastery)