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{{Short description|She puts time, talk, or motion into the interaction}} | {{Short description|She puts time, talk, or motion into the interaction}} | ||
{{Infobox term | {{Infobox term | ||
| image | | image = Handshake.jpg | ||
| caption | | caption = Handshake (Commons). Investment is her spending time or motion, not a handshake trick. | ||
| alt | | alt = Handshake | ||
| name | | name = Investment | ||
| also | | also = she invests, getting her to invest | ||
| field | | field = Pickup | ||
| origin | | origin = pickup jargon | ||
| related = [[Qualification (pickup)]]; [[Compliance (pickup)]]; [[Hook point]]; [[Attainability]] | | related = [[Qualification (pickup)]]; [[Compliance (pickup)]]; [[Hook point]]; [[Attainability]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Investment''' is her putting something scarce into the interaction: time, a story, a venue change, a text she did not have to send. Later pickup | '''Investment''' is her putting something scarce into the interaction: time, a story, a venue change, a text she did not have to send. Later pickup literature treats it as the thermometer after spark — not a trick, a readout.<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist |title=Pickup artist |website=Wikipedia |access-date=18 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist |title=Pickup artist |website=Wikipedia |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> | ||
== Method == | == Method == | ||
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# Reward the spend (attention, a tease, the next lead). Do not dump a résumé because she smiled. That is you investing. | # Reward the spend (attention, a tease, the next lead). Do not dump a résumé because she smiled. That is you investing. | ||
[[Hook point]] is when she starts treating you as the scene. Mystery A3 forced this with screening questions. | [[Hook point]] is when she starts treating you as the scene. Mystery A3 forced this with screening questions. A common later line is standards plus a life she might chase into. See [[role reversal]]. | ||
== Failure mode == | == Failure mode == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:06, 18 September 2026
 Handshake (Commons). Investment is her spending time or motion, not a handshake trick.
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| Field | Pickup |
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| Also known as | she invests, getting her to invest |
| Origin | pickup jargon |
| Related | Qualification (pickup); Compliance (pickup); Hook point; Attainability |
Investment is her putting something scarce into the interaction: time, a story, a venue change, a text she did not have to send. Later pickup literature treats it as the thermometer after spark — not a trick, a readout.[1][1]
Method
After there is some spark, get her to spend:
- Ask things that make her talk (a story, a preference, a fork: "this bar or the quieter one"). Then shut up. That is qualification working.
- Give her a hoop that is a move, not a quiz: walk with you, pick the next venue, text a time. Compliance is "hold this." Investment is her using time or motion.
- Reward the spend (attention, a tease, the next lead). Do not dump a résumé because she smiled. That is you investing.
Hook point is when she starts treating you as the scene. Mystery A3 forced this with screening questions. A common later line is standards plus a life she might chase into. See role reversal.
Failure mode
Counting drink-holds as investment. Counting your own résumé as hers. Asking her to invest before there is attraction — needy qualifying in reverse.
See also
- Qualification (pickup)
- Compliance (pickup)
- Hoop theory
- Attainability
- Escalation
- Logistics (seduction)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pickup artist. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 September 2026. Cite error: Invalid
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