Qualification (pickup)
| Field | Pickup |
|---|---|
| Also known as | A3, screening |
| Origin | Mystery Method (A3) |
Qualification is screening her for traits you actually want, after she has shown some IOIs. Mystery put it at A3: she is interested; now she has to be interesting.
Two jobs at once:
- You demonstrate standards (you are not a slot machine that pays on beauty alone).
- She DHVs herself — cooking, books, travel, humor — so you have reasons to like her that are not her face.
In ordinary English this is "having standards" and "getting to know her." The pickup use is more tactical: asked too early, it is needy; asked after attraction, it is screening. The other, older sense of "qualify" in the community is approval-seeking (you qualifying yourself to her), which is the mistake A3 is meant to invert.
See also
Sources
- PUA Lingo, "Qualification," Vince Lin (
pualingo-1420). Rewrite. - Von Markovik, The Mystery Method.