Night Game - is it even worth it any more?

You know, it's funny how life can be thought of as a series of phases, steps or even milestones. I remember when I first started going out actively about 2 years ago how exciting and fresh things were. There was still an element of the unknown back then when it came to talking to groups of people, especially ones that had cute chicks in them. Shit was novel, to a degree.

Nowadays, I don't know. I still make myself go out and be social on Friday and Saturday nights but its more of a maintenance thing than anything. I try to push my comfort limits with every set but I have enough experience under my belt now to know which sets are going to go well and which ones are going to die a horrible death within the first couple of moments. My social awareness is pretty sharp nowadays and it's making me very selective about who I talk with, which is good and bad at the same time.

This doesn't mean I don't stick it out with the sets that I have a feeling aren't going anywhere-- it's still good experience to see how long you can hold the attention of everyone in a group, but even I have my conversational limits.

In any case, I guess the point of my rambling is this: my ROI during night game is pretty crappy. For a multitude of reasons (geography, group dynamic, even them being just plain ol' BORING) the sets rarely progress beyond wide Rapport and it's irking me. I have better success rates in the daytime and it makes me wonder sometimes why I even bother dressing up to head out if people are going to be anti-social (or worse, POLITE) with me when I go up to them to talk. I suppose there's merit to Night Game-- quantity of sets, refine kino and body language. But the cons are seem to be outweighing the pros more and more.

Maybe it's just tonight and my spotty results. I dunno. Maybe people generally suck and can't escape their cliquish behaviour. Maybe I need to fine-tune some aspects of my game. Maybe I'm outgrowing the need to go out at night and entering a new phase of life.

Maybe I just need to go to bed. Tomorrow's a new day...