Charm school teaches "How to" for grown men who are afraid to talk to women

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“Charm school” helps men perfect the pick-up

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben had a rough Friday night picking up women on the Hotel Gansevoort’s balcony after being coldly rejected by two attractive blonds.

The 23-year-old documentary filmmaker, who asked his last name not be used for fear of ridicule, suffers from an acute case of “premature ejectulation” – ejecting himself early from promising conversations with women for fear of rejection.

Such was the diagnosis from the coaches of “Charm School Boot Camp,” a three-day crash course on seducing women that Ben and five other men paid $1,600 apiece for in early August.
“If I were to look at it objectively, I would feel really good about it, and then just leave,” Ben said.

Ben is not the only man with crippling fears when it comes to chatting up women. That’s why Charm School, run by an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company called Charisma Arts, has no problem finding men who need intense guidance and fieldwork approaching women at places like bookstores and bars.

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You know, that’s sort of interesting. I’ll do the same thing - flirt with women briefly, in a way that feels successful (like making them laugh and having them show interest), and then leave while I still feel on top without developing anything further. It’s like some deep-seated fear that if I stuck around and they really got to know me, they’d change their minds about me. Huh. I’ll have to think on that.