That's BS, nobody swears off of chasing girls at 22 and means it.
I've never been the type who goes to a bar with the single goal of finding a girl to take home before last call. Bars have never really been my thing until I found this one because the kitchen is great. It turns out the crowd is pretty cool because it's a geek bar so I'm among my people.
My taste in women is that once I get beyond the superficial (not happened with the unicorn yet), I want a woman that is at least close to me on an intellectual level and exhibits some common sense. That can be hard to find because while I try not to be serious, I don't often find myself outclassed and I'm surrounded by some of the smartest people in the world.
That's a hard thing to chase because women don't really make a display of intellect. They could be the hottest thing you've ever seen and dumb as a box of rocks.
Very often, you have to go outside your comfort zone to get the kind of girl you want.
I live in Santa Barbara, which is a pretty girl haven, but many of them are extremely intellectually unsatisfying.
So, as I liked to say, I had to leave Santa Barbara to find my beach bunny. (And I joke that, just like beer, foreign is better than domestic)
But to get to the practical in terms of interaction, the phrase that my wife says won her over was when, after she said she wasn't looking for a boyfriend right now, I responded with, "well, ok, but I'm pursuing you. If you ever come to the determination that there will NEVER be anything of a romantic relationship between us, please let me know, because I don't need yet another female friend."
The trick is you also have to mean it.
Self-respect when pursuing a girl will get a girl that has written you off to regret having done so (do NOT take those girls back), but will also attract a girl that has her sh*t together.
Be funny, be charming, but be intentional. Don't be creepy about it, but if she backs off because of your directness, drop her like a bad habit. That is the kind of girl that will do nothing but play games.