[hkmurakami]

So I think approaching groups with a friend is good for someone who is so frozen and so afraid that he/she would never be able to make an approach in the first place.

But I completely agree with the problems you listed when being attached to a friend at the hip and have suffered that collateral damage as well myself.

[tormeh]

The rule is that if you want to approach groups then you should be a group. If you want to approach individuals then you should be alone. There's some truth to that, I think.