[King of Monkeys]

From what I have read so far, you seem to be an outwardly attractive guy if you're getting this far with chicks. Despite a lot of awkward missteps and hesitation, girls give you a lot of opportunities to keep moving things forward. Case in point with the hot blonde you talked about. I don't know what your logistics, if you live alone or with other people, but she probably wanted to bang you and was waiting for you to make a move in that direction. Are you a virgin by chance?

As far as the group conversations, those are trickier to navigate than one-on-one, especially if it's a group of people where you do not know them. Some of this depends on where you are when talking to these people. Are they standing in a circle and you can walk into it? Are they all sitting at a table while you stand next to them and talk? Depending on the scenario, you can get away with being quiet and just listening to what people talk about, and instead of leading the conversation you can jump in every now and then and ask questions to keep things going.