Quote: (10-24-2016 03:16 AM)polymath Wrote:
How sexual are you as a person?
Do you try to gauge the level of attraction of the woman you're talking to?
Terms like "kino" are silly punchlines these days, but there is a lot of intimacy associated with the sense of touch. Not to mention that you will be more comfortable when you realize that you're with a girl who wants and likes your touch (by which I mean little things like holding a hand, putting a palm on the small of her back as you cross a street, touching her arm when you are changing a conversational thread, etc).
Also, do you ever do little things to see if a girl would be receptive to a kiss? I use little compliance tests, or I smile big and see if she naturally responds to my smile with her own. These can help you figure out if you are clear to make a move.
Escalate in stages, build comfort, push and pull, and look for feedback in the body language of the woman you're with. Leave the goggles and fuzzy hat at home, but take some of the ideas from the Mystery Method to the bar with you....the underlying theory there is timeless.
For example, one girl came to my place with me a couple hours after we met, we were making out pretty heatedly, and I held off on doing anything sexual until we were comfortable with that level of physical intimacy. Then I took it to the next level by undoing her bra through the fabric of her shirt. You don't have to be aggressive to get a girl to feel that something is escalating, you just have to consciously take appropriate baby steps in a sexual direction. The progression itself is exciting.
The same mentality works in a bar setting. Figure out what the girl is feeling and escalate with respect to that. If you think she's down to go next door with you, suggest it. If she's receptive to your touch, be comfortable in your physical presence with her. If she's overt about her sexual attraction to you, kiss her. And so forth.
Frankly, sometimes you just don't feel confident and/or comfortable. I've definitely had moments where a really attractive woman was, in retrospect, giving me a green light that I totally treated as a red. You're not always going to conquer your own anxiety or hesitation, and that's totally OK.
So to sum it up....use physical touch, try to get a sense of how sexually receptive your girl is, escalate in stages, and don't miss an opportunity to push the interaction forward if she throws an alley oop your way.
Thanks a lot polymath for the excellent input. elRey, great suggestion, just got the book. DonnyGately, appreciate sharing some tips for me to improve.
When I was ready to meet new people again after my LTR, my buddy and his wife advised me to pick up swing, as it is easy to meet girls. I started taking lessons; for almost all the girls I have dated since, I met them at dance bars/clubs/socials.
Polymath, regarding your question - I can get girls attracted as I can dance. If they are interested, they will usually stand there after the dance and/or start asking questions or re-engage me later on in some way during the
night. This is usually how I gauge the level of attraction, if that makes sense. During the dance, I can physically escalate smoothly. I am not super chatty, so that's something I need to work on.
From your post, I have the following that will be of immediate help for me:
1. you will be more comfortable when you realize that you're with a girl who wants and likes your touch
2. do little things to see if a girl would be receptive ... to help you figure out if you are clear to make a move.
3. Escalate in stages, build comfort, push and pull, and look for feedback in the body language
4. you just have to consciously take appropriate baby steps in a sexual direction
5. Figure out what the girl is feeling and escalate with respect to that.
As mentioned earlier, I am the one who feels the nerves when I should go for the pull. This is what I'm trying to fix. I can almost bet that the girl I am talking to would agree to a suggested bounce.
The last girl I could have pulled but failed, was an HB7 from out of town.
I am making a few changes to see if this will have me stay more motivated for SNLs:
1. no asking for numbers from here on out
2. start working out the day of going out, so I am more in the zone
3. go out 3
nights a week instead of 2, so I can learn to callibrate better
4. pick target early on during the
night, focus on building comfort so I'm comfortable enough to bounce.
Hopefully I shall be able to work through this with some solid, focused effort. Thank again, any other tips/advice for me to improve would be appreciated.