So I have recently been on a four month dry-spell (talking one kiss at the most in that span).
I don't really have an issue with approach anxiety like I used to, so getting a girl's number isn't the issue. More so my issue is that it seems as if my interactions with women seem fine (to me), but whenever I go for the kiss close, they either turn their face or look at me like I'm crazy (maybe not like I'm crazy, but you know what I mean).
Here's a few examples:
Blonde (HB9) - Everything felt like it was going smoothly, she even ended up in my room, kino and such (she was very receptive). But when I kissed her, she said I was "sweet" and I tried again to no avail (maybe her best friend constantly calling had something to do with it not sure though).
Red-head (HB7) - We met up and had coffee and AGAIN the conversation seemed like it was going well (less kino though), I walked her back to her place and when we got off the elevator to go to her apartment, she said that she had to get something from her car (odd timing IMO), somehow she ends up driving me back to my place and we end up in my room and we watched a youtube video and afterwards I tried the kiss close, but she turned her head and awkwardly laughed and presumably left after the second try.
The rest of my recent experiences go as far as a phone number at best, but nothing much afterwards. Whenever I talk to girls whether it be a club (just to dance) or a woman I met that seems to be going somewhere, the dreaded phrase "I have a boyfriend" pops up.
So my overlying questions are:
How legitimate is the "boyfriend excuse?"
Is it a bad thing to be called "sweet?"
Are my conversations too much on the platonic side or am I not enough of a challenge?
I just don't feel as though I'm truly learning enough from my recent interactions. What could I do to change this?
I don't really have an issue with approach anxiety like I used to, so getting a girl's number isn't the issue. More so my issue is that it seems as if my interactions with women seem fine (to me), but whenever I go for the kiss close, they either turn their face or look at me like I'm crazy (maybe not like I'm crazy, but you know what I mean).
Here's a few examples:
Blonde (HB9) - Everything felt like it was going smoothly, she even ended up in my room, kino and such (she was very receptive). But when I kissed her, she said I was "sweet" and I tried again to no avail (maybe her best friend constantly calling had something to do with it not sure though).
Red-head (HB7) - We met up and had coffee and AGAIN the conversation seemed like it was going well (less kino though), I walked her back to her place and when we got off the elevator to go to her apartment, she said that she had to get something from her car (odd timing IMO), somehow she ends up driving me back to my place and we end up in my room and we watched a youtube video and afterwards I tried the kiss close, but she turned her head and awkwardly laughed and presumably left after the second try.
The rest of my recent experiences go as far as a phone number at best, but nothing much afterwards. Whenever I talk to girls whether it be a club (just to dance) or a woman I met that seems to be going somewhere, the dreaded phrase "I have a boyfriend" pops up.
So my overlying questions are:
How legitimate is the "boyfriend excuse?"
Is it a bad thing to be called "sweet?"
Are my conversations too much on the platonic side or am I not enough of a challenge?
I just don't feel as though I'm truly learning enough from my recent interactions. What could I do to change this?