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Old girl wants to meet but resisting it being at home.  Fixable?

ThePhoenix

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I still have to post my findings of why I'm still 98% certain that an extended leave of absence of sorts from this continent is my best strategy for meeting more women, but in the meantime I got a text from Camilliah out of the blue which has turned into a situation I'm not sure what to do about.

Camilliah is a girl I originally knew from adolescence.  At that time we liked each other at alternate times.  In spite of my having been clueless, at one point she enlisted the help of a friend to rip off my clothes.  Unfortunately, instead of this turning into a threesome with two cute black girls, I became the biggest idiot on the planet by shooing them off in the interests of a oneitis.  (About the third most stupid thing I have ever done in my entire life.)

We drifted and totally lost touch for a number of years.  I looked her up one day and we minimally got back in contact, and found her in a lesbian LTR (as of now like 15 year!).  A more experienced friend read her as bisexual (which I suspect is the vast majority of "lesbians").  We went a number of years more where we'd very occasionally say hi, maybe suggest finally meeting again, only to drop it (usually my neglecting to follow up).

We finally did meet in March this year.  First time, I got her home easily, but I was too scared to really escalate and didn't manage unknown time constraints effectively so nothing happened.  Shortly after, I got into her home in her nearby city (which is maybe a 30 minute drive), but due to an infant plus my lack of creativity, this was only a brief visit and I didn't really get to escalate.  That story is given more here and here.  From there we discussed meeting again but logistics were not great and I didn't want to pursue meeting without the possibility of ample alone time, so it fell by the wayside and we've only been in very occasional contact since. 

She did mention eventually getting the infant into preschool, which would free up some time.  But I was busy with other girl matters around the time this was to happen so didn't follow up.

Well, the other day I heard from her out of nowhere, so of course I tried to jump on it:

Friday evening

her:  Hey phoen
her:  You good?

me:  Cams, I'm good!  U?

her:  Good.  What have you been up to?
her:  How is your project coming along?
her:  How are you doing?  Mentally/physically all that good stuff?

[42 min.]

me:  Contemplating a sabbatical.  How's ur [child]?  Doing the [preschool] thing yet?

her:  [Child] is doing well. Finally getting a hang of the [preschool] thing. [Child] still fusses at times at drop off but there has been a noticeable improvement.
her:  Sabbatical?? Is it to. Avoid holidays or do you need to introspective time?
her:  Is all good with you?
her:  How your dad? I was thinking of you lately wanted to make sure you were in good spirits.

me:  Haha don't worry, it'd be several months off yet.  So how much of your day does the preschool free up?

Saturday late morning

her:  Sorry Phoen, was just coming out of work and hopped  into my car
her:  So I drop [child] off at 9 pick [child] up around 3. Did you wanna meet up grab a coffee or bite to eat?
her:  So regarding sabbatical I remember you mentioned Africa is that still on the table?

Saturday mid-afternoon

me:  Yes, you'll have to come by... u still have pictures to see!

her:  What kind of pics?

me:  From the [cultural organization]!
Earlier in the year she'd wanted to see these pictures but we didn't get around to it.

Shortly after I sent that, I kicked myself for not having appended a meetup proposal or probe for logistics, as it left shit in her hands.  But I also didn't want to "double text" (even though she's done so).  I kind of wish I had, since I allowed things to turn south.
[53 min.]

her:  Let's get coffee

Saturday evening

me:  They closed up all the decent coffee places near me, so grab us some on the way (well, me I rather hot chocolate ;)
I tried this in part because logistics for coffee are not perfect, but more so because I wanted to get her straight home instead of fuss with additional steps that could go wrong.  It's not like we don't know each other or haven't been in each other's homes, so meeting somewhere else feels like taking a step backwards.

Sunday late morning

her:  Ok. As if there is no [big coffee chain] around. Maybe a mom and pops hole in the wall.
her:  What are your plans today? I just got into work. Here until 22:00.
Ok, this is getting ridiculous.  I almost feel like we are playing a game of:
me:  Come, we're going to fuck.
her:  No, we're not.
I feel like if I go along with her plan to meet somewhere else, I lost the frame battle and we're not going to fuck.

Or maybe she already has me firmly slotted into the "friend box".  Or maybe she doesn't trust herself and absolutely doesn't want to cheat on the girlfriend (if indeed it would be - I don't know their rules).

Or is it just, she needs more comfort first after half a year of little contact?

So far I haven't answered.  I really don't know how to answer.

Not that I don't want to be friends with her, but at this point in my life, I've spent far too much of it being an innocent friend to girls (when not avoiding them entirely), so I don't feel like engaging in purely asexual relations with her at this particular moment.

So, questions:

  1. Am I correct in my feeling that meeting somewhere other than our homes at this point is bad news?

  2. If so, what can I try to get her to give in and meet at my (or her) place?  I do have other excuses for my place beyond just the photos, but I get the feeling there's more going on here that I need to address.

I realize my best chance to sleep with this girl was years ago, and I'm certainly not sitting here pining over her.  I'm talking to several fresh girls, though unfortunately they're a lot less responsive and certainly don't contact me of their own accord like this one does.  So I'm of the attitude, may as well try, but keep it low effort and don't bother to get into a meet that isn't conducive to seducing her.  I'm just not sure what is my best next move from that perspective.
 

Dr. Manhattan

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I think she is having some 'anti-slut' thoughts creeping up and wants to meet you to be comforted and seduced.

I also presume she may be asking for your investment because she feels there's an imbalance.

Good luck with the babe.

Doc
 

Fuck This

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I don't think her buying temperature is high enough. I also don't think you are going to raise it with any more text exchanges.

The best you can do is seed the thought of "Doing what I should have done years ago" and then if she re engages follow up and follow through.

This is a cold trail, and I don't think "the juice is worth the squeeze". At this point she needs to volunteer to come spend the night at your house before I'd put any more energy toward it.
 

Dr. Manhattan

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Adding to Fuck This,

Have you read the article on When to put the ball in her court? Learning that was game-changing.

I'm stoned and doing laundry so I won't link it, but look for it!

Doc
 
you miss 100% of the shots you don't take

ThePhoenix

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Hey guys,

Thank you for the different angles!

Yeah it's not worth squeezing much.  I'm more occupied right now with going to where there are more oranges!  (in more ways than one)  lol

I did finally after several days send her an unrelated ping (which did not acknowledge her counter-proposal either way) so I wouldn't look like I was ignoring her completely.  Exchanged a couple messages but then I just went silent after she asked a friendly question, since I didn't want to get into idle chit-chat and didn't have any plan of attack prepared.

Dr. Manhattan said:
I think she is having some 'anti-slut' thoughts creeping up and wants to meet you to be comforted and seduced.

I also presume she may be asking for your investment because she feels there's an imbalance.
Fuck This said:
I don't think her buying temperature is high enough.
Decisions, decisions... LOL

Fuck This said:
The best you can do is seed the thought of "Doing what I should have done years ago"...
That's an interesting idea... what are some ways I might be able to do that without being too 'sleazy' or triggering hardcore ASD?

Dr. Manhattan said:
Have you read the article on When to put the ball in her court? Learning that was game-changing.
Hm, it could be a good position, but the only thing is, I was under the impression this is something you're supposed to do when she's totally refusing any sort of compliance or flaking even after attempting different date ideas.  This situation seems a little different since she's quite happy to meet, it's just that I'm not entirely sure the type of meeting she wants is productive... even though if she were a fresh girl it would be!

I mean, maybe I'm resisting for nothing and would easily get her home after an initial coffee meet... I don't get enough dates (my conversion rate is not terrible, but I don't open enough) and I could certainly use more practice with the touch routine on a date.  Just, if she's going to be cold & unresponsive to escalation then I'd rather not put myself through the bother.
 
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