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LR-/FU: “Violet” – Artsy Girl & Hookah on Christmas, Persistence Game

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Summary:

This was an interesting little hook-up, and embarrassing fuck-up. The former portion because I was totally not expecting this to happen with this girl based on how she’d been generally interacting with me (cold and uninterested after her recent breakup) and there was CRAZY LMR and persistence involved; the latter because sex was eventually on the table and I had a panic attack—twice! Both of these really freaked her out sending her into auto-rejection, and freaked me out as well because I instilled two moments of ED. I was successfully able to navigate around LMR multiple times, and primed her for penetration twice, yet also fucked it all up myself because I panicked internally RIGHT when I put the condom on both times and went soft. This is a much bigger inner issue that I’ll need to resolve—it happens to me a lot (any thoughts on dealing with this, guys?).

I’d say only parts of this follow the GirlsChase process—I definitely didn’t meet her in cold approach, instead through social circle. I took a very long time to get intimate with her—with some reasons. On the flipside, when I got her alone with me I tried to follow GC as much as I could, especially with conveying myself as a sexual and open minded man with no long term interest in her.

Logistically this was also a challenge, as both of us were living in houses with family there. We eventually wound up back at my place where I only had a couch and shower available.

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Day 1 & 2: Meeting this girl (Friday night, Saturday night)


Day 1: I went out to downtown with my wingman buddy to meet girls, but totally flopped. I just was not at all in the right mood, and with every girl I talked to, my vibe was off and I couldn’t talk to them. I gave in to it an hour later and instead went to my friend’s place to chill close to my house. There were five of us there, including this girl “Violet.”

I didn’t try to engage her too much: she was the token female in the group, the rest guys, and while I initially found her very cute, I didn’t know anything about her or if she came with one of the guys. She had very striking features—hair parted sideways with a very strong violet streak at the front masking half her face, and the right side of her head with short hair (formerly shaved probably)—and also with a triad of very unique ear piercings. Her vibe was tomboyish—seemed calm and collected yet with a bit of an edge to her personality, like she’s been through a bit of trauma before and overcome from it. She seemed like an artsy-creative type, which is a type of girl I feel attracted to but usually find it hard to close with because I don’t present myself in that way despite having those interests. It turned out her boyfriend of a year and a half had just broken up with her earlier that night, and she was there to unwind and chill with friends—smoking weed, drinking beer, talking life.

As she revealed over time to the group, we had quite a number of core interests in unison—same taste in music, interest in travel and seeing other cultures, an open-mindedness about living life, the principles of karma and being good to people, and generally she seemed like a more in control, advanced version of me. She seemed extroverted, but I’d find out later on that she considers herself quite the shy introvert and just presents a different side around friends.

Anyway, I got high too with everyone else, putting me in a rock-stoned state and really unable to function well as far as pickup goes. We all went to a hookah lounge nearby where we hung out from about 1:30am till 4:15am—four of us as one of the guys left. She seems to like smoking.

At the lounge, I’m sitting to her right side around a circular table, and when there’s a momentary break in group convo and my two guy friends are talking to each other, I go for the number: “Hey, Violet…you seem like cool people. I mean, you have really alluring features, and I’d like to get to know you better. What say you and I grab coffee sometime?” She basically rejected me: “Ummm….I don’t know, I just broke up dude, and I’m really not looking for anything like that. We can be friends.” In my high state of mind, I didn’t know how to respond. I just handed her my phone and let it trail off with a “hmmm…” and she put her number in, to be “friends.”

Later in the night, we’re all playing card games and I’m using the opportunity to deep dive when I can even though she’s having none of it—she really didn’t want to talk to me. It turns out she’s quite clumsy, so I made fun of her (laughing or pointing it out) whenever she did something clumsy. Through hanging out in the group, she gradually became more curious about me by asking me questions about what I do, as well as my interests, and how I know everyone.

Another point to note: I’m in a state where I’m not drinking or smoking weed, yet this girl kept pushing me to do these things with her. I put up quite a struggle but over time gave leeway and followed through with her “demands” that I smoke and drink a little.

Nothing came out of that night—she stayed back to hang out with one of my other friends AAA while I and another guy friend BBB left around 5am from that place. We invited her to come to a house party the next night; she wanted to go to a party downtown instead.

Day 2: I text her next day:
ME 1417: Hi Violet, nice meeting a fellow Daft Punk enthusiast. Save my number…-Osman 
HER 0114 (next day!): Hey Osman. Nice meeting you too.

At the time she texted back, I was at the house party with friends; I brought AAA and a girl CCC with me in the car. It’s 1:45 and things are winding down—guess who shows up last minute? Violet! Out of the blue. I immediately engage her (even though I was busy getting the number of another girl) and I wanted to go chill with her. Clearly her night wasn’t over yet…she invited the group to chill with her at her house and smoke, but when I was the only taker, she went to AAA and invited him to chill. AAA is very drunk and being kind of obnoxious. I convince the two of them that we should go chill at AAA’s house and I’m going to drop girl CCC back home. So Violet and AAA go in their car, and CCC and me in mine. On the ride CCC decides she wants to keep the night going, so we all wind up at AAA’s house. She’s again deep diving ME and I’m very, very slowly revealing information about myself to try to pique her curiosity about me. She also gave me quite a hard time about said interests and what not—who I am—that I seem preppy and dressed way too well. She still seems to be more into a very drunk and unruly AAA, and not me.

By the end of Day 2, I had left my interactions with this girl without the possibility of us ever getting physical. She had been giving me a really hard time, and even though she began to grow more and more curious about me, I also figured she’s not ready for anything sexual because of her recent breakup. She also seemed to be more interested in my friend than in me. I left with CCC to drop her home, leaving AAA and Violet at his house. I found out the next day that nothing happened.

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Day 3: Casual “date” with this girl—hanging out at a hookah lounge (Wednesday night - Xmas)

It’s Christmas Day, and I had been bored virtually the whole afternoon. I kept trying to find friends to hang out with, to no avail. At night, my family and I went out for dinner around 6:30, and I figured, ah, what the hell, might as well text some of the girls I’ve met this week. I texted three women and heard back from two, with Violet the most promising.

ME 1858: [Violet] - hey! Hope you’re enjoying Xmas. Thinking we should grab coffee sometime in the next couple days. What do you think?
HER 1859: Hey Ozzo, merry Christmas to you too. Know if hookah’s open tonight? <Holy crap, near instant response? She must be bored…>
ME 1902: I had tried calling them his afternoon, no answer. So maybe…maybe not.
HER 1902: Hm ok.
ME 1909: So you’re feeling hookah tonight?
HER 1920: Pretty much. Open to anything really.
ME 1927: Hmm… <it’s Xmas, not sure if my hookah spot is even open>
ME 1939: Hookah sounds nice, but if they’re closed…drinks at RTC?
HER 2004: I’m not a huge drinker
HER 2010: I wouldn’t be opposed though
ME 2021: Ha neither am I, but we can just chill…
HER 2027: Ehh ok why not
ME 2037: <hookah place> opens at 9, why don’t we meet there?
ME 2038: Only other place open is [bar]
HER 2038: 9 pm? Jeez they work hard
HER 2038: I’m down
HER 2039: Not a huge fan of [bar]
ME 2039: Alright let’s do hookah
HER 2101: So what time do you wanna meet <Oh shit, I thought I implied a time but she didn’t really get it…>
ME 2105: Whoops. How about 9:40? <I had driven to this hookah place to scope it out, and ran into some friends there who were waiting for it to open, so at this point it didn’t make a difference if she came or not, I was already hanging out with people I knew but invited her anyway.>
HER 2105: Kinda late. But sure.
ME 2106: Ha, come earlier then.
HER 2107: Do you live there or something lol
ME 2107: Sounds more like you do, near there
HER 2111: Alright I’ll text when I’m 5min away

Side info: My logistics
I had just gone to dinner with my dad, his girlfriend, and my sister. Both dad and his gf were going home to hang out, and sister’s sleeping in the spare room, leaving me on the couch. Very bad logistics for just proposing she come hang out with me and watch tv or something.



2150: She shows up (I’m already there with friends) and pretty much immediately starts giving me shit: I dress like a Harvard Law Grad (because I'm wearing a yellow polo), and she doesn't want to be interrogated tonight, she just wants to chill (because I started asking deep dive questions). She was the only girl over there at the time, and thus naturally got the attention of nearly every other guy at this place. They all started talking and hitting on her for the next hour and a half, while she’s working through their attempts to showcase value (I do this, I work here, I work out here, etc etc) and she’s also chilling and getting to know people. I hung back and just chilled, not really engaging her but also leading her in subtle ways—suggesting we all play cards and setting up the games, bringing her with me to play a game called Karem and showing her how it’s done while she’s my partner in the game.

It’s hard to explain this, but every guy at our table was hitting on her on some way—trying to get to know her better, asking if she goes to the gym, what she does and where she works. They were all trying to have a good time, but she was following me around (I was leading: “hey, let’s play karem,” or “why don’t we try this card game?”) and on some levels she was also offended by them when they tried to guess her ethnicity and failed miserably, bunching up a whole series of countries as one where everyone looks the same. This was good conversation fodder for later—she worked in food service and the same thing happened there, and she hated it.

When they left, we sat and played more cards. Somehow the subject of porn came up (she said “I used my Nexus 7 to watch porn,” to which I asked about why she watches it), and I started to share my opinion on it. This turned the conversation to a more sexual tone—what exactly is sexuality, how do people define it, and what turns people on? I told her—why should people watch porn when it only distracts you from the real thing? She started to probe into me—am I a guy that gets around? I laughed and told her that everybody likes to have fun…doesn’t she? I told her that everyone has a one night stand, and asked her if she’s that kind of girl. Evidently I see her as a wild girl, when she’s really “not.”

Our conversation turned into a game soon enough—she kept saying that she can see right through me and what I’m trying to do—get with her and get in her pants. Then she said she had noticed a girl in the lounge that was eyeing me, and she thinks she’s cute and I should go talk to her. I declined a bunch of times for various reasons—I like spending time with you and I don’t care about her, I think you’re just trying to watch me fail, what in the world are you going to do while I’m sitting there for fifteen minutes getting her number? She asked me if I get a lot of numbers, and I told her it’s pretty easy. She asked me how many times I get rejected (“BE HONEST! I can see right through you.”) and when I told her that I get rejected 3 out of 10 numbers (pretty consistent for me lately), she told me that it’s bullshit. That I’m too chickenshit to go talk to this girl in front of her. We made a deal—I’d go talk to her before either they left or we left. I told her that she’d have to do something equally probing if I succeed.

Soon enough, this group of three girls started to get up to leave, and she told me to go. I did—I went and told this random girl that she has the most striking red dress I’d seen all night, and that we should hang out because I want to get to know her better. All standard shit now. She said she’s seeing someone—I replied, “cool,” and proceeded like nothing happened. I got the number, and then I showed it to Violet. In return I picked a guy in the room with a beard and told her she has to go feel it—I demonstrated by touching her face casually as to how she should do it. She did it later.

Then she said this <my replies>: “Are you going to text that girl? <Maybe, we’ll see>…oh, you mean it depends on what happens tonight? <what do you mean?>…It depends on whether you and I get together and do something tonight <haha…I don’t think the two of us getting together has anything to do with what I do with that other girl…why would it?>…Because if you’re with me you have no reason to contact her <Well, I think we, and my contact with her, are totally independent of each other, so who knows what I’ll do>.”

I swear, multiple times she said she could see through my “game,” and my motives, and that I’m being dishonest to her in some way. I didn’t really react to anything, just calmly continued everything in conversation. But then she kept asking what it is that I said to the girl whom I got a number from—I told her word for word, and had her do the same with her bearded friend.

Through the course of the night we talked about a lot of stuff—traveling, her work at a restaurant and why it was terrible, more talk on sex, on how she’s open minded and if I’m open minded and how, how I game people, discussions on depression and therapy, spirituality…a lot of her angle to me was just giving me tons and tons of shit. I really didn’t think I was going home with her, but then I proposed we play two more games of Karem and get out of there to get McDonalds. We want to hang out somewhere but logistically neither of us can.

She noted that I seem really serious, and then said she doesn't like serious guys because she's serious herself, only gets along instead with less serious types. I asked her what she thinks of me, and her response: shy, but not really shy at all at the same time, calm, patient, and quirky.

0145: Leave for her house to pick up weed. She left her car at the hookah place so now I’m driving.

0215-0245: Stop in her neighborhood to smoke. Now we’re both high, but a part of me sensed that I had to make a sexual move. I suggested we try shotgunning our hits. She blurts out that this yet just another strategy to get in her pants, and I didn’t decline, I simply asked where she got that idea? She thinks this is another strategy to my game. So I manhandled her a little bit to blow smoke into her mouth and our lips meet. The next time I told her to show me how it’s done properly. After this I tried to move towards real kissing and escalation in the car, and she denied me. It got to the point of: 1. Let’s get McDonalds first, and 2. This is my neighborhood and I don’t feel comfortable doing anything here. When I’m high my game crumbles, so next I would be facing a few hours of intense LMR.

0300: McDonalds stop. Get it and we go drive to a neighborhood to chill. She’s getting really paranoid that people are going to watch. I’m trying to put my arm around her and touch her and she’s snapping back at me to stop, that anyone could show up. She’s quite paranoid. I offer her massages, and try to go for it but she refuses and is getting really, really snappy at me to stop being so persistent. I’m high and I really want this to happen, it’s like I’m forcing it actually. She asks what I like about her and why I even bothered to get her number—I tell her I found her features striking and that when I heard her talk I saw common interests that sounded alluring and appealing. She thinks this is all bullshit, all part of my game, and I strike back and say I actually think she’s the one trying to seduce me, as I’ve been driving her around and hanging out all night. I keep trying to go for a massage and putting my arm around her, and it definitely made her really uncomfortable. I tell her I give good massages, and she doesn’t believe it; as I try to go for them again she suggests going somewhere more comfortable, and NOT the back seat. I tell her we can go hang out at my place, but only if she behaves and she’s quiet. She accuses me of taking advantage of her when she’s vulnerable and out of a relationship/broken up.

0330:
Drive to my house, park in front, smoke some more. She’s very paranoid. I try to initiate more physical contact but am totally blown back, and angrily too. When I keep persisting she decides it’s time to talk about things, and we kind of face each other in the car and have a little heart to heart. Her boyfriend apparently dumped her because she was under alcohol influence and had a threesome with her best friend and that girl’s boyfriend, which has caused a huge falling out with that friend, and also caused the break-up. It was a very intense ten minute explanation, but I tell her I can tell she looks really stressed and can empathize. I then also share that I’m newly single and not looking for anything serious, that it made me realize there’s a lot I need to work through in my life. We continue talking about such topics, and she’s still drilling me about my game and why I’m interested in her. She also admires my calmness, and tells me that she's both really fussy, and likes to be very difficult with men to determine how strong they are, and that I've actually made it really far. I then give her a quick massage, and she accepts on the condition that she gets to choose if it goes further. I give her a massage for two minutes and she immediately and enthusiastically says “let’s go inside.”

0400: Sit on the couch, we both have to be really quiet because my sister is awake in a neighboring bedroom, and my dad asleep in the other bedroom. Start by having her take off her winter coat clothes. She’s giving me crazy LMR now because I’m still touching her intently, and she’s still backing off aggressively, yet doesn’t want to leave the place—she just wants physical space in between us. I tell her that I can’t control myself, and I remind her that I warned her earlier in the car that I wouldn’t be able to. She declares that we’re not having sex tonight, no matter what, so I should just quit and stop trying, because it isn’t happening. So she’s sitting on the couch facing me with her knees on it, and I’m facing straight ahead perpendicular to her. At some random moment when she was talking about something mundane and serious, I just went for it—I got up and went for the kiss kill. It worked! It worked and she was mesmerized for five minutes, before her defenses went right back up. She pretty much pushed me off and warned me not to do that again. So I waited five minutes of more mundane convo before going for the exact same thing, and this time it worked but not as effectively. I then say it’s time for a massage, and have her lie down on the couch. I take liberty to give her a good massage but also explore her body—ass, the edges of her tits, her hair and neck—and then I lie on top of her back and go for biting and very sensual mouthplay on her neck and ears. She remarked that it would make too much noise—so I suggested that we jump in the shower.

0430: This was going really, really well. She wanted sex, and she wanted it in the shower. That’s really hot, and when I saw her naked I was awed. Really sexy girl, the look that I really like. Everything’s going well in the shower and we’re having fun playing with our bodies, and she moved to give me a nice BJ, and then after that when I went for mounting her doggy style and putting on a condom, I lost my erection. She FLIPPED out when this happened, and basically shut off the shower and pushed me off her, and started to become extremely, extremely defensive. I couldn’t get even a little close to her, she would push me away. I, on the other hand, felt strong pressure to recover and in that way became more aggressive in pursuing her. She said she felt cornered, and that my breathing and eye contact, and intentions, were very intense and made her uncomfortable. I was utterly shocked, and yet wholly embarrassed and drowned in failure. I wouldn’t recover from this that night, I felt like my head exploded in anxiety and depression simultaneously. We eventually talked it over—she saw that I had a panic attack and then immediately her defenses went up, that the way I was handling her was scary and made her feel out of control and being taken without mutual interest. We gathered clothes and put them on—she now wanted to leave, immediately. I went with the plan and we sat for a bit on the couch while she tried to explain to me that she just wants to be friends. I didn’t have any of it, and continued to make some advances gently. I succeeded with another kiss at one point—when I kissed her, her entire demeanor changed and she went into a trance, until she forced a break and continued to put up LMR. On some level she wanted to hang out more, and suggested another McDonalds trip for soda this time. When we walked out she grabbed my hand like we’re a couple as we walked to the car.

0530: McDonalds run 2; she also realizes that she can’t see enough to drive and now wants to either be dropped off or sleep on my couch. We choose the latter. I try talking over with her what happened—that I panicked because I’m complicated in that moment, and it takes me a little time to get used to a new partner. I felt I came off as being very clingy, unconfident, and kind of apologetic. I tried to ask her questions to instill an idea that she had a good time—did she have fun tonight? What was the most fun? What about that shower adventure—was that fun? Not the best moment, but I was legit afraid I wouldn’t see her again. Not abundance mentality. My goal was to convey good feelings about tonight, but it was forced and contrived. Evidently she also notes "Ozzo, you're a mac. I mean...you really know how to hit on girls..." Man, if she knew the truth; hearing this didn't help because I still didn't give her sex. We eventually move from McDonald’s to my house. We chill in front of my house for a little bit—she’s totally paranoid. I tell her she can sleep on my couch till the sun rises.
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Day 4: The next morning

0630: I brought her back to my place to sleep on the couch. I was going to sleep with her, since there’s only one couch to sleep on. Then out of the blue, as she’s lying down and I’m standing, my dad walks out and tells us that he has to start working in that room. I told him that my friend got too drunk and I offered her a place to sleep while she sobers up. He then OFFERS US HIS ROOM TO SLEEP IN! Wow, big win, and very cool, dad! Now we move to that room and we’re sleeping together in the same bed. I strip down to my underwear and her to just leggings and a shirt, and we face-spoon each other as I run my hands through her body and she passes out fairly quick. I didn’t sleep for another two hours as I continued to feel her up as much as I can, even though she was like a log. Some part of me felt like I’d never see this girl again.

She has a really nice body, almost exactly the kind I really, really like. Skinny and 5’6” with strong toned legs, a firm ass, and perky tits. Soft skin overall fairly petite and a body I can contort myself around (and ultimately dominate and throw around when fucking). I didn’t get to take a chance with that last part.

1030: We woke up and she started to put up more LMR again. She felt my penis and I wasn’t fully hard. I don’t know what happens to me, when I get really anxious all my body sexuality stops functioning, and even though most mornings I have really strong wood, when a girl’s in the picture I psych myself out and this doesn’t happen.

She started to give another reason why we couldn’t fuck—she’s a squirter, and she’d make a mess on my dad’s bed. I told her that it sounds hot, and over time I continued to cuddle up with her and then fingered her clit with my hand. She had her legs wrapped really tightly preventing an optimal angle, but after twenty minutes of persistence she gave leeway and I got a finger inside and stroked gently. I could tell she wasn’t really all that horny, but it moved towards us taking off our clothes and getting into position for the adapted missionary. She gave me a handjob and I was hard as a rock…until I went for the condom and started putting it on. I freaked out again and had a panic attack, and lost it while trying to insert into her.

Then came a second strong wave of auto-rejection—she pushed me off her and accused me of freaking her out and being way too intense and adamant that we fuck. And I again pushed but only to receive a very cold and closed off response. She tells me that I had another panic attack and that it’s making her uncomfortable when I push so hard and that happens. Fuck. Not much I can do.

She starts getting her clothes on, but we remain a little frisky—her grabbing my ass and abs, and me doing the same right back. I tell her that we should go get breakfast. On the way to my car outside my place, I was holding her hand like we’re a couple, and she asked me why I’m doing that. I tell her it’s my instinct, and that I think we have a bond of some kind. We sit on the bed next to each other and propose breakfast.

1200:
Got coffee and bagels at Dunkin Donuts; I paid and told her she can get the next time. Over breakfast we’re talking more about the experience and what we’re looking for—she reveals that she doesn’t feel comfortable kissing as that reminds her of her ex. I tell her that she has a really sexy body, that I really liked exploring it. She finds my phrasing cheesy, and I tell her that yeah, I’m a cheesy, complicated guy with a lot of unresolved issues, but I am also happy that she pointed them out. She also noted that I’m extremely patient and calm, yet also that I never give up and that I'm really stubborn and insistent when it comes to getting in her pants.

After breakfast, I drove her back to her car. We talked about what we both want and are looking for. I said that I liked hanging out with her, and that I think her and I get along pretty well. She told me she has this impression that I like her as something more than just friends (implying that I want to date her), and also mentioned that if I was just looking for sex and nothing else she’d be much more comfortable with it than how I framed it—that I “like” her and hanging out together. I used this opportunity to tell her, very directly, that I think she has the wrong impression of me—while I really like hanging out with her and think she’s sexy, I’m not looking to date anyone and really like being single. I told her that I’m not really in the place for anything committed, and I’m looking for friends with fun on the side, but wouldn’t be just friends and nothing else. She was reassured to hear that I didn’t want to date her outright (though slightly skeptical) and I tried my best to hammer this in by asking her if she’ a jealous type. She began telling me that she’s cool with being physical but wants freedom and to hang out with others; I replied that I hope this isn’t some double standard and that she shouldn’t be a jealous type, because that never works out well for anyone. When she agreed, then I said “great! It sounds like we’re on the same page, then, yeah?” and she nodded.

1330: More small talk till we got back to her car, and the parting of ways was interesting. I guess after all this I was pretty disappointed and let down at myself, and she could read me like a book and said I shouldn’t be so strung up over this. I asked her if she had a good time (again!) and she said she did (again), and we also talked about hanging out one more time before I leave Sunday or Monday. I have to text her and see when she can hang out; I suggested a movie at my place. We closed-lips kissed (pecks) a few times before she went on her way.

She’s been texting me for part of the evening because she left her necklace at my place, and I offered to give it back next time, but she wants it today. Should I give it back? Will that close me off from getting with her again? I called her later to come by and hang out, she responded and said she'll think about it and see <I said back: "do whatever you want, either way is cool">. Maybe too soon.

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Anyway, I wonder where this is going. Judging by when this has happened in the past, and what GC says, I will likely never see her again, right? I mean, twice she wanted to fuck me, and twice I freaked out, before I could even really show her what I’m capable of, followed with massive auto-rejection. And even though we verbally agreed to be friends with some fun, given where she is mentally, and what her new perception of me is, do you think it’s more likely I’ll never see her again? How can I maximize the odds of turning this into a NSA FB? How should I treat contact with her, and treat her in general so that I don’t give the impression of wanting something serious, yet also maintaining this as a sexual arrangement?

What do you guys think?

One thing that helps is that I’m only in town once or twice a month.

I think I’m going to make a separate post in the forums about what I need to do to work through these panic attacks.
 

Mr. Wes

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Ozzo, nice LR
I also struggle with anxiety problems. One thing you can do is just concentrate on your breathing so that you tune everything else out and let your breathing return to normal.
I struggle with it during conversation and that's really amazing that you're so calm and collected amidst all that resistance and playing hard-to-get. I would've given up.
I'm really curious, what did you and "Violet" talk about during all the times where you said you talked for a bit then made a move again? For me, after the deep diving, I can't find much else to talk about and NOBODY seems to be able to help me with this. When I look back at some of my conversations with girls there's usually a silence while I'm moving them, after I've moved them or while we're secluded. I don't feel in control at all and that's when that anxiety sets in.
Though, this is usually with girls I don't have an immediate connection with and I feel like I'm trying to force a connection.
 

Marty

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Ozzo:

Violet sounds like a lovely girl. I'm sorry you had the physical problems. I'm sure the others are right, it's anxiety-driven and all in the mind.

What might not have helped also is tiredness... judging by the time stamps on your activities. Hopefully it's nothing a good night's sleep won't put right! Girls don't have to worry about this one, it's a bit one-sided in that respect.

Maybe the various, um, "substances" you consumed in the course of the evening might not have made things exactly easy for you. Sleep, sobriety, exercise and a healthy diet and you'll be in shape in no time: and hopefully, anxiety-free into the bargain!

She sounds wonderful. I hope you can work something out with her!

-Marty
 

Grand Pooba

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Thank you for your comments and for reading my field report.

Casanova.Jr said:
Chase says something about being in the moment during sex, heightened state of awareness trumps performance anxiety.
Wesley said:
One thing you can do is just concentrate on your breathing so that you tune everything else out and let your breathing return to normal.
Marty said:
I'm sorry you had the physical problems. I'm sure the others are right, it's anxiety-driven and all in the mind.

It's so weird...this issue normally doesn't happen, but definitely happens when I internalize and place a lot of pressure on myself to 1. get it in her, and 2. set my own expectation that I have to show her an amazing time, and I'll fail if I don't. Thinking those two things...actually, just plain thinking about it, and not feeling/being in the moment are what do me in. I lose it and freak out. I've never thought about meditating, but she definitely mentioned that a lot of times through the night...that my breathing gets noticeably heavier (and scarier?) when something big is on my mind, like there's an elephant in the room.

Casanova.Jr said:
Tell her to come to your house to grab her necklace, give her some water. Say it's in your room, take her there. Give her mind blowing sex. Give her the necklace and send her ass home. Everybody's Happy (=

This was a good approach, and I did try it only to have her decline repeatedly. More explained in the post below.

Wesley said:
I'm really curious, what did you and "Violet" talk about during all the times where you said you talked for a bit then made a move again? For me, after the deep diving, I can't find much else to talk about and NOBODY seems to be able to help me with this. When I look back at some of my conversations with girls there's usually a silence while I'm moving them, after I've moved them or while we're secluded. I don't feel in control at all and that's when that anxiety sets in.
Though, this is usually with girls I don't have an immediate connection with and I feel like I'm trying to force a connection.

I would go back to one of the topics at hand from earlier in the night. I recall at one point we started talking about porn again (which was the very first topic that night), and she was shocked and also kind of turned on when I told her I don't watch any. So I went in for a kiss. Another time we're just talking about traveling, and I went for it. My strategy was to let her resistance settle and let her be a little unguarded mentally and physically, and then just really quickly and seductively go for a kiss, like a surprise, after a few minutes. Sometimes we'd even talk about how she really, really doesn't want to have sex tonight, and then I would switch the conversation to something really mundane, like school or what we did at the hookah lounge.

Regarding the portion I've underlined above, I think it's really important to keep the same conversation flowing while you're moving them...or doing anything really. I have started to experiment with touching girls, and moving them dominantly, as I maintain eye contact right on the bridge of their nose and continue talking like absolutely nothing is going on.

I'll note also that this encounter was very forced. Not exactly what you want; I'll post an update below.

Marty said:
What might not have helped also is tiredness... judging by the time stamps on your activities. Hopefully it's nothing a good night's sleep won't put right! Girls don't have to worry about this one, it's a bit one-sided in that respect.

Maybe the various, um, "substances" you consumed in the course of the evening might not have made things exactly easy for you. Sleep, sobriety, exercise and a healthy diet and you'll be in shape in no time: and hopefully, anxiety-free into the bargain!

Good point. I've actually been on a health kick recently (quit drinking, quit smoking MJ, sleep at least 8 hours a day, no junk food, gym a few times a week), and this had been interrupted by this girl actually, who tried to and succeeded in convincing me to smoke MJ that first night we met. I do wonder if hookah's a bigger component of this than I'm making...perhaps it's killing my libido. So I might have to quit that. Normally MJ makes me really horny too, so I was hoping it had that effect; instead I got more paranoid and sensitive than I thought.

I have an update to this whole situation with Violet, and I'll post it separately below.
 

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Oh boy, quite a lot happened Friday with this girl, and none of it very good. In fact, I blew a fuse internally big time. My vibe and whole mental state of being collapsed into smithereens by late evening. I made SO MANY MISTAKES. Maybe you all can point them out as well.

Day 5: Rejection (this Friday evening)

Where we left it off, we spent the whole morning hanging out, her still trying to be just friends, while I’m pushing for more FWB. Over the course of Thursday afternoon, and also Friday morning, she called me multiple times to check to see if I’m free and if I can give her back her necklace. I had zero intention of keeping this necklace…I really wanted to return it to her. I gave myself two stipulations, though—I wouldn’t go out of my way to do it (meaning she’d have to wait till it’s convenient for me), and I’d aim to bring her back to my place to hang out and watch tv. So the total of four times she asked me in those approximately 24 hours (her chasing me now to get her necklace back), I always told her either that I’m busy and I’ll call her later, or that she can come to my place and pick it up. She declined those offers. It got to the point where I felt bad about it—I felt like I was actually holding her necklace hostage so that she’d come see me and we could hook up, and that trying to force this connection (which was internally strongly driven by the fear that she’s actually going to reject me and never hook up with me again) would actually backfire. This is a lack of an abundance mentality—I mean, this girl has everything I want. She actually reminds me a LOT of myself, and also, I really, really like her physical features. Well…soon enough, my worst fears here came true.

I decided that instead of having her come to my place, which she repeatedly rejected because “it was awkward,” by which she really meant that she didn’t want to hook up again…I instead suggested we grab coffee near my gym (where I happened to be when she called me at 8pm on Friday).

I met her inside a clothing store, and I approached her from behind and grabbed her waist. She was taken aback, and when I went for a lip kiss she turns her head away. She said repeatedly that it’s not what she wants, and that we’re just friends in her mind, and that I need to stop making physical moves because it’s making her uncomfortable. We walked to a Starbucks inside a Barnes and Nobles, and I kissed her again on the way. She was receptive to the kiss approach, but not the kiss itself…her mouth was closed and pursed.

At this point mentally, I did want to push this as far as I could to get the truth out of her about what she thought of this. A side of me…my gut…already knew that I was done for…that I would be losing this girl as a lover and there’s not much I can do about it to change her mind. I wanted to find out why. So even though it was lighthearted hanging out with her prior to that point, I turned the conversation very serious. My purpose was to resolve our frame encounter—her wanting just platonic friends, while I wanted something with fun on the side.

What evolved was a very open, honest, and kind of harsh conversation about the two of us. And I think on some levels I commenced it in a rather foolish way by basically laying my cards out on the table, rather than trying to be a more charming and seductive man.

We sat down and started talking, and she basically said she felt forced into being sexual with me the whole night—that she hooked up with me because she felt more pressured than anything else. I wouldn’t stop, and she just gave in eventually because that’s what I wanted. Yet…this whole experience also made her really uncomfortable, because she wasn’t really in control, and I kept pushing despite her resistance (because I wouldn’t take no for an answer, she thinks that I’m a person that just doesn’t take no), and brought out some childhood trauma in that way. I responded by telling her that I legitimately wanted to show her a nice time, that I’ve felt physically and sexually attracted to her from very early in getting to know her, and felt VERY disappointed that I wasn’t able to show her a great time sexually. I told her that I was really persistent and even downright clingy after my first panic attack because that’s how I emotionally respond to failure and rejection. I told her I felt that she rejected my sex, and that I had to disprove her and show her that it’s good and exciting. While that was an explanation of my behavior, to her it felt more like I was forcing her to have a good time when she really wasn’t. I was being way too pushy, and she thinks I can’t take no for an answer. Even though I told her that I don’t want anything serious, and that I could be her friend but not without something physical as well, she rejected this and only asked to be platonic friends.

Her feeling is that she doesn't want to be with anyone because of everything going on, while I revealed outright my intentions to see her as just a fling or friends with fun on the side, and not really as platonic friends. Over time she concluded that I'm being way too hard on myself because of what didn't happen with her, and that I just need to chill out and relax more, think less, and let things happen naturally. I was being pretty hard on myself--how could I not? I couldn't help it or control it, and it really bugged me that this girl wasn't turned on by me.

Some of her points:
- She’s too messed up right now to have anything with anyone.
- She wants to have a connection as friends first before going to anything else.
- She also doesn’t think I should count on a platonic friendship turning into anything more than that (which is something I know already…)
- She thinks I’m genuinely a good guy, but I have a lot of deep issues and I think too much.
- She likes being with a guy that is more aloof, less serious and less of a thinker, and more stable emotionally because of how unstable she apparently is.
- She thinks I’m really physically attractive, but despite that…
- I don’t turn her on. She’s turned on by guys who have a handle on things, because she doesn’t…guys that are confident and put together, guys that are a bit aloof and also not so serious. So basically she’s saying the entire night we’re together she wasn’t into it at all, she was just going through the motions. I could definitely feel that at times she was really turned on (like the shower), yet in others she didn’t want anything to do with me. This one hit me hard, really hard. It annoyed me…and even though she’s being honest the truth hurts. I obviously have lots to work out.

After this I really shut down. What happened? I got really, really bitter and I couldn’t control it. I just didn’t want to talk to or see her, but my vibe was fucked. I was going to be bitter, introverted, and annoyed the rest of the night…something that definitely wouldn’t be helping my case with her anyway. It was foolish. She wants to go to hookah now to hang out amongst friends, and I agreed. We’re walking out of the B&N, and she, noticing that my previously chipper and touchy-feely behavior has now turned into a sullen wreck, offers to give me a hug. I denied it, I told her I’m not really interested. She then chases after me and asks me what’s up, and I straight up told her that I really should be going home right now and be alone, but then I’d be running away from my fear, and that right now a part of me is bitter and I need to deal with it. She then said she’d meet me at this hookah place.

We did meet up there, and I slowly began to ignore her deeper and deeper into the night. I had two friends come join me, and this girl also made many, many efforts to try and engage me. First she tried offering me hugs (I denied), then she told me I should smile (I never smile), then over the course of the night she asked little favors like giving her a massage (maybe later), then offering me one instead (I’m not really feeling it, but thanks) and after that last one she got kind of annoyed and gave a quick one to my friend AAA instead. I guess the best way I can describe my behavior is “cold,” but in retrospect if I had more mental control it should have been “cold and aloof” like I’m still having a really good time. I was very quiet and sour for the several hours of the remainder of the evening, even bitter, and this was all very silly I think. When I left earlier than the group I only shook her hand in a business-like manner.

We saw each other at the gym yesterday for a few minutes; she even brought me a water bottle for my workout, and I didn’t accept it. Since I was lifting and she was doing cardio, I didn’t see her much, but I swung by to at least wave goodbye.

Some of my own conclusions:

It’s very rare, especially now, that I get this mentally screwed up over things as simple as a rejection. But she triggered something much deeper. It’s like I saw myself in her…like we are kind of the same people deep inside, and I really wanted it bad, and that made the rejection even more painful. I wasn’t outcome independent. It was so foolish, perhaps this is a lesson learned. I completely lost my calm and my cool.

I read this forum post while at the hookah lounge later, and it directly applies to this (portions bolded).
Just_Dave said:
Chasing vs Persistence:
Chasing on a basic level is doing anything with a girl that isn't leading to you guys hooking up.
-Shopping
-Partying with her and her friends

-Having lunch with her and her friends
-Trying to be around her constantly in hopes she likes him back
-Being needy

Persistence is going after a girl but it keeping it sexual who out the process until he ultimately bed her or he says whatever and moves on
-Consistently attempting to get her out alone and making a move
-Declining her "fun", "friendly", and "social" activities

-Not being her there whenever she needs something
-No being afraid to drop her for two weeks and then resuming and trying again at a later time
-Asking her out maybe up to five different occasions after she's declined the first 4

…if things went awry you could drop her and act like nothing happened…

I conveyed myself as a very needy person because I kept trying to push for the physical when maybe she wasn’t ready for it, and also bought into her frame to party and hang out as friends. I did consistently attempt to get her out alone and make a move, but then I stopped. I also declined her requests to make things more friendly, like her hugs, and her. The problem though is that I didn’t do this by acting aloof as if nothing happened. I actually made it a big deal because it really got deep into my head.

Franco said:
To add to this, "chasing" also consists of trying to get (sexual) investment from a girl, having her decline, and then still trying again repeatedly when she isn't ready to do so -- this still comes across as needy.

So in order to not "chase" a girl who you are trying to move things towards sex with, you need to make sure that you become aloof when she has clearly turned down your offers to get together.

This sounds exactly like my situation. How should I apply this piece to my situation?

Two things come to mind: my vibe was way, wayyyy off and too fickle. If I don't turn her on and evidently I'm such a nice guy, then the core issue is the lack of a sexual vibe, right? She didn't see me as a sexy, confident man to go home with. Later, in the end my positive vibe was also beat down and turned sour into my old, bitter self...I rarely ever have that side come out anymore. This really triggered something deep.

Logistically, also, I didn’t move fast enough. There were far too many steps…really, what I should have just done is gone from the hookah lounge to my house and told her we can hang out before getting McD’s and then made a move much earlier into the night. The car was not the right place to make a move and release sexual tension. I released it and prevented us from keeping it.

And worst of all...by not giving her amazing sex when I had the opportunity, I didn't seal the deal and instead ruined the whole thing.
 

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Ozzo:

I read all the follow-up, and what kept coming back to my mind is what Chase always says—don't go by a woman's words, go by her actions.

He also always writes that girls pay no attention to what men say, but how they act, so why don't you take a leaf out of their book? :)

Have you read these articles: How Girls Show Interest and Mixed Signals from a Girl: What These Mean? Note that in both articles, Chase emphasizes that girls love this little game of "covering up" their interest with countervailing signals. I didn't quite get the explanation of why they do it, but let's leave that for another day. I don't understand most of this stuff, actually, but I do remember it.

Now let me try to be detached and review what your sweet girl Violet actually did:

  • Spent 15 hours and 40 minutes alone with you, at one stretch (by my calculation)
  • Got naked with you alone
Now I don't know what cultural norms you and Violet grew up with, Ozzo, but the circles I was raised in, adults of the opposite sex don't generally get naked with one another after barely a day's acquaintance unless they are at least somewhat sexually attracted, period. It simply doesn't happen.

Nor do they generally spend all night and much of the next day alone together, either, unless there's "something in the air".

Set that against her words, and I think you'll agree that her words are rather empty :)

-Marty
 

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Marty:

Thanks for the response. I need to read those articles you posted, as I've never done those.

Marty said:
Chase emphasizes that girls love this little game of "covering up" their interest with countervailing signals. I didn't quite get the explanation of why they do it, but let's leave that for another day. I don't understand most of this stuff, actually, but I do remember it.

Now let me try to be detached and review what your sweet girl Violet actually did:

Spent 15 hours and 40 minutes alone with you, at one stretch (by my calculation)
Got naked with you alone


Now I don't know what cultural norms you and Violet grew up with, Ozzo, but the circles I was raised in, adults of the opposite sex don't generally get naked with one another after barely a day's acquaintance unless they are at least somewhat sexually attracted, period. It simply doesn't happen.

Nor do they generally spend all night and much of the next day alone together, either, unless there's "something in the air".

Set that against her words, and I think you'll agree that her words are rather empty :)

So what you're saying is...despite her outright and flatly rejecting me the next day and trying to put me into the box of "friends," you think that she's still into me on some level? You're right that we did spend a LOT of time alone together.

I do want to see her again, the question now becomes...how? I understand that, at least with her "friends" frame, I can't be the one chasing. In some ways she's already chasing me when she offered me:
- A hug
- Telling me to smile and trying to make me feel better when I was being very cold and dismissive with her.
- Playing cards with her
- A massage
- Coming to see me at the gym and bringing water for me out of the blue

So...what's my game now? Drop her for two or three weeks and touch base again?
 

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This is really fucking long so I just read the first half.

First off, and maybe I didn't read it right, but I don't think you should have originally met up with her with friends. I think you totally should have isolated her and met her for coffee or drinks where it was strictly you and her. Maybe the logistics in your town didn't equate to that but nonetheless I think that would have been best.

Second I feel for ya when she was constantly drilling you about your game. That shit would have pissed me off. Honestly you did a good job of being patient and not snapping at her about it but I think if you would've snapped on her a bit like "Yo I don't do "game" sweetie. I talk to girls I like and see if we click otherwise I dump them out of my life. This "game" your talking about is how I talk to women if you don't like it or think there's a trick up my sleeve you don't have to hang. The door's right there. If you'd like to talk like normal people and not like an interrogator questioning a captured enemy soldier about his shit I think now would be a good time to start." Here she would probably been like wow yeah I'm being a bitch and apologize/respect you more because you weren't going to take her 20 questions put the pressure on bullshit that sounded pretty uncomfortable to me even though you had decent answers for all her questions.

Not saying I would have done a better job but that's probably the route I would've gone down.

Also... Don't smoke weed if your trying to game a girl. My ability to converse is next near nonexistent when I'm blitzed (though I very rarely smoke) and I would avoid at all costs to save a seduction. It keeps most people way in their heads.

Also, and I'm not picking on you here because I'm guilty of it myself, when a girl resists your advances take a chill pill, start over the whole touch process again. If you haven't read it check out Alek's post on "what to do if women resist your charms"... I think that's what it's called.

Other than that it sounds like you got some good experience under your belt so your better prepared for next time. Keep up the work amigo.

-Rob
 
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Hey Rob, thanks for your comments!

Mr.Rob said:
First off, and maybe I didn't read it right, but I don't think you should have originally met up with her with friends. I think you totally should have isolated her and met her for coffee or drinks where it was strictly you and her. Maybe the logistics in your town didn't equate to that but nonetheless I think that would have been best.

Perhaps you misunderstood, but I actually did meet her in isolation: the hookah lounge was the purpose of that. I just happened to run into some of my own friends there, but they left and she stayed with me eventually. We spent that whole evening alone together, pretty much.

Mr.Rob said:
Second I feel for ya when she was constantly drilling you about your game. That shit would have pissed me off. Honestly you did a good job of being patient and not snapping at her about it but I think if you would've snapped on her a bit like "Yo I don't do "game" sweetie. I talk to girls I like and see if we click otherwise I dump them out of my life. This "game" your talking about is how I talk to women if you don't like it or think there's a trick up my sleeve you don't have to hang. The door's right there. If you'd like to talk like normal people and not like an interrogator questioning a captured enemy soldier about his shit I think now would be a good time to start." Here she would probably been like wow yeah I'm being a bitch and apologize/respect you more because you weren't going to take her 20 questions put the pressure on bullshit that sounded pretty uncomfortable to me even though you had decent answers for all her questions.

I think you're right about this. I should have been more adamant that there is no game, that I'm just here to spend more time with her and that if she doesn't like it, there's the door.

Mr.Rob said:
Also... Don't smoke weed if your trying to game a girl. My ability to converse is next near nonexistent when I'm blitzed (though I very rarely smoke) and I would avoid at all costs to save a seduction. It keeps most people way in their heads.

Oh, dude, you're SO right. That really did me in, it was a stupid decision. I can't make any remotely coherent decisions with game when I'm high, and it really shows--my process got so, so sloppy after we'd both done that. I guess that is a lesson learned for me.

Mr.Rob said:
Also, and I'm not picking on you here because I'm guilty of it myself, when a girl resists your advances take a chill pill, start over the whole touch process again. If you haven't read it check out Alek's post on "what to do if women resist your charms"... I think that's what it's called.

I'll read this article, seems very useful for this situation.
 
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