I thought I would try something different with a girl I just met, so consider this a live experiment.
We had some work-related interaction, I took her number, and this week we met for a drink and played a little pool last week. When we got our drink I toasted to "new friends" as I always do. As we played pool. I teased her, but avoided kino, just to see how she would respond. She was definitely sending the signals for me to initiate kino, but I ignored them. We both had fun and it went well. At the end I gave her a "freindly" hug. The only reason was I really want to see how she responds to me treating her like a friend.
So far, I have not noticed any extra interest on her part, but it is still early to tell. In any case, if this doesnt work, then its ok because I know she has other friends and actually, she was pretty cool to hang out with.
But she wants to hang out next week, so I will test her IL and escalate if need be. If her IL seems better, then I will keep up the teasing, maybe add a little kino just to make sure I dont get friend-zoned by her...haha.
The main reason for this is that in my experience, slow-cooking leads to better relationships (FWB, Fling, LTR etc.), and better sex. So I am just looking for ways to slow-cook.
We had some work-related interaction, I took her number, and this week we met for a drink and played a little pool last week. When we got our drink I toasted to "new friends" as I always do. As we played pool. I teased her, but avoided kino, just to see how she would respond. She was definitely sending the signals for me to initiate kino, but I ignored them. We both had fun and it went well. At the end I gave her a "freindly" hug. The only reason was I really want to see how she responds to me treating her like a friend.
So far, I have not noticed any extra interest on her part, but it is still early to tell. In any case, if this doesnt work, then its ok because I know she has other friends and actually, she was pretty cool to hang out with.
But she wants to hang out next week, so I will test her IL and escalate if need be. If her IL seems better, then I will keep up the teasing, maybe add a little kino just to make sure I dont get friend-zoned by her...haha.
The main reason for this is that in my experience, slow-cooking leads to better relationships (FWB, Fling, LTR etc.), and better sex. So I am just looking for ways to slow-cook.