Hey guy, first time poster, long time lurker (well I've lurked here for about 6 months or so). I've been checking out other pick up sites for about a year and a half now, and came across this board about 6 months ago. I've read a good deal of the DJ bible but still can't create any attraction in women.
I know my question is pretty broad but I currently don't possess any social skills when it comes to women and dating. I never learned how to interact with women in my teens because my first couple of years of high school were hell and destroyed my confidence with women (plus I was basically given a horrible reputation). My last 2 years of high school were pretty good once I joined the football team and proved myself one of the better players (it was the jocks that made my first 2 years of high school so ****ty, but they came to accept me once I started playing football). The girls at my school still never gave me a chance and that just destroyed my confidence even more. College was pretty much the same, pretty ****ty. Hell, the first date I ever had was less than a year ago (I'm 24 now, turning 25 this year). I've only gone on dates with 6-7 girls before (all in the last year), none of them went past the first date. And the last one was in jan, haven't had one since then.
Basically I'm sick of this ****. Even when I'm told a girl is into me she isn't. Two separate guys recently told me that this girl was into me, which I thought was strange because she never seemed interested (she basically ignored me, only speaking to me once in a while). So in the last 2 weeks I made an effort to strike up convos with her and see if there was any truth to what they were saying. And again, zero IOIs and most of the time she pretended I wasn't there. And then yesterday I'm walking by her and another girl at a restaurant and I overhear that she thinks she may have gotten knocked up by some random guy. So definitely not interested, lol.
Umm, I think I may have gotten off track a bit... Basically how can I gain social skills when it comes to women (and don't just say "cold approach", I don't have much approach anxiety, just can't get women interested in me).
I know my question is pretty broad but I currently don't possess any social skills when it comes to women and dating. I never learned how to interact with women in my teens because my first couple of years of high school were hell and destroyed my confidence with women (plus I was basically given a horrible reputation). My last 2 years of high school were pretty good once I joined the football team and proved myself one of the better players (it was the jocks that made my first 2 years of high school so ****ty, but they came to accept me once I started playing football). The girls at my school still never gave me a chance and that just destroyed my confidence even more. College was pretty much the same, pretty ****ty. Hell, the first date I ever had was less than a year ago (I'm 24 now, turning 25 this year). I've only gone on dates with 6-7 girls before (all in the last year), none of them went past the first date. And the last one was in jan, haven't had one since then.
Basically I'm sick of this ****. Even when I'm told a girl is into me she isn't. Two separate guys recently told me that this girl was into me, which I thought was strange because she never seemed interested (she basically ignored me, only speaking to me once in a while). So in the last 2 weeks I made an effort to strike up convos with her and see if there was any truth to what they were saying. And again, zero IOIs and most of the time she pretended I wasn't there. And then yesterday I'm walking by her and another girl at a restaurant and I overhear that she thinks she may have gotten knocked up by some random guy. So definitely not interested, lol.
Umm, I think I may have gotten off track a bit... Basically how can I gain social skills when it comes to women (and don't just say "cold approach", I don't have much approach anxiety, just can't get women interested in me).