For example, I approached this girl in the gym this morning. I just said "hey can I meet you real quick?" She said ok and told me her name. I made a comment about her shirt, she laughed but then immediately turned away back to her squat rack with her back turned to me. She seemed to be laughing uneasily, signaling me to go away.

On one hand I'm thinking "ok she obviously just wants to get back to her workout and not be bothered, don't take it personally". But on the other I feel like if some other more experienced guy had come over to game her he might've been able to pull her away from her workout for a few minutes to chat - And that she pulled away from me because I'm just terrible at this stuff, socially awkward and running out of things to say.

Or is it both?