I woke up after NYE around noon, and my buddies were down at the bar. I wasn't feeling it, but they wouldn't let me get away with that. Threw on last nights clothes, and met them.

So I walk in, and my friends start cheering, and then the whole bar turns and starts cheering. So I throw my hands up and give em' a thats right face and walk to my table like a boss. Best entrance ever. I decided we are going to do this from now on. It is instant social proof.

So the whole place is alive, it was great. I quickly got my good feeling back. There's a table behind us thats a big group, and I spot an HB8.5, but i'm not able to get any IOIs from her, shes pretty invested in her current group. So i wasn't going to approach. then one of the girls we were with goes up to her and chats her up and brings her back to the table. I swear i need more women friends. We all chat, turns out they are going to karaoke and invite us. Still not getting much IOI, and its hard to keep her attention. So they all take off and we decide to go grab some pizza instead of following them.

Fast forward to the karaoke bar. It's just me and my other buddy at this point. We walk in and i yell and throw my hands up and they all turn around and do the same. Now, at this point HB8.5 starts giving me IOIs. So we start talking and shes hugging and giving me high fives. It's her first time doing karaoke so, i tell her i'll do a song with her. We do a dr dre song, which i know all the lyrics to. This was actually great social proof, because everyone was blown away that i knew the words. Oh we also sang fuck her gently by tenacious d. She asks if i want to smoke, perfect for isolation. we go out and talk and are just really close, hugging and laughing it up. She asks for my number, and i take hers.

Her group is full of AMOGs and her attention span is short because shes drunk, so I just deflated them by being more awesome, singing songs getting people involved, and she would come back for more. At one point she says one of her guy friends has a great ass, and she says "feel it", so i go up and we both grab his ass, and i say "its alright, not as good as mine". So she grabs my ass and says "you're right!" Then i say i have to compare hers, and grab her ass. This is how the night generally flows on until she leaves. Lots of flirting and touching and stuff.

The problem

So, I feel like i can build attraction no problem. Approach is not a problem, touching, winding them up. Its all there. At one point though, we were writing down a song and one of us said something funny/stupid and we both look at each other and its that look like frozen solid in the stare and you know you both want to play the stanley cup of tonsil hockey right there. BUT I DIDNT FUCKING DO IT! Every time! this is my flaw. I've got the escalation anxiety bad. I don't get it guys, I don't think its a rejection fear, because i really don't care about rejection. How do you guys get over your EA(thanks chumpta, i think, for coining that one)?