So yeah, it can be done folks. I read 'The game' last March and decided to get out of my foreveralone status. Started going out regularly since August, nearly every day since December, read a ton of material and approached a lot of girls. Most of my level-ups were completely unexpected (first romantic kiss, first make-out, first girl brought home from the bar (epic story including stripper, crazy boyfriend, weed, smashed wine-bottles, hidden knives, insta-marriage proposal from the taxi driver, dead cat, make-outs and boobs but no sex), and now first lay, all with different girls).

Nothing very noteworthy about the interaction itself. I'd talked to the girl a few weeks ago, for a couple of hours maybe (typical stuff like job/travel/what you look for in a man/woman). She seemed interested in me (light leg touching), but I didn't push for anything and she left with her friend to a club. No contacts exchanged. Saw her again this last Friday at about 1:00 AM at the same bar. She was with some friends. I'd been seriously out-of-state, not talked to any girl yet (been at the bar since 6:30 PM). She recognized me (like 'hey I remember you') and we started talking, catching up on stuff. I then went direct, said I was attracted to her, but was not looking for a girlfriend, but just a fuck-buddy. She said she'd not done that before, only had boyfriends. I asked if she wanted to try it, she said yeah I'll go home with you but no guarantees. Zero kino so far and one kiss attempt rejected. I also tell her I'm a virgin. About 1:30 AM she tells her friends that she's taking me home and we leave. I stay farther away, so we head to her place. Discuss some life philosophy on the way. No LMR. I couldn't get a good hard-on, probably due to the drinks/condom/nervousness/porn etc (although i was on nofap for about 7 days till then), but got her to come orally/digitally (technique learnt from watching a lot of porn). Tried masturbating but couldn't get that done either. Fingered her ass a bit. She suggested I stay over and we go to bed (I couldn't sleep actually). Next morning I get her off again, have a cup of tea, exchange contacts and I said I'll be in touch and maybe meet-up for a coffee to decide if we want to continue with the FB thing. Got home and fapped off to porn since it'd gotten painful by then.

The next couple of days, I start seeing women as a lot more beautiful when I'm out and about (at the mall etc), I get attracted to even those I wouldn't give a second glance previously. I feel almost confident enough to approach direct during the day, possibly due to the now-certain knowledge that I can get a girl to come consistently.

Tangentially, as a result of learning game, I've lost a lot of fear of public speaking, look a lot better, possibly got a great job offer and have made peace with my life.