Background So this girl was a friend of a girl I know, very attractive, very enthusiastic about going to this event. I had met her briefly before this event.

The narrative I meet her at the bus and she gives me a hug, and we hop in a cab to the event. I notice right away she is sitting oriented towards the window in the cab (legs pointed away), not towards me, but I didn't make a big deal about it in my mind. I couldn't do much in the cab, the way they are set up it would be kind of awkward to scoot over. We are talking and laughing the entire time, I touched her on the knee a few times when telling her something or teasing her.

We get to the event, get some wine, and go about talking to some of my friends and their dates, still having a great time, everyone is pretty much just talking me up or saying how beautiful my date is (like most of you, I'm an introverted intellectual, I'm in pretty good shape, but a little overweight, I'd say I'm beefy, and my friends think very highly of me).

We go outside and eat some food, talk some more, and then get up to get another drink, and we walk to the edge of the patio to talk alone. I think on an intellectual level, we clicked. I touched a few times during the conversation, and then we went inside to get another drink. We get our drinks, and then start talking to my best friend and his date (who is a good friend of mine, and I'm pretty sure she just talks me up whenever I'm not in earshot). We start to loosen up, I'm holding my date around the waist or just touching her back, she doesn't pull away. I notice she is getting a little sloppy, which wasn't too great for me, I think she drank a little too much and got uncomfortable.

Her and my friend's date go out side to talk which sucked because we were kind of strapped for time, the event ended at like 1.

We go inside and dance for a bit, and we have a lot of fun, a lot of contact, but she wasn't grinding on me really, even though we dancing very closely. I think I got screwed here because I was just short on time, the event was over before I could close or make any sort of overtly sexual advances. We end up leaving with my friend and his date in a cab, and I forgot to make sure my friend sits in the front (his date is already dtf), so, I end up sitting in the front, which means conversation and kino are pretty much cut off at this point.

We go to his apartment, smoke a J, talk a little, and then I take her back to her dorm. Hug and kiss on the cheek, and she goes inside.

So It was a fun night overall, but I am seeking a critique on whathat I could have done differently to be more assertive and confident, or used my time better. I realize given her body language, she wasn't really into it from the beginning, but I'm admittedly a newbie at this stuff. Today I texted her to tell her I had a great time.

So, this girl isn't that into it, not a big deal, but some honest criticism/advice would be much appreciated!