First off I'm pretty comfortable with myself, but I'm really not a naturally flirty guy.

Something thats been happening a lot: Meet a girl(usually mutual friend), some light kino, joking, not really aggressive(not my style at all)… night ends(90% of the time alone)… sometimes don't see them for awhile… The next time I do I kinda freeze, everything isn't as smooth as the first meeting, not a lot of touching… Most of the time its not awkward, I have good eye contact, and pretty easy to talk to, but no escalation.

I don't know why but I can't get myself to show a girl I like her by using kino and touching her, especially when I'm sober. And based on the weekend I had I see how IMPORTANT it actually is... To make it worse, I'm terrible at reading girls, there very well could be a chance a certain girl likes me, but if it feels like she doesn't, I can't flirt at all, and whatever chance I did have is pretty much gone.

Kinda just venting here, but how the hell do I get more comfortable using kino? Is kino the best way to gauge how interested a girl is in you??