On dates i will hug the girl, tell her to sit next to me, occasionally touch her arm and leg, high five, touch the jewelry grab her hand for some nonsense comment on jewelry or nails. But i pretty much stalled there.

I feel from here on i need to get lucky in a way that the girl needs to already really like me and i will put her on my lap or grab her hand pull her in and kiss her.

Anyway i feel i am unnecessarily missing a part of the progression and i could do better without having to take such a big step at once (going from light touching to kissing)

The steps i think i am skipping and want to get better at, but that feel very weird to me, are leaving my hand on her leg for a longer period, holding her hand for a longer period without any particular reason, and caressing her hand or whats the English term,caressing or stroking? her on her leg or arm.

I am very conscious of myself when i try these things because they are not part of my reality yet, i feel i am being very very obvious and it doesn't feel subtle at all when i leave my hand on a leg or caress fingers, can someone maybe shine some light on this. Is leaving a hand or leaving it ans caressing her leg supposed to be subtle or is it supposed to be super obvious you are being sexual with her? It just doesn't make sense yet to me , when i am talking about something non sexual while i am performing a sexually tinted act like that. I feel like i am being sneaky. Or is caressing just part of " normal" kino? I just read that people that didn't hug as children tend to have problems with these things, thats me lol