Long-time lurker finally making the first post on here. I'd put a little fluff of how RP opened my eyes, but I'll dash some of that along the way and put the meat and potatoes of that under r/thanktrp.

Bit about myself: 200 lbs, 6"4 black guy with lean build, age 25. Been working out for the first time in a while and staying in shape--but I mainly do cardio. There's nothing like putting on your headphones, getting some good music going and running for a long time.

Sometime last month on a Friday, I started the day with a three mile run to keep up with my running quota. My buddy came to my place later that night to chill and get a little drinking going. I knew where this was going: we were heading to the club. In a different mindset long ago I'd dread and bemoan going to a club due to 'low tolerance to stupid'...but I decided to entertain the thought. In the small town I'm currently in we've hit the same places up for about two years, so what's there to lose?

It was this night that I put a lot of the stuff that I read here about to practice--dressed nice to impress, approached two different groups of people with women I was interested in talking to, garnered a few number pulls here and there and just have a damn good time...only for the bar to close at 1 AM with no hope of getting into an after-party. Tough break as it was, I decided to resign to getting a cab and some cheap gas station food to keep the alcohol from hitting me too hard in the cab-ride home.

Armed with a burger and a can of red-bull, I sat by the gas station waiting for the cab to pull up, when this girl--we'll call her Blondie--was giving me a few IOI's from her car. The night was still young, I was still out---scew it, I decided to approach.

Blondie asked where I was going, I replied that I was going home "but I didn't think that kidnapping would be up next." She laughed a bit at this and invited me to go with her to an after-party. On closer (albeit drunk) inspection, she was a 6. Smart-looking framed glasses, bumped it to a 7, and I was guaranteed an after-party! Things were looking up!

As we got on our way, we started to discuss about her being an Art Major from the local college, and I amplified that with my interest in it even though I am an English Major. She parked in a spot to get the address of said after-party, and almost zoned herself to her phone when I asked her about her works. Surprisingly she had a few detailed sketches and oil works in the back--very impressive at that, but they "weren't good enough for the Louvre". We had a little back and fourth, a bit of kino started on my part, right until we gotten the destination right. A few of Blondie's friends--a Black and Latino chick if I can recall--jumped in the back seat and started to get a little burn going. I declined due to my work, but they understood when I smoked a cigarette with'em. The friends left to do their thing in the house party and as Blondie was going to invite me in, I informed Blondie that my work doesn't take kindly to bush if I get busted.

Gentlemen, I'm not going to lie: I'm not too savvy on dread-game, but I can say for certain that the look Blondie gave me when I told her "I'll just hitch a cab, you go have a good time!" said 'No, please don't go!' She made sure of that by going down on me right in the car. In front of her friends place. But not before starting with 'I usually don't do this the first time I meet someone'. Holy shit, my mind was blown...among other things.

I'm kinda savvy on the hamstering bit, as when Blondie realized that someone (her friends, I presume) would come out to the car. I suggested a more scenic route where no one goes (and just happens to be near my place), and she agrees. Sexy times happen there!

...Until a car goes right past us, and she riding on me too deep in the moment to realize. I subtly tell her I saw a car pass by, and she flips, until I let her know that my house wasn't too far from us. I kept my frame calm and negotiated this all before the car swings back around. We arrive at my place and get in a couple more hours of sexy time!

The next morning I make Blondie a killer breakfast, got her number, and her out the door at a reasonable time. A few minutes after that...I kinda laughed a little when I thought about it---all this time of trying to be a worldly-wise gentleman, when all it boiled down to was myself thinking 'I've gotta impress myself. And damn, self, you did a good job after a few-years drought.'

It's a bit late, I know, but it was the one time when after awakening with the RP mindset I saw things just...making sense for the first time in a while. As I've said, I'll save all the backstory for the r/thanktrp post I'll make. Until then gents, you were right. Best believe I'll lift more, read more, and do what makes me happy!

TL;DR: Long-time lurker put some RP theory to practice and fixed a dry-spell. Mind blown.

EDIT: A few small things, italics and such. Everything's still the same.