Six months after my last date, which I got rightly criticised for here, I'd appreciate some feedback on my latest outing.

Found her on Bumble. Managed to stir some emotions, teasing, etc and landed the date. Bomber jacket, v neck sweater, shirt, jeans, leather boots, cologne (did my research to ensure I didn't put too much). Had a mint while driving too.

Met at a pub, got a couple of chairs at a table next to each other but then was requested to move for trivia night or something. Found a booth that wasn't available when we entered or maybe I didn't notice, let her sit and then sat right next to her.

I asked a lot of questions of her and kept it pretty light. Teased whenever I got the opportunity. I felt pretty comfortable, not nervous, but it took me some time before I initiated some kino - arm around her, pulling her in, pushing her away, excuses to pick up her hand, etc. I just tried to keep leading the direction of the conversation, ensured I spoke less than her and just tried to look for fun moments to stir some emotion or say something outrageous. Also, the "talk to her like a child" approach works really well.

I teased her and made her laugh a lot. I told her a few stories to vary the emotions. Teased her about being a dork, being naughty and how I'd spank her. Got her thinking about sex when she mentioned some weird scientific about a green apple and I compared it to testicles. She even said "now I can't get that out of my head".

Time to pay and I said we're splitting. We gave both our cards to the waitress, but she only brought back one (mine). We asked and she said she thought there was only one card in there. Took about 15 minutes of searching the pub area before the waitress said that it fell out when she had set it near the cash register or something. In the meanwhile, I thought I'd just smoothen the transition and pay (it was just two beers).

I told her we were going for a quick walk and led the way. Didn't start off arm in arm for the first few minutes, but I took an excuse to pull her in close and kept my arm there. She put her arm around my back too. She was still smiling and laughing. Told her I'd spank her for something and this time I did. She laughed even more.

I led her to some more isolated blocks and parking lots. I slipped on the ice and fell once but laughed it off. Made some jokes about how we should break into a bank and even dragged her to the door of one of them. Thought of going for the kiss so I stopped her while I was laughing and put her hands around me and then pushed it away after about a second. I figured I could see how she was feeling and do a bit of push-pull. The second time I did it maybe five minutes later, I pulled her in and she pulled in naturally and we kissed.

Took her to different blocks and small business parking lots and kissed there too. Finally led her close to my car in one of the lots and played an easy "guess which car is mine" game. Stood next to mine, pretended to make a big deal about using my key to exaggerate it and she laughed. Open the back door and ushered her in. Got a little bit of hesitation but I laughed it off and we made out in my car for about 15-20 minutes.

She suddenly said she had to go to work the next day and I realised I had to be up early too (definitely lost track of time). She said "ok last kiss" and I made her stay longer and then kicked her out myself.

She was going to be out of town for some university trip for about a week (she had brought that up earlier). I wasn't TOO eager for sex with her. I was in two minds about whether she was worth trying to push past resistance for the night or just let her go and see what happens. I figured gym and work was more important so I figured I'd just let her go and see how it played out.

She didn't text back at all, so I just texted "Dork" about a week later when I figured she'd be back. She responded with "Hey there, I really appreciated the date but I just don't see this going anywhere." To which I just replied "Cool" and left it at that.

I have a couple more girls on the radar who I'm close to setting up date logistics with. I'm really busy and in no hurry for anything. I'm just trying to improve myself, my game and my experiences.

Just wondering for future reference - any areas where I could have lost her? A couple of things I noticed was she didn't ask a whole lot about me during the date, other than "What about you?" style questions sometimes, once her laughter had subsided. It didn't feel suspicious to me at the time, so I'm probably reading too much into it.

I wake up early and I do not want to give up my discipline for anyone during the weekdays (this ended up being on a Monday). This whole date lasted about 3 hours.

If I end up with another date on a weeknight, and I want to sleep with her, what can I do to improve my chances of a 2nd date or maybe even a same-night lay?