I've always struggled with this but yesterday I finally felt that I did some proper gradual kino escalation.

So I met with this cute hipster looking girl and we went to grab a beer together. We went to a café and I quickly found a table outside where it was only possible to sit next to each other. The days of sitting across the table of my date are over. I started lightly touching her shoulder whenever either of us said something funny. At another point I grabbed her arm to get a closer look at some bracelets she had. I was also just generally moving closer to her until our arms and legs were touching. Later she had her hand resting on her lap and then I laid mine right next to hers so they were touching, she didn't pull hers away. Shortly after that I grabbed her hand, looked her in the eyes and said "let's go for a walk" to which she complied.

We walked for a while holding hands and just talking. At one point I just stopped her looked her in the eyes and then just went for the kiss. Then we made out on a bench, her on top of me, where I would grab her tits under her jacket.

I didn't pull her all the way home this time, but she has agreed to cook some food together this Tuesday.