I'm 27 and it seems like after at least a large majority of my first dates end with the girl saying a variation of "I didn't feel a connection" and won't want to go out for a 2nd date.

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This has been primarily through online dating apps but some of the dates were from offline connections too. I feel like I've heavily researched this topic but still am frustrated when I get the same results time and time again. At the same time, I know we can always improve on ourselves and I want to put in the work to get the better results I'm aiming for with women.

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Has any guy on here overcome this issue before and do they have any good best practices for what I could be doing wrong? I've been able to get a decent amount of first dates from apps with my profile, pics, and sense of humor via texting and usually I take them out to a fun bar and grab a drink or two and play games if they have them (like pool, ping pong, etc).