For me personally I started out thinking that you can organically grow a relationship in a process of

Cold approach -> number -> couple of dates -> relationship.

Now that I’ve done this over a year I realized that the best results you’ll get is.

Cold approach -> escalate to sex -> potentially start dating

Which is sad tbh. I had this fairytale idea that you could meet your wife through cold approach but I’ve had more successes having casual sex than forming a relationship. What’s other people’s experiences?