Hello peeps- 41(M) here. I've been pretty frustrated lately with dating to a point where I need to post and ask about what I'm missing or doing wrong.

A little background... I learned "game" and pickup when I was about 33. With a few serious relationships here and there I was very successful and was able to pull women out of my league and have some great experiences for the last 10 years or so. I'm now 41, single father and just got out of a 6 month relationship with a girl that for the first time I pulled without using game really. It was beautiful, because we just clicked and seemed effortless on both our parts. I think this might have jaded me a bit.

I've been on maybe 15 dates lately (found online) and I'd say half of them at least get a makeout and I do spark attraction. But then goes nowhere and they don't want sex. The others just seem like no chemistry. The last straw is I had a girl tell me last night she had fun but didn't see a future and rejected my kiss. AND she gave me signs of interest all night. Yep, the classic line an AFC used to get. The worst part was I DID run some good lines and didn't give any power away and still got that. Or at least I thought I did.

I've kept in shape all this time and my looks and style haven't really gone down, plus I'm not going for way young chicks or anything either. Mostly 35+. Yet I've seemed to resort back to a semi-AFC. I know I have base-level natural game by now, but wonder if I've gotten soft and need to go harder with the gamey stuff like I used to. I guess I just have this deep down feeling like I want to meet someone now with no effort and have them fall for me as its happened with the last gf I had.

tl;dr Are there any seasoned PUAs or just naturals that as they aged got a bit "softer" and almost went back to being an AFC and not realizing it? Or that started feeling bad for running game trying to get reactions? Any tips for getting the magic back? Just don't know what I'm missing lately with such a huge dry spell.