Tried this on askseddit but have gotten no responses yet so thought fuck it, i'll try seddit.

My directness is my greatest asset/flaw. Two weeks ago I walk up to a girl and asked her to just say hi to a friend as he had been dumped a fortnight before (which was actually me). Was pretty natural and got a number plus kissed her (but texting went no where). Anyway, last week I went out and tried the same thing but found myself just rambling on to girls and leading them to close ended questions. I'm not sure why, maybe I was in the wrong mindset (I went out looking for girls, not a good time) or maybe I was just cocky from the week before. I'm a bit worried that I'll go to Europe (in 3 months) with no positive experience. Any advice