So I was on a dinner date this sat with an HB9.5 form the gym… intelligent driven and great personality… Problem was there was a time constraint… I had to go to a fashion show after dinner and it was her friend’s b-day…
We have had two conversations before this date… both at the gym… so basically we were at A1…
I already know she was into me so the intent was to go from A2 to C2 on this date… here is where I think I made some critical mistakes. We sat across from each other during dinner… conversation was good… lots of IOIs all night but no chance for kino escalation… for that matter no chance of kino at all… we couldn’t bounce to another more intimate location because of time constraint… I wanted see where we are at after dinner so I held her hand and she squeezed my hand… so that was good… we talked for some time at the car but no k-close. I could have tried but I could tell she wasn’t ready… so now we are at C1… couldn’t go to C2 with her

Now I need your feedback on where I could have done better…
One, we were in a booth so I could have made her sit next to me… would that have been a good idea since barely knew each other… and there would be no eye contact…

Should I have taken her somewhere else on our first date??

Do you think I should have gone for k-close at the car??

bar/club would be the best place to get her to relax and easy to kino but its not her scene which makes it tricky… where else can I take her next?? I am not in a hurry to go to C3 but at least want to go to C2 on the next date otherwise we could get stuck in the friends zone…
need suggestions because she worth it.

I don't usually try to take a girl out to dinner on the first date anymore. I found I run into the same problem you did although you can create moments of Kino. If they've got rings on or something you can do the routine where you take items of their clothing or just grab her hand and look at them. If she's got a necklace ask to see it, so on and so forth. I don't like the dinner date anymore b/c it's to common for the guy to pay and you can come off looking cheap but that's just my take on it. I usually go for having a couple drinks after work that way we can sit at the bar or find a table since most of the times it's "open seating" in the bar. I'll pick a table rather than a booth and sit next to her. I attempted to use the miniature golf date but never got to it so, there is a post on the boards on good first date places. Look at it and decide what you think would be fun.

Not sure if you should have k-closed not sure how well the comfort lvl was played. It doesn't seem as if it was very high but that doesn't mean you couldn't have. The important thing to note is that you still portrayed yourself well throughout the date so your not having to alter your stance any the next time you see her; you just have to progress the lvl's. Remember when you spend time apart any progress you made does digress a little so plan on working back up to the point you left at and not starting from that point.

Be observant of your feelings for her from the post it already sounds like your getting one-itis.

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~Surreal

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"Why do we fall, sir? So that we might better learn to pick ourselves up."

i guesss i didnt kiss her so i want to even more... its cat theory... its funny that you said one-itis... i had the same feeling after the date... so i number closed a couple of models (one from ameica's next top model) at the fashion show... and a millionare sugar mamma.
anyways the point is, i do want to go out with her coz she is chill but she is not the only one in my life...
this shit never happens to me on a date coz i usually go for drinks... i just wanted to see what other have to say... it sucked, I could see what was lacking in the date and couldnt do anything about it at that time...