I use Tinder a lot to score dates. I find it hard to escalate on a first date sitting across a table for lunch/dinner, and I tend to fail to go for the first night kiss. I'm fairly successful with Tinder dates turning to lays on days two or three despite my inability to escalate on day 1, but that mostly tends to happen when a day 2 is out at a bar or the likes. I definitely know I'm fucking up by not escalating sooner (undoubtedly the worst part of my game). I'm better at escalating while standing up and interacting (especially with drinks) in a nightclub, but sitting down for dinner seems much more formal and non-sexual. What are good ways to escalate on a first date with a stranger while sitting down to eat?

Every now and then I'll score a first night date at my house to watch a movie. More often I'll have a movie as a second date, but as previously mentioned, I'm often coming in having not previously escalated properly. What are good ways to escalate here? Obviously getting close, snuggling, and so forth should be parts of the equation, but I feel like even before that, there should be steps I'm missing because putting my arm around the girl frequently seems too much like a "big moment" than a logical progression. Does anyone have any moves/suggestions to incorporate earlier in our interaction so that escalation seems more natural than the big leaps each move currently feels like?

I'm understand the answer to all of this comes down to always add as many low-investment touches right from the start so there's never "the kiss", or that big moment, but if you have any specific moves I can/should be using, it might help me to get a better grasp on how to escalate in these two specific scenarios.

Come on dude, use your head.

Stop taking girls to dinner dates, that is one of the 1st things you learn in game. Stop trying to impress tinder dates with restaurant food, you will probably get laid even more if you did this one thing.

Just go for a drink together, sit next to her and make a move?

You should kissed before netflix movie and chill so it should really be easy to kiss her neck etc. Use a tickle or a pillow fight as an excuse to get close and touchy if need be.

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