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I have loads of friends, so I'm perfectly fine with just telling her to get a dog
OP - are you saying i should be perfectly indirect or perfectly direct at all times?
Not completely no... but often times if your using indirect game, but something about your body language or tonality or syntax or showing your interest before the the proper time (SOI, A3 etc) then you appear dissonant... Often times this gives that the target that "something isn't quite right" feeling. This may or may not be the reason your having this problem... I guessed at it because its one of the most common reasons I've seen for this type of outcome for those using indirect game.
To accurately diagnose exactly whats going on we have a few methods... you can study like crazy and self diagnose... you can post field reports and/or mini reports of the steps you've used with all pertanant information, and your thought/reasons for doing what you did and in the way you did it. Or the best, however likely least conveniant (or economical) would be to get some in person intensive training from one of the many pro's available here or elsewhere.