I go to a local informal school (come/leave when you want, take breaks when you want, wear what you want, etc.) and recently met a girl there. shes one of many cute girls there but she seems more my type.

After speaking with her a little bit shes recently moved here (as have I) from the same state. She confessed she doesnt really know anyone here but is slowly getting to know some people. She also just recently broke up with a long term boyfriend (which she confessed to me, emotionally, not sure how to take that).

Weve discussed some shared interests and gone to some playful touching. We're both very comfortable around each other all things considered i think.

My main issue is how to escalate things from here. Having just discovered all this PUA stuff i think its messing with my mind a little more. Some things say do this and dont do that and others say the opposite.

Id like to get with this girl but if not i think she would be fun to hang out with as a possible pivot as well.

Any advice on how to escalate things to the next level and isolate her? Part of the bigger problem for me i think is we are always within earshot of at least one other person possibly as many as 10-20 and i dont wanna be the skeezer of the class you know? Im a good looking, confident guy but am kind of retarded with women as most of my experience is with long term relationships. Please help a fledgling PUA!

If you have shared interests, I would say the next step would be to take your friendship/potential pick-up outside the academic setting and go from there, essentially take her out on a date.

This is a win-win either way, whether you get with her or turn her into a pivot, so that should reduce the pressure. You guys are already study buddies/friends, so getting her number is a non-issue; then plan on an activity from there.

I understand you though about it messing with your mind, someone else on the forum discussed the psychology concept about the four stages of learning, in which you start out not being good at something, learn more and then you'll actually be a little worse for a while because you're consciously overthinking things, and then eventually good at it with a lot of conscious effort, and then good at it without thinking at all.

Good luck, keep me posted!

No, dont take her out on a date. you dont even know her.. dates suck and thats awkward. you can hang out, maybe reach a party together