i'll put it like this.
Most women have very negative views and relationships with men. Feminism, deadbeat/abusive dads, and messing around with fukkboys while they were young has caused a lot of trauma that most women are too weak to overcome without professional help.
As a result, they treat dating almost like an audition and they literally are waiting for you to slip. Make a dumb joke, text them too often, express the wrong political view etc etc and they will cut you loose. Kiss them too early, youre too aggressive, dont kiss them cause you dont wanna force it? Youre a p*ssy and there was no connection. Women will give meaning to some of the dumbest, most meaningless shyt and use it as a reason to reject you. It's very fear based.
I say this to say, stop giving a fukk about what these women want and how they perceive your actions/lack there of. If they aint going, it is ultimately their loss (unless you are not a good/weak man - in which case you have bigger problems to fix)
the issue is most dudes don't have anything else going for them outside of thinking about being with a chick so the moment they get their "chance" they do whatever to keep it going lol.
When you are just doing you and being yourself thats usually when you get the best results whether it be convo, link up activity, etc.
In 2023 it makes zero sense to try ands impress a stranger, and like they say how you start is how you finish