My first full post as a newbie, here goes...

In late July I was walking through town on my way home, all of a sudden a chiseled, smoking hot blonde 10 walks right by.. I stop, look at her walk by and say to myself "no way!" as in 'wow'. So I just think, I should at least try!

So I retrace my steps to catch up and walk alongside her, I use a very simple opener "You are stunning.. Hi etc" in a nice, non-pesty way. So we walk on, chat for about 10mins and as we're about to part I say "Can I see you again?" and she basically throws her number at me... Wow, great, wow again, I think...

That was a friday evening. On the Sunday evening I try and call to no response (twice in total) so I leave her a text 'nice to meet you, would you like to hang out'.. to no response. Anyway, I felt I couldnt leave it, so on the wednesday evening I call from my land line & result. Covert, but within the rules I felt.

We chat for a little while and agree to go out the following week, nice chat, she seems flattered and gracious & asked me to make a plan - hard work done - at least it should have been. That was until I went down the completely wrong route.... This is obviously all in hindsight.

I think because of the effort I'd put in to getting hold of this girl and the 10/10 rating I'd given her.. and a few other things, namely flakey girls... I had already put a huge amount of pressure on myself to see this through. She came across as quite sophisticated so I broke away from my usual chracter and text her with the suggestion of dinner.......... BIG ERROR.
I'm really not a dinner date type and can hardly afford to put food on my own tablem let alone take a girl out for dinner!

She being obviously switched on, replies and says "not really the dinner date type" "lets just go out sometime when we're both with friends". Leaving me thinking what a plank I'd been by not being myself.
We chat & text again over the next few days, and agree we should meet up over the weekend when we're both out.

Anyway, the weekend comes.. and goes.. The Friday night she texts around 9pm to say she'd let me know if / where she's off too, the Sat night comes, and goes.. with her phone being off.

So I'm out Sat night & I stupidly text her & say 'I'm obv keen to see you, but dont think its reciprocal'.. she reponds quite wound up saying '"I was just having a nice weekend with my sister, phone cut out earlier, you seem like you have to make plans wheras I'm more impulsive, you're probably right when you put it like that..."

And that obviously, was that! Initially I was like, thank f*ck!.. move on... but as time's gone on, I've realised a few errors in my ways - I didnt exactly play a cool game & really wasnt my usual self with the pressure / anxiety I piled on.
I've met a good number of cracking girls since but havent been able to get this stunner out of my head!!

I did the old drop her an apology (non-grovelling) via text a while back which obviously went without a reply.
So, should I just let this one go once and for all or perhaps try and get in touch?

Cant believe I'm asking this... but I suppose reading similar experiences would be appreciated!

I can totally relate, and I also see where you went wrong, as you already realized yourself. Keep this in mind, sometimes you don't stand a chance. A lot of times girls will give you their number just to be nice and make you go away, then have no intention of allowing you to see them again. So no matter what you do after you get the number, it will invariably result in frustration and rejection. If she's a 10 as you say, then she's probably a professional rejector at this point, and you are just one of many guys who landed in the trash heap.

But you also had a really fucked up, desperate frame. Remember, don't ask her what she's doing later, or if she'd like to go on a date with you. TELL her that you are already going to be doing something cool later and tell her she should tag along. Any AFC can walk up to a girl who is out of his league and ask for her number and call her and invite her to dinner and a movie. You did NOTHING to convey to her that you are anything more than one of the many AFC's she'll be rejecting during her lifetime. You also didn't neg her, and you should always neg at 10.

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Cheers for that. Much appreciated.