Went on a date recently with a girl and found it hard to steer conversation or make an emotional impact. I though I entered the date on a good frame because of previously sexualising and her qualifying herself on text prior to the date. However, on the date itself, it was basically her telling me lots of long stories without much emotional depth. It was half an hour in before I could even suggest getting our first drink.
At the end of the date, I tried to bring her back to mine anyway but she made up an excuse, said another time. The next day she texted me typical didn't make a connection text.
I can identify lots of areas I could have done better on the date, but the major one is that I couldn't make any emotional impact on her. I just didn't know how to because I would have to interrupt her stories. I could feel how dry the conversation was but didn't have the guts or knowledge to do anything about it.
As I've had this happen a few times, there must be something I'm doing wrong when a girl is very chatty. I want to have the ability to attract girls even if I'm not attracted to them and in theory it should be easier.
Any advice on how to maintain control of conversation and naturally lead to topics that can make a bigger emotional impact?