Okay what I am about expound upon has been affecting me for a couple years, the only reason why I am posting about it  now is because after considering all my past experiences I have noticed a pattern with women that I am interested in, especially when I attempt to communicate/build rapport with.  A recent event helped me realize it and I would appreciate all/any advice. On Thursday, I went to a Christian student meeting at my college. The people there are roughly my age (late teens-to mid twenty’s). After preparing the night before, I wanted to look good for this one girl, we’ll just call her Sarah. I met Sarah a couple weeks ago, tried to make a good impression, I may have acted a little awkward at the end of the first time we met, but we exchanged a couple facebook messages. One time I met with the Christian group in the Student center, and she was really excited to see me but we couldn’t really talk because she needed to get lunch and I needed to leave because my dad was picking me up that day. I sent her message that day and said that it was good to see her. It took days for her to see the message, but when she did she didn’t respond.  So, on Thursday, I went to the room where the club usually meets at, but she seemed to be glued to her phone at first. I pulled back and talked to other people, I didn’t want to force anything because I have learned the hard way. I tried to communicate with her during the meeting.  One thing I noticed is that she consistently looked at me during this meeting, it wasn’t as much as the first time we met. But it was still present. I would say that I was nervous. I really prepared the night before to look good (Vinyard Vines dress shirt, casual khaki Etc,etc)   I tried asking interesting questions, but I wasn’t able to pull of some rapport as much as I would have liked. I noticed that when I communicated with her she never smiled but gave me a very neutral look. She smiled only faintly when I told a joke when we had a group Ice Breaker I can’t seem to build rapport to the point where I would get a phone number and a lot of communication via texting. I am not sure if this has something to do with my appearance, my lack of humor, or what. Flirting is REALLY difficult for me as of now, and I am not just sure what I am doing wrong. This is what typically happens when I am trying to communicate with women I like but I just don’t get the desired response. It really made me upset because it was the same damn thing that happened to me and I still can’t figure what I should be saying differently or what I am doing incorrectly.  Any help is appreciated.