"didn't really try to fake much"
you're either all the way in or you don't bother at all....that's the difference between Bernie Madoff and the guy running a three card monte game on a Brooklyn side street...
well, I don't know what to tell ya...if you're a wet sponge you're a wet sponge...the trick is finding someone who finds wet sponges interesting or finding someone who thinks you're pretty enough that they'll overlook what comes out of your mouth...
it's a lot of work to try and be interesting...what with the figuring out what kinda guy interests her and the faking being that guy.....
this is why that neutral non-date hangout with other people around as buffers is crucial....
fuck that trying to click on the first date bullshit...I want to be clicked the fuck up before I unwittingly spend $200 on a date with Ms. I think watching cartoons as an adult is a sign of immaturity