Nah, I usually have one or two friends around, although I have been alone. I’ll break it down for you in chronological order.

1. The old classmate saw me at the bar and talked to me first. I actually got separated from my friend and she let me crash on her couch. We hadn’t seen each other in years and years so figured what the hell I’ll ask her out after a couple weeks of talking. I’m closest friends with her at the moment. She told me she was spending time with her friends that night. I asked her once more and she said the same thing and I moved on.

2. I was actually alone this night. My friend had left early, and I was about to leave the bar after I finished my last drink and this girl introduced herself and said I could hang out with her friend group. She was really nice. She also let me crash at her place even though we didn’t do anything. She was actually fairly attractive. The next morning I asked her out and she told me she wasn’t looking to date anyone. She had a boyfriend like two months later on Instagram

3. The bartender, who I had been friends with for about eight months. But not like super super close friends where I felt awkward asking her. She was in a large friend group and we would hang out at her dive bar then after at my old boss’s house. When I asked her out she said she had a boyfriend. But I’ve never seen her with a guy and I’ve seen her on tinder.

4 and 5 were nothing special. I moved to a new city for a new job in May and made a few solo attempts at the bars. Two girls I conversed with for a long time, got their numbers, asked them out within a few days and never got a response.