I can only offer you my observations with fresh eyes. You don't have to agree or accept my opinion.
If you read back over your own examples of stories about women and situations in this thread -- you'd see that you always think friendliness = they're interested in you. Story after story, that is the theme of your encounters. The women were friendly and receptive and seemed interested -- but you end up shocked and confused that in the end, that they weren't.
And to answer your question -- yes, I do think you're really bad at judging interest. Friendliness, in random encounters, is not usually an indication of interest. Some people are just friendly -- and they are equally friendly and nice to women, men, children and dogs!
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"Why can't I live my life as I am and still meet someone worth spending time with? I'm confused."
Well, you can IF that's working for you.
But what worked in the past -- when you were 20 -- has zero bearing on what will work now -- b/c the women you're going to meet now are not young girls -- they're mature, established women.
Their lifestyles have changed a lot -- while you say that you're basically living the same lifestyle you were at 20 -- but that lifestyle doesn't work or fit with most women your age.
Most women your age have jobs, kids, family responsibilities, ties to their communities and stable lives that they enjoy. They're looking for someone who'd fit into, shares and enjoys their type of traditional lifestyle.
You seem to be looking for your female counterpart -- someone less traditional -- who'd enjoy and be able to travel to your gigs with you on weekends etc. And that's fine -- but there is likely a smaller pool of women like that.
No one can tell you how to remedy this. As I wrote before, only you can decide •what• you need to do to get a better result.
