Dave,

You are a very attractive man. You were probably giving off all sorts of weird "red light, green light" vibes that would make single women hesitate to approach you. Besides, who knows why one particularly bold woman attempted to hit on your friend rather than you. I was generally too shy to hit on men back in my single days but I definitely would have been too shy to hit on a good looking guy who was giving off "not available" vibes. I mean,after all, your plan was to see if you could entice women into hitting on you and then reject them. I'm just curious, were you actually actively flirting with women or were you just sitting around looking pretty and hoping they would flirt with you? What exactly were you hoping to be validated for? I'm not trying to get on your case. I freely admit to choosing to wear tighter t-shirts in public when my H rejected me. I guess the impression I get from your post is that you would like to be having sex with a woman who has "object oriented arousal" towards you rather than a woman who is choosing to have sex with you out of a sense of love/responsibility towards you.

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver