No kidding here.
Small talk. Become a friend. Just a friend. Let’s you get to know each other. Give yourself (and her) time to stop being nervous/pressured. Then ask her to a movie. Go from there. Whatever you do, NO PRESSURE!
Someone else gave me that advise years ago. 3 months of being friends before first date. 2 years later, marriage. Best 19 years of my life.
I put it down to no-pressure friendship. That makes it “safe”. And we are still best friends.
That means “I’d kill you your sleep, but then I’d miss you. “. [emoji15][emoji23]
And not every one is ”the one”., no matter how much h you want them to be. That’s what the friendship time is for.
It worked out much better than the first marriage and several unsuccessful, even psychotic girlfriends, before that.
IMHO
Good luck.
Just be sure that I’ll post more bad dating ****....but this is real.
C.J.