<human>: I'm not looking to date right now because of health reasons, but I want some advice on my past attempts and current thought process.

I'm not someone who dates for the sake of dating and I never ask out women I don't already know. I'm essentially an introvert, but I'm social and like meeting new people, but I have pretty much zero non-platonic experience with women. All I have is a few childhood experiences, but since high school I've had several chances. I've had a few women interested in me that I wasn't interested in, I've had women interested in me that I was interested in but blew my chances, I've had girlfriends of friends interested in me, and I've had generally unavailable women interested in me. So for some reason the majority of times there's been mutual interest, it's been an unreasonable situation. I still get to know these women because I'm interested and have a lot in common, but the situations never change. I've met plenty of available women, but not enough to find one that I have anything in common with and can get to know easily. When I do have a chance with a woman I'm interested in I prefer to get to know her and develop a clear understanding of the situation before making any kind of move, apparently that's a weak approach. I like talking to women in general and I'm a good listener, so I know I put myself in a more non-platonic position, but I'm genuinely more interested in talking about common interests than making someone like me. I guess I'm more interested in developing something long term than having short term fun.

I have a lot of things working in my favor, I know I'm physically attractive and I'm good at what I do for work and hobbies. But I do have my issues and I hate spoiling every chance I get. I do come from an abusive home and the relationships around me weren't very healthy. But I've overcome a lot of shit and came out a better person, I'm just not good with women.

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<bot>: I don't date women I don't know and can't get close enough to the ones I do know. Can I date with my preferred method?