>>22680858You could have fucked the bartender if you had just tried to get with her sexually from the start.
When girls are wanting to hangout with a guy and spend time doing things with him, it's usually because they are into him. If you are into her, you should try to escalate things sexually ASAP. Chicks in that situation are almost always DTF, and even if not at least now you know for sure.
Increasing familiarity in a non-sexual, platonic, friendly relationship usually kills whatever initial sexual attraction she had for you.
You basically spent months non-verbally telling her that you weren't sexually attracted to her, and that you wanted a totally platonic, non-sexual friendly relationship with her and weren't interested in anything more.
Then after you have gone past the equivalent of what would be the honeymoon phase of a romantic relationship, and she has been around you enough to no longer see you as the hot, interesting, emo gambling stranger but is now fully invested in seeing you as the friendly, sexless, gambling buddy who is like a brother to her, then you suddenly reveal that actually this whole time you were really just trying to figure out how to weasel into her panties.
This is exactly why so many dudes end up in the friendzone. Don't try to avoid rejection or hide you sexuality or sexual interest in a girl. And don't invest too much of your time, energy, money, emotions, or anything else into a girl that you haven't started fucking.