Have fun with it and stop giving AF. If they don't know how to talk to you, not your problem. I lean into the awkwardness. And if there's a moment of silence or something - I ask to hold hands so we can pray. If I'm out of small talk, I say - look the only small talk I have left is who was better ; Lebron or Shaq. When I stopped giving AF things lightened up a bit. But not giving AF doesn't mean not having structure and a gameplan because Dating needs to have an end goal. And there are rules. Not giving AF really means not adding more pressure onto yourself or being over critical.

If an interaction doesn't go well. I make it as weird as possible - that way we both walk away with something. A story to tell...