The point remains that these women took time out of their schedules to see me. I had stopped messaging one of them and she contacted me to ask if I was free. The rest of it is correct, though.
They may have just been in the mood for a night out and you were the first guy down the list who didn't exhibit red flags. They may have just been bored. A first date is a good sign, but not a fantastically good one.
Other than that, your photos are good enough to get you some sort of opportunity, which is good to know. Given that you're a good looking man, I am inclined to assume that your issues are social, which in your case is plausibly your high intensity.
I'm not going to take 6-12 months out from dating. I might as well stop forever. Moreover, the very idea that you can be a 'better man' by learning Galois theory, boxing (which I know already) etc. is disagreeable to me also. You're more cultured and intelligent than most men your age. So am I for my respective age group, and I'm in better shape too. What good has it done for us!? You'll be a better man but women will not treat you any differently for it. People my age are already engaged, for pity's sake. So how can you advise me to take a 6-12 month break? It's mad. You've seen what I posted about the age groups of the women that are compatible with me. I'm getting too old for them by the day. It's these enforced 3 weeks and that's it. This whole idea of women sensing your desperation, intensity is not quite correct either, in my opinion. Dating is a simple process. Do your looks stack up? Do you feel comfortable and compatible together? Is it easy enough to move things forward? Then that's it. I'm pretty sure that it goes in that order too.
You're basically not dating at all from the sound of it. Women meet you and show no interest. It could be a coincidence, you should get a sample size of 10-20 to know for sure. If it doesn't work by that point, take an extended break.
I don't mean learn Galois theory in the literal sense. You can do whatever you want to actualize yourself, to explore yourself and to build more of an identity. It is certainly the case that women can smell desperation and lack of identity, they don't need superpowers to do so as many men make it extremely obvious. You have admitted that you are aggressive with women, that you work hard, you pester them until they agree to meet you, that's not good.
What hobby would you like to pick up if you had a bit more time? If you can't answer that question, then you're in a disastrous situation mentally and you need more time to explore yourself.
Also, regardless of what the physiology literature says, I trust first and foremost actual lifters who live and breathe lifting. They've all said that you start losing your conditioning after 2 weeks. For me, I've always lost strength after more than a 1 week break. So it will be tough.
You're not going to lose all of your muscles after three weeks off.
One more thing...what kind of looksmaxing can I do beyond what I've already done? I have more muscles than others in my demographic and am using minoxidil. I refuse to use finasteride so there's nothing more that can be done.
There are plenty of additional things that you can do.
You can get better clothes (are any of your clothes tailored?), you can get braces if you need them. Do you always wear belts that are the same colors as your shoes? Do you have nice belts and nice shoes? Do you wear used running shoes to work? Do you wear white socks with sandals? I saw some pictures, and you were wearing solid-colored t-shirts. Try getting dress shirts. Here's the approximate pinnacle of male fashion:
No t-shirt is visible under the collar. Dress shirt and sweater with the colors being complementary. The dress shirt has stripes but not the sweater (you don't want too much stimulation). They are form fitted, maybe slightly loose but close enough. The sleeves are rolled up (correctly), to show off arm hair and forearm muscle -- which women love and you have in abundance.
Dancing / martial arts / etc are a good way to improve body language. A guy I know took dance classes in graduate school as a deliberate part of his self-created therapy to be less autistic. He wanted to "not move like a gangly nerd".
As for finasteride and minoxidil -- lol. Seriously man? How much minoxidil are you using? Have you considered micro needling? RU 58841? S-equol? Retinol? Do you have an anti-inflammatory component?
