My Current Text Messaging Nightmare
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For some reason the past month or so, I’ve have serious baggage around text messaging. It’s my current medium for setting up dates, getting in contact, and flirting when not around the girl.

Take it from me guys, there’s nothing more depressing than running the #2 seduction website and not getting your texts either a) answered or, b) just going nowhere.
Do you guys have any good stock text messages for responses, building attractin and setting up dates?
Thanks in advance!



Comment by doug on 19 June 2008:
check out these links:
http://www.rsdnation.com/showthread.php?t=24826
http://www.rsdnation.com/showthread.php?t=24921
Comment by Oliver on 19 June 2008:
Thx for asking Donovan, i’ll be happy to get a piece of these.
Comment by Matt on 19 June 2008:
I know your not a fan of RSD here it is: hahaha
Text game is a skill-set like any other, it really takes time and experience to develop. This being said, here are some general guidelines…
1.) The first text you send should be purely value-giving. Meaning, it should be short, humorous/playful/flirty, and most importantly NOT REQUIRE A RESPONSE. Meaning, no questions like “what are you up to?”, instead just share something witty/flirty.
2.) Convey emotion. Use things like ALL CAPS, ;-P emoticons, xoxo, !, to communicate what would normally come across via tonality, body language, and facial expressions.
3.) Exaggerate experience. In person our verbal emotional range usually varies from “cool” to “uncool”. In text it’s crucial to expand this range - so it’s not “yeah I had a sandwich, it was alright” but rather it’s “I’ve just had the world’s most glorious sandwich, crafted by the hand of god ;-)”.
4.) Multi-threading is huge. Change the subject lots. Also, never feel obliged to address a specific thread the girl introduces unless it’s conducive to the overall pickup. Meaning, if I get a text from a girl like “oh that’s cool, what time did you wake up?”…answering the question is really going to get me nowhere, so instead I avoid letting the interaction get predictable by ignoring the “wake up” thread all together.
5.) Know the power of not responding. If she sends me a predictable/boring/useless text, simply not responding can be incredibly powerful.
6.) Text only when you are in a happy, good mood. Do not text when needing validation or lonely.
7.) Follow questions with a playful thread. Any time I’m asking a question I follow it up with a flirty statement. i.e. “Are you around Thursday night? I know those chess club meetings can run late sometimes
x”
8.) Girls love receiving dirty text messages just as much as guys do. Be cautious when sending these before you’ve hooked up though.
9.) Get to the point. What can be said in 5 words needn’t be said in 10.
10.) Have Fun! Send texts because they amuse you, not to elicit a certain response.
Comment by Hammer on 19 June 2008:
I would say that El Topo’s blog is the way to go, he’s got a great two posts on text game, with a third coming. Text is a great medium for building attraction and creating a fantasy world, but I much prefer using the phone for quick and easy conversation where you can gauge responses better and ensure that you aren’t ignored.
El Topo’s posts are here:
http://the-red-mole.blogspot.com/2008/05/text-message-game-part-1.html
http://the-red-mole.blogspot.com/2008/05/el-topo-text-game-part-2.html
Comment by Mission PUA on 19 June 2008:
Thanks for sharing.
Comment by jaht on 20 June 2008:
jus avoid texting, phone is a better way to go.
Comment by gigi on 21 June 2008:
are you texting more than once if the girl doesn’t answer? you should. it’s normal for them that a guy is pushing. if you don’t, you’re left out, especially if she’s hot. the one that does push, she will meet.
try initially calling instead of texting, only text if she doesn’t answer calls. it’s weak to text initially, shows you’re too shy to call. texting is more of an impersonal medium and if you are the one choosing this medium to begin with, you move things in a bad direction from the get go.
when you’re calling keep conversations short, go like ‘wassup, how are you, i’m not much of a phone conversationalist, let’s meet, how about tuesday’
same applies to text, don’t start screwing around with the text, just go like ‘hey wassup, wanna meet tomorrow evening for a drink?’ and that’s it. they almost always answer this, positive if they’re available, negative if it’s a bad time for them. then just try again until a date is set.
ps there is no ‘attraction over text’. that’s just marketing. doesn’t work in the real world, never did and never will. text to set a date and nothing more. the more you screw around over the phone the more ‘a big deal’ the date becomes in her head.
Comment by Yummy Stale Bread on 21 June 2008:
Have you had a good amount of success using texting in the past?
If you have, are you now doing anything differently that could account for the change in results?
If not, have you considered that perhaps it is not your text game that is faulty, but some part of your initial interactions with these girls?
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Yummy Stale Bread
A Journey to Social Mastery
http://www.yummystalebread.com
Comment by Thread on 22 June 2008:
“Take it from me guys, there’s nothing more depressing than running the #2 seduction website and not getting your texts either a) answered or, b) just going nowhere.”
Its cool that your asking for help… Alot of people in your position would just have their ego get in the way.
THis site is definatly one of the best seduction sites ever…
As far as your problem goes…
Use lots of future projection role plays
My favorites are : Vegas wedding, seperated husband and wife, etc…
Comment by Brad on 24 June 2008:
My favorite way of texting is what I call: “The I Don’t Give A Damn, Method”
‘Cause the more random and ballsy I get… and the more I infer or accuse someone of trying to (get me drunk, jump me, being unable to control themselves, being boring, lame, etc)…
… the better my response is… ALWAYS.
If you want something fun to do just send out this MASS text to a few of your “prospects” at 9 or 10 am the on a Saturday or Sunday morning…
“Up for some morning sex? (wink)”
Most women will respond with a “sure” with a wink, a “hahaha”, or something playful because they “get” that you’re trying to be playful…
Of course, you’ll also get the women that will ASK you the next time you see them “What would you have REALLY done if I’d have said “yes”? (chicks are curious)
To which you can always accuse her of trying to (jump you, get you in sack, etc… you get the idea)
Oh… and I disagree with the phone gig… for me, texting has been a MUCH more powerful tool than the phone…
You get the advantage of “thinking” and “plotting”… plus the natural tension that occurs when she’s “waiting” for your response.
That’s my experience (and I’m relatively new to texting)
Comment by Ross Jeffries on 30 June 2008:
A few things:
First, you could have a technical problem with your cell phone service.
Last month, I tried to call my girlfriend in Stockholm and I got a message saying that my phone was not approved for international calls. I called ATT and they told me that a block was placed on the account for international calls.
***I*** certainly never made any such request and they couldn’t tell me how the block got programmed into the system.
This month, NO ONE was getting my texts including my male friends, my marketing assistant, NO ONE. I called ATT again, and once again, there was a block placed on text messaging which **I** never authorized.
So I’d look to see if there is a tech problem with your phone.
2. I don’t know what sequence you are following with regard to when you text, when you call, etc. Generally I want to CALL after the first contact; my voice is my instrument, I can embed commands, etc etc. Text messaging is a step backwards during the first few steps.
3. How much time are you spending with these women, with what emotional states(or attraction triggers tripped if you are an MM/RSD/Style student)? Remember, a phone number is a punctuation mark; it could be a period, or a question mark or a colon or whatever.
4. Random/Chaos Remember too that our world is increasingly chaotic and the friction of randomness can overheat even the best sarges. Sometimes this happens in sequence to the point where we THINK we’ve done something wrong, but it is like looking at a run of “heads” landing with a coin toss and thinking we are seeing a pattern.
Hope this helps.
RJ
Comment by BenW on 6 July 2008:
Hey everyone, great responses and I am in the process of reading the blog posts, but what do you do when girls are overly sexual and responsive over a text but flake in “real” life?