I agree with both your points about setting up repoire with the girl through use of your voice, however, I feel phone calls have more drawbacks in general.
First off, you can screw things up over the phone much easier. I'm not saying either of you, or I, would do that, but that possibility exists. Could even be something like a bad connection that damages repoire, it happens.
Second, phone calls are much easier to ignore. There's a million reasons a girl may not answer or return a phone call, just how it is, and I think that it's getting worse today. A text is often answered out of intrigue, or if nothing else out of boredom.
On to your more specific points:
Quote: (04-15-2011 03:39 PM)Agent_GQ Wrote:
If you just text a girl you'll join the other 8 guys who are texting her at the moment, and there's a chance you'll end up in texting hell.
I find 5 minutes easier than a bunch of bullshit text messages.
Yes, there's a chance you don't stand out, but that's what having volume in your approaches is for. She should already be interested in you, so you won't get grouped with all the other guys texting her, if she's not she may not answer your phone call anyway. Also, I don't really spend a ton of time texting, texting takes 5 seconds, you can do it while stopped at a red light, a train, or when you're taking a shit.
Quote: (04-14-2011 04:07 PM)Giovonny Wrote:
CJ,
Lets say you meet a girl and you get her number? Do you just call her and ask her out?
I never call anymore. I don't know if I'm just better at this now, or if texting works better, but I've seen better results with texting.
My usual text with a new girl is pretty structured at this point:
Me: Hey, what's up? (note I don't even say who it is, ever)
Her: Hey, how are you?
OR Her: Hey who is this?
Me: Good, what are you up to?
OR Me: CJ, what are you up to?
Then we go route A:
Her: Nothin' much, why?
Me: Sweet, we should go up to Charley's tonight for drinks.
Her: Cool, what time?
OR route B:
Me: What are you up to?
Her: Sorry, I've got to study (or insert other excuse here) tonight.
Me: Oh wow, sounds 2 fun 4 me! (yes, I start texting like a 16 year old girl here)
Her: Ya, well you know, gotta get good grades.
Me (hours later): Headed up 2 Mac's bar if u get done studying (;
Note, when it goes route B, I don't expect to see her, but I'll always through that out there, even if I've decided to stay in for the night. My goal these days is to just catch them when they're DTF, want to go get a drink or two, then go smash. More hooks I throw out there, better chance I pull something back in.
Now, I should add that these girls I'm texting are all bar chicks. For day game, you might want to try using the phone. I know Mixx meets a lot of his girls at Happy Hour, and a girl like that might be smart to call. I'm not an expert, but I know you gotta do what works best for you.