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01-26-2015, 12:41 PM
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01-26-2015, 03:55 PM
I call because everyone else texts.
If she does not answer, I will call another she.
She is welcome to call me back.
If she does not, then she will be forgotten, because there are plenty of shes for Me.
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01-26-2015, 04:30 PM
Do you guys actually enjoy the texting?
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01-26-2015, 05:48 PM
I almost always use text for first contact and most contact beyond that also but have found calling to be a good tool to build comfort if you're getting flakey vibes or short, detached texts. If it seems like you're losing a girl you want might as well call and go big or go home. Sometimes will send a text first "Driving, call you?" but not always. If they have just texted you they can't really not pick up, when they do you can run game without their distraction. They usually sound a little surprised when they pick up a call after they've texted without any pre-notification but I haven't gotten any off vibes beyond that from it.
I call more after a bang if I want to keep the girl around, but calling on a regular basis is an LTR thing and I haven't made a habit of it since I escaped my last one. I also try to split up calls with texts and rarely call more than once in a week. The girls who have tried to lock me down are all about calling over texts.
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01-26-2015, 06:04 PM
Here's the thing:
Pretty much the planet has moved towards text-heavy communications. This does not surprise me in the least. This is just a natural evolution of bulletin boards, IRC, and instant messenger apps.
The convenience and the ability to communicate near real-time in a crowded/noisy environment is unparalleled along with the ability to send an evocative picture near real-time.
Calling and voice communication still has it's place, certainly. Have we become too texting focused? Probably, but texting is here to stay. I try to put myself in other people's shoes when they don't answer my call.
Maybe they are driving without a headset, maybe they are at work (like I often am) and can't answer, or maybe they just aren't in a place where it's quiet enough to have a conversation.
No big deal, as we used to hear voicemail messages hours and sometimes days after they were left and nobody placing a phone call expected the other side to pick up.
I prefer to call people when I want to "catch up" and text when it comes to logistics, group conversations, and keeping in touch without spending hours on the phone.
Voice to text and swipe as well as more full featured messaging apps that can be used on a tablet or on a desktop (with emulation) have greatly increased the usefulness of texting.
For anything more involved, especially with sorting out multiple topics, calling still beats it and I use it whenever it makes the most sense.
I am grateful that my girlfriend despite being young was raised with proper use of the phone so we have good phone calls supplemented by texts (especially during times we're both busy).
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01-26-2015, 07:07 PM
I call to restart a dry lead. If they don't pick up or answer back via phone or text, next.
More girls will answer than you'd guess. Probably because no one calls anymore.
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01-26-2015, 11:47 PM
Not really unless they're already in the bag. I recently met this chick who called me after about 20 texts which surprised me. So I picked up in respect of her forwardness. She was a bit of a nutcase, but she actually said;"I hate all this texting b.s., I've got no time for that crap."
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01-27-2015, 12:13 AM
Texting is the worst and most dumbed down form on of communication ever created! No wonder most of the men on this form get flaky ass bitches because you are not alpha enough to make them call you and you don't call women either. I tell bitches straight up to call me and don't text me a damn thing because it opens the Pandora Box for dumbed down communication. As a busy 'man' I got more to do with my day then send wack messages back and forth to anyone when I can be making money and handling business.
You can only get to know someone by 'real' communication period! Fuck Texting... My piece is done!
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01-27-2015, 10:13 AM
My older brother put it like this:
"Stop beating around the fucking bush and call her. You young guys are all the same, afraid to make a fucking phone call."
Ever since he said that, I really took that advice to heart and started calling girls I want to bang.
I'm a lot younger then a lot of you gentlemen, and because I despise text, if I'm trying to get laid I always call. You would be surprised at how many girls do not know how interact over a fucking phone call, so the ball is usually always in your court. So when you call them, they're usually thrown off, and because not many men actually talk over the phone, you stand out in her mind as that guy who is not afraid to converse like a human being.
Now that I think about it, I've banged almost every girl I phone called shortly after meeting vs. text.
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01-27-2015, 10:39 AM
Texting is quick and requires and shows minimal investment on my behalf (hers too, which is the potential downside). Everyone texts these days - whether it's regular SMS or increasingly more common, Viber/WeChat/Line/whatever - even people in their mid to late 30s (I'm 38), and while there are some women I sometimes call and who call me, it's after we've gotten to know each other and not initially.
A handful of times the last year I've tried initiating contact by calling. Two girls didn't pick up but responded with hesitant texts a few minutes later. One picked up and sounded slightly confused and ill at ease with the whole voice communication thing. And one was as easy to talk to as most people used to be on the phone a decade or two ago.
The frequent sense of awkwardness on the other end aside, I feel less needy if I just behave like a regular person of this decade and send a quick text (with proper spelling and grammar - I don't think I will ever see any reason to deliberately try to make myself look like an uneducated moron to forcibly look "less invested", which eg. Heartiste frequently seems to recommend. With word prediction on smart phones these days it probably takes longer to misspell words than write properly anyway).
Anyway, I consider text game one of my strengths, so while I lately have cut back considerably on the frequent and long winded back and forth banter, I still consider texting a useful tool for building attraction and/or comfort. Or just using it for quick and simple logistics.
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01-27-2015, 10:48 AM
Girls under 25 do not know how to have phone conversations with men. I stick to texting until I know the girl for some time.
When I think back to high school and college, phone conversations were good opportunities to strengthen the connection and chemistry. Times have changed. Calling a girl too early will likely result in a voicemail or will signal neediness.
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01-27-2015, 01:12 PM
I stopped texting much and now I mainly call.
I think the trend is reversing there are just too many suckas texting girls now. Send a few text, find out if she's at home and call.
This is for online girls. Humanizes you so you're not just another number. These girls don't even add save number so you might as well leave an impression.
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01-28-2015, 12:34 AM
I generally run straight up text game to schedule a meet with a girl.
In special situations, such as she is out of town for a couple weeks and I want to keep the fire burning, I'll call her a couple times so that she can hear the sound of my voice.
There's something more real about a voice conversation and it allows me to better gauge their buying temperature.
That being said, I'm the sort of guy who can make girls laugh over the phone without using any preplanned jokes. I wouldn't be able to get that sort of emotional response via text, so calling girls can be a real advantage, depending on the situation.
However, if the girl is digging me and open to meeting, I'll just stick to texting and save the emotional development and comfort building for when we are together.
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01-28-2015, 09:43 PM
I agree with MikeS. As the OP, I asked the question because I used to like to call. I was nervous calling, but, as in cold approaching, I embraced the nervousness and called anyway. And, more importantly, women would actually pick-up.
These days if you call, 98% she won't pick up when you call. <15% she'll call you back. Either she won't respond or she'll text you, "saw your missed call. what's up?" So you have to ping twice, including the first call, and usually a text. That is extra time and could come off as needy.
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01-28-2015, 10:16 PM
Yeah, the whole "you're too afraid to call" line is pretty bullshit. It's simply because girls will tend to think you're needy if you call without texting first the vast majority of the time (maybe it's different elsewhere but that seems to be the case here in NYC).
I vastly prefer calling because it is far more efficient and I'm better on the phone than on text (and better in person than on the phone). I have a naturally dominant frame and tend to be the center of gravity in my social interactions, but texting just throws this off for some reason, not to mention that I really hate the waiting (right now I'm texting two girls and the messages are spread a day apart).