Modes of Communication

[Obsidian]

I would like to know if phones are really better (in all circumstances) than email and other text-based services. I've never particularly liked phones, and one of the girls I'm dealing with atm seems really shy. Wouldn't it be just as good to use email or w/e if she seems comfortable with it? Or at least to start out with...

Thoughts, please.

 

[Poll]

the only time when txt or email is better than phone is if the girl sounds like a guy or your mother.

 

[Obsidian]

dangit i could still use feedback on this

 

[BuildingSomethingBig]

"Email is for geeks and pedophiles." - Sebastian Valmont

Haha, but seriously, email should never be use instead of telephone communication. Of course, you can use a nicely written email to supplement your other interactions (with the benefit being time to think and plan carefully what you will say) but it is never a replacement for real-time communication.

Ask yourself this; do you want to use email because she is shy, or because you are shy?

 

[everywomanshero]

I use voice and texting both. I almost never use IM or email, but I would definitely go IM over email. I pretty much never email anyone, except for business purposes.

My thoughts: If a chick is just sitting around waiting for email, that's probably not someone who is going to be someone I'd want to bother knowing anyway.

 

[Thomas94305]

The real question is.. is phone or text better to do WHAT? If you're busy, she's busy at a particular time.. email's great. Crap, we communicate through this board, and never call each other.

As for starting things with a woman, building attraction, cutting down on the flaking... I find phone calls are the route to go. If she just gives email, then don't count on much from her. You want to make things between you seem as natural as possible as quickly as possible. A woman that throws you in the email zone now has given you another hurdle to get through. You have to go from email to phone to hanging out, vs phone to just casually going and doing something.

 

[Nighthawk]

Dirty texting.

 

[Ace_McGregor]

What's the big deal? You call her up, set-up the date, and BAM! that's it. You're only on the phone for a couple of minutes. Why would you use text or email... seems like it would be harder to me.

 

[everywomanshero]

Text is mostly useful for quick, witty messages, at least that's what I use it for a lot or just tidbits of useless trivia type ****. It can also be useful if you're still green and have trouble getting someone to pickup (this happens to a lot of guys during the newbie mission phase). You can have some interesting txt and then she might pickup, but then it's really so damaged controlled it's not even funny.

I don't just call and get off the phone real fast, though unless I've already gotten a really good timebridge and I know she's beyond down, in many cases I actually make them ask me out more than once before I meet them again. I stay on the phone with them a lot and pretty often. In this way they have already decided to sleep with me by the time we've met. I also get very very little LMR by running solid game, actually I never got much LMR when I didn't run solid game, but I did get a lot of buyer's remorse.

 

[Messarger]

Also, according to Mystery's 7 hour rule*, phone game is included too.

*The 7 hour rule is that it takes 7 hours from meeting a woman to having sex with her.