Ok, so I wanted to ask how can I start talking again with a girl I haven't talked to in a long while? There used to be flirting with her when we were in contact, but then I went out of state to study, and connection was lost. Now I'm back and wanted to ask her out, but how do I reconnect with her? I don't have her number, only her Facebook, and we used to talk through chat. I read about a technique, "pinging" where you send a low-interest message such as "long time no see, hope you're doing well." Obviously i'm not expecting an answer from a statement like that, where if she answers one could assume interest and keep the ball rolling from there.. Or should I just be direct? Sorry for such a long post but i wanted to discuss this pinging technique I read about. I'm also wondering if this pinging technique is a useful thing to use in tese situations