Hi Seddit,

I'm an occasional lurker here, and one thing I noticed is a lot of guys have poor success rates with texting. I too got really tired of wondering if a girl I met was going to text me back, so I decided to alter my game when it comes to numbers.

Here is my method that has yet to fail:

  1. Leave your phone at home, turn it off, silence it, do whatever you have to do to make sure you don't take your phone out in public for any reason. FOR ANY REASON. When you are out, you are out to socialize. This is your focus. If you have a hard time with this, deprive yourself of ALL social media (including gaming, facebook, reddit) for a week, and see how interested you will suddenly be in socializing with everyone around you.

  2. Find yourself having a good interaction with someone, take note if this person is an attractive woman. Remember, you aren't hunting pussy, you are out socializing. Ignore attractiveness until you have established a working conversation.

  3. Play with her a little bit. Touch her arm, shoulder, back, whatever. Bring her attention to your eyes. That good eye contact is going to make you unforgettable.

  4. Whoa, what just happened? You were just talking and all of a sudden she's really interested in doing ______ (that thing that you love). Okay, okay... you think maybe you can fit her in. Hey, how about this, get her phone. Say, "Okay, let me see your phone." The response is always "Wait, shouldn't this be the other way around?" And you say, "Whatever. Do you want to look at my rock collection or not?" Put your number in her phone. Tell her she has to text you her name or you'll forget.

You will have a text waiting for you when you get back to your phone. This was a memorable encounter that she enjoyed. You demonstrated social value, flipped the script a little to show you're not afraid to bend the rules, and you took away every opportunity for her to feign ignorance and play "too hard to get" as I like to call it.

I don't know if this method is unique to my personality or what, but I honestly have not failed to get a date from this method. I've actually gotten to the point where I don't take numbers any more, and will only bother if a girl is willing to initiate the conversation (by my lead of course).

Good luck, hope this helps.