Title grasps the core of the problem, but basically I met this HB 7 about 2 months ago and we've been talking since. She gave me her # unsolicited so I had a blaring IOI right off the bat. So we've been on several dates, kissed and all that. I'm 19 she's 17.

Problem is, we are both pretty busy during the week so we can usually only hang on the weekends but even then I don't ask her out every weekend because dating is expensive.

So I believe if I want to keep her attention, and this is where I may be blue pill/wrong, I feel I should text her at least semi-regularly. But the thing is, a majority of the time I have 0 interest in doing so nor do I even know what to talk about. Like, if this girl were to stop talking to me tomorrow I just wouldn't care, because I know there's someone else out there I could hook up with.

When we do text or she texts first, I'll naturally wait at least 10 minutes (sometimes an hour) to reply even if I'm not busy. Part of it is me trying to figure out what to say since I'm a very serious and blunt person and try to be fun and flirty when I can - charisma is a skill I strongly desire to improve - and part of it is just lack of interest in conversation.

Now, I wouldn't exactly say this girl doesn't interest me, she is a beautiful blonde with a good personality, but part of me keeping her around is simply because I am trying to improve my interpersonal skills. I've had trouble connecting and forming relationships with people the past few years so it's really something I am trying to get better at.

Trying to build a relationship with her was an opportunity for me to practice but I believe I've already messed things up. Sometimes we'll go a week without texting each other. I realize this lack of communication is terrible (she may have doubts or branch swing to the next cock who gives her more attention than me) even for a STR but half the time I literally do not know what to talk about.

It's very weird too because on dates we talk with ease, however she is often the one to talk the most so it is easy. Not so with texting.

Any tips? Should I just next her or try to work on my texting game? I hear the iron rule "keep it fun and flirty" but nobody ever provides concrete examples to illustrate this suggestion. I've had my moments where I'll think of something stupid or witty to say and she responds well but then I'm at a loss of where to take it from there and end up cutting off the conversation as an escape. I mean shit I haven't even asked her to be my girlfriend yet so idk if I can keep her around for much longer. Really don't know what the hell I'm doing at this point.