Is this a hard and fast rule you guys (especially older guys) actually stick to? I feel like, if you play this Mr. Super Aloof game all the time, how in the hell are you supposed to keep plates going?

I'm a busy man with a career, I'm going to hook up with girls and in order to keep girls as plates there has to be some banter in between lays. I've found this whole 'don't ever text them asking how their week was' is likely paper alpha bullshit.

With girls over the age of 25, if you don't text them, they are going to assume you've ghosted / pumped and dumped them. A few flirty texts here and there can't be bad, and even a plate needs some kind of comfort provided to her.

What is the deal with that 'rule' here?