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jackoftades819

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Running into an interesting case of "results over reactions" on Tinder and I'd like advice on this situation or future similar situations. I matched with this girl and send her my usual opener but she does not seem receptive and seems to be trying her best to be as boring as possible.
ME: Well you've caught my attention. What brings your sexy ass to Tinder?
HER: typically boredom honestly. I just swipe for lack of anything better to do
ME: Interesting. You must be quite the catch
HER: Not really haha
ME: Haha don't sell yourself short. You're pretty attractive
HER: superficially i guess
ME: Well then tell me something fun about yourself
HER: there really isn't much
ME: You're not fun at all then?
HER: not at all!
ME: Hm. At the very least you must be passionate about something
(I'm trying to get her to qualify and I'm considering giving up but since she's still talking to me I figure I should make things move forward)
HER: Honestly not even that
ME: Then how would you like to go out to lunch tomorrow? I'll be able to figure you out then
HER: I do have work tomorrow
ME: Let's do something after you get out of work
HER: I get out at 8
ME: A late dinner it is. You in X?
HER: I still haven't said yes and no I'm in Y
ME: Doesn't have to be dinner. We can do a movie night in if you're interested
HER: I have work at 6 in the morning the next day so that's gonna be a no
ME: Haha I'm not asking to take the whole night. It's fine if you don't want to, but I think it'll be fun
HER: Well I know that but I do have to get some sleep. I'm not saying no, I'm just saying tomorrow isn't the best day
(Finally I'm getting somewhere!)
ME: Alright I have tomorrow off so that's why I suggested that. I work late the rest of the week so what works for you?
HER: I mean I have friday off
ME: I work until 7 that day. We can work something out for after that
HER: up to you I guess
ME: We can do a movie night in. Is your place an option?
HER: not really
ME: Hm. Then we can either do my place or do something entirely unconventional
HER: like what?
ME: I get a laptop and we do a movie night in the car if you're up to it
HER: we'll see
ME: Alright then we'll try something for Friday
HER: okay

Haven't messaged her in a few days. I didn't get a no from her but I'm not sure if I'll end up meeting her. I feel like if I message her again for confirmation for something Friday she just won't respond. Also, I'm hoping she takes the car option since I live with my parents and brothers. Any advice for this situation or other situations where the girl is cold?
 

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Space Monkey
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This is a poor texting interaction, in my opinion. I don't know how you could have done things better but here's my critique.

ME: Hm. At the very least you must be passionate about something
(I'm trying to get her to qualify and I'm considering giving up but since she's still talking to me I figure I should make things move forward)
HER: Honestly not even that
ME: Then how would you like to go out to lunch tomorrow? I'll be able to figure you out then


You have to be careful when you do that. The texts that she sent indicate that she isn't sold on you so asking her for more investment (out to lunch) is a bad idea. Also, in my opinion, all of your persistence ("a late dinner it is then") comes across as chasing because she didn't say yes to meet you first. In person what you're saying could work fine but texting is a finicky business and it looks like you're chasing after she snubbed you. Notice also that the gold standard for asking for a date is to ask what her schedule is like and then pick the most appropriate time where you could have a date that's long enough for the kind of date that you want. So you should ask what her schedule is like rather than asking for tomorrow and risk getting a no (which can lead to a sequence of no).

In my opinion, the problem here is that you didn't get her to invest enough nor build enough rapport. If she has spent hours drafting up texts to you then she's not going to flake on your date requests or mess you around. Note that this in Tinder so you do have to build some rapport before switching into date scheduling mode with your texts. In this case, even if she said yes, I expect that she wouldn't think twice about flaking on you. Get that investment from her before you try to get her out on a date because you don't want to waste your time on a flake. I don't know how to get that investment...try emojis? But you know what the investment looks like; she'll be sending long messages to you about herself or asking you questions.
 
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