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Pedro P

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"I don't give out my phone number. But you can look me up on instagram!"

"I don't give out my numbers to strangers?"

"I'm not looking to date or hook up right now..."

"I just got out of a relationship so I'm not looking to date..."


So, I don't get these statements often but I have gotten them and it knocks me off my game.
Suggestions on how you'd reply to these.
Are they shit tests or just shut-downs or both??
 
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@Pedro P,

I wrote an article on a little routine you can use for the "But we are strangers!" objection, inspired by your post here:


That said, a few other comments:

For the most part, these are going to be polite rejections. So mostly you should be looking to take the L graciously and bow out in a charming way, that potentially leaves some room for her to recant if she likes your handling of the exit or you run into her again later. Drill down:

"I don't give out my phone number. But you can look me up on instagram!"

You shouldn't ever be getting this objection if you are asking girls out first before asking for the phone number.

So, if you are getting it, it probably means you aren't asking out first. Naughty naughty... 😫

Anyway, the easy answer here is "Oh, I uninstalled it" [credit: @alleniverson]. "What should we do?"

Then see if she relents and gives you the number or if she just wants to eject.

"I don't give out my numbers to strangers?"

Again, if you are asking out first, you should not be encountering this.

But if you do, use the tactic I wrote the article on.

"I'm not looking to date or hook up right now..."

"Yeah, me neither. We'll be friends." Said in a confident, sexy way.

Then when you get her on the date, you just do all your regular stuff, but avoid making the really overt moves yourself until she gives you clear signals.

(Worth reading: The Tao of Steve method, which is basically a 'seduce girls by being their friend' approach)

"I just got out of a relationship so I'm not looking to date..."

"Yeah, we can just hang out. We'll keep it ultra low pressure. I don't like people putting pressure on me too."

Chase
 
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