Franco said:
D_smooth,
Me: want to go grab dinner
Her: I have this church thing today. I'm sorry
Me: cool I like church mind if I come (I actually hate church)
Her: ok
Me: what time do you wanna meet up
Her: im already here
You were totally out-framed here, bud. This is what this interaction looks like without the blindfold on:
Me: Hey, want to go on a date with me?
Her: I'm busy at the moment
Me: Can I just chase you around then?
Her: Sure
Your conversations should look more like this:
You: Hey Ashley, we should grab a drink/coffee together this week

. What's your schedule like?
Her: I'm really busy this week with church, so I can't. I'm sorry!

You: No worries. We'll try again some other time
And then you can wait a week or so and try again. Notice that I don't chase her in any form by trying to ask her about her church stuff. She doesn't want to go out with me, so I don't really care what else she has to say.
The other possibility:
You: Hey Ashley, we should grab a drink/coffee together this week

. What's your schedule like?
Her: Sounds good! I'm free Thursday night I think
You: Perfect, that works for me. How does 7:30 pm sound?

Her: Works for me

You: Cool, see ya then
Never chase a girl into any of her responsibilities. Your goal is to set up a date on your own terms and get her to comply. You need to be very direct and clear in your texts so that she knows what you want. Using emoticons can also help set the tone as friendly or flirty. Make sure she knows exactly what you want from her.
- Franco
You are completely right in this situation. I felt like I was chasing which was why I didn't attend the church session, I can come off a little needy on my texts, but it's completely different in person. Which is why I need an alternative. Although I feel as if I'm still good due to the fact that I didn't attend the church and instead ask to see her another time. Now for this example if you ask a girl to meet up and you use a little force persuasion in the scenario. Does that come off as needy?
Me: we still good for tonight
Girl: what? Dinner?
Me: yea
Girl: what did you have in mind?
Me:Whatever you want, we got steak, beef, and chicken
Girl:where's dinner I mean lol
Me: out in town unless you wanna eat at the chow hall(our bases cafeteria)
Girl: Oh lol well my friends making me go to the chow hall, so that'd be perfect haha
Me: Tell your friend you rolliing with me tonight, ain't nobody got time for that chow hall food all the time
Girl:Lmao, I really can't spend any money tho, next weekend after we get paid I'll be down to get some food. Plus I'm going on a run then hitting the gym
End of convo
Now I feel like I was in complete control for this one, untill she brought up her money situation, I didn't want to pay for her food so i didn't pursue any longer. Now the difference is that the church girl had something planned, while this one was trying to get last mins plan going.