encountering the attempt at day 2 shit test. a lot of these techniques and lines i read from somewhere within the community. and they've helped me out alot. i wish i could credit whoever came up with them, but i just can't recall where i read them. but anyways, i figured i'd post this text game interraction up in which i encountered a familiar female respnse to a day 2 attempt. hopefully it might help others others like it helped me. critique and analyzation is VERY welcome. always looking to improve! thanks guys!

Me: hey guess what??
(no response for a long while)

Me: hey ur supposed to say "what?" boy i'd hate to tell u a knock knock joke. we'd prolly end up just sitting there looking at each other for hours before i realize ur not gonna say "who's there?" (she's an emoticon-er so i mirror it)

HB: lol sorry i'm with 3 of my nieces--brought them shopping--a 4 yr old, 12 yr old and 13 yr old...they have my attention

Me: phew! thank God...i was beginning to think u were one of those kids in school that would bring a hot pocket or a ball of lint to show and tell. just remember to ask me "what?" when ur free

HB: lol okay.

(later on in the day)
HB: so what happened? (referring to an intro i used earlier "ur not gonna believe what happened to me!")

ME: it's kind of a long story so i'll have to tell u in person. but hey guess what??

HB: OMG what?!?!!! (sarcastic little brat...love it!)

ME: thanks for the superfluous punctuation!!! it adds so much more excitement to what i'm about to tell u!!!

ME: well anyways...i have an overwhelming urge to hang out with a ginger this week. so what are u doing wednesday? (she's a smoking natural red-head)

HB: lol i don't know. i'll get back to u--may be having a get together with a couple of friends that are leaving for University this weekend. Not sure. Just depends.

HB: ...i can let u know sometime tomorrow for sure

okay...so if i agree, i lose value. but i also don't know her well enough to request she blow off her friends for me
(we only met once at the bar last month. she took a 2 week vaca a few days after and my schedule was busy when she got back. but i pinged via text enough to keep the chase going).

panic, breathe, relax....game on.
time to frame shift. i'm the prize. give me that damn hoop BEEEYOTCH!

ME: hmmm...i can agree to those terms but only under one condition....actually make that 2 conditions...are u ready?

HB: i'm ready...let's hear it

ME: okay...1st: as soon as u find out, i'd like you to call me to tell me instead of texting. i've put up with u for this long. so it would be a nice gesture

HB: Done

ME: 2nd: when u do call, don't start out with "hi. what's up?" or any generic greeting like that. it's boring. i want u to say something like "hi sweety! it's good to talk to u again!" because starting out a conversation with a smile is the best way

ME: oh wait...i have one more condition that i just thought about that's very important...

HB: lol done.

pause.....wait for her to re-initiate convo....five minutes later...

HB: uh huh...sure...what is it?

ME: okay...and lastly i'd like u to let me know before 3pm tomorrow. because i we'll go catch a baseball game....(blah blah blah)...so if u can't make it, that will give me time to make new plans. is that fair?

ME: agree to those conditions and i might even share my nachos with u....MAYBE

HB: thats fair - hate to burst ur bubble so soon but im taking my niece back to (city) tomorrow then going to the movies with my sister and my friend mike :/

(my last text upon re-reading did sound confusing regarding date and time of our meet)

ME: my bubble is unburstable
Plus i'm talking about wednesday. tomorrow is only tuesday

HB: haha okay ill call u tomorrow and let u know.

Me: deal

once again...any thoughts or ideas of what i could have done better. or any other playful thoughts or ideas with which u would have respnded is VERY welcome. always good to fatten our tool belts! Thanks again, guys

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have u ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

I think you're very clever and are doing well at keeping your cool.

My only thought is you come off a bit too much like you're "trying" to impress her. Confident people just say casual things - but joking is good, and some of your joking was good when it didn't sound like trying to impress her.

When I read that conversation, she's all chill, and you're all "look at meeee look at meee" and she's like "I'm looking - haha ok very funny" and "hm I might be free I'll get back to you" and then you're like "Hm ok but on THESE conditions" and she's a little interested "hm this is kinda fun - ok done." and you're like "ok ok and let me know cause I need to know so I can make other plans, and if you're a good girl I'll share my nachos, mwahahah" and she thinks "he's not fooling anyone" and then she says "yeah ok well calm down, I'm busy" and you went "wrong day" and she goes "haha fair enough, see you later"

So you see, every word you use has to work to give a certain vibe, and sometimes to give that vibe you have to be in the actual mindset where you don't really care too much what you send. Other times you might need to carefully craft it to avoid making mistakes due to some issues you have that you know you have to work around. In the end, every word contributes to this overall picture, and it's always in the mix, like even if you drown a few bad words in a pile of awesomeness, those bad words will always be somewhere in the mix, working against you - unless you've impressed her so much to the point where she's emotionally changed her mind about you - which causes her to practically erase things from her memory that don't agree with that decision.

dammit...ur right! haha. great response. exactly what i needed.

UPDATE: she called...

HB: hey
ME: hey...what?
HB: sweety.

(we both laugh)
HB: just wanted to call u before i forget (she cancels and explains her "off again on again...kinda bf" is leaving to university. and trying to figure it out. blah blah....she expalins about how she wants to focus on herself.)
Me: (cuts her off) has anybody told u that u have a sweet phone voice.
HB: awww....yea. u should do phone surveys or customer service. all u have to do is move to india...

(laughs)
more talk about how shes in the breaks with BF. she wants to focus on herself. not having to answer to anybody. i explain that im just got out of a relationship too (commonality) so i understand it sucks.

she does agree to get in touch with me by end of the week to hang out before school starts on monday for her because she wants to hang out.

heres where i fuck up. conker why didn't i read this post before she called?!?!

she tells me prolly saturday. i said saturday might be tough. what about friday. she said she works but might be able to get off early....i should have left it at that, but i even asked when she gets back (i didn't even want to...it just came out)

but, anyways. mentioned something about now that we have our first phone convo out of the way, the next one won't be so awkward. (it wasn't awkward, just teasing. but maybe negative anchored it to be with that comment.)

then texted this 5 minutes after hanging up (and i'm embarassed to share this with u guys, because i think it is try-hard)

ME: i graded our first phone call a B+. room for improvement...but overall good job!!"

i'm hoping my joking manner throughout all the texts will put this text in that light. as that's what it was meant to be. but Conker's assessment of try-hard makes me think. gotta work on that.

i was trying to be cute and funny....i guess i was just being cute :/ (credit jay-wa?)

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have u ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?