So I've been talking with a girl on chat from work recently (she's a few hours away) to make the day go by a bit quicker and have sorta hit a block. We've spoken on the phone a few times it's usually flirty. I use this as an opportunity to improve my inner game and skill set. For a while it was super flirty, then I started asking about her because I was curious about who she was and now we've hit this kind of block of weird seriousness where the flirty vibe is sorta gone and things seem a bit drab. She asks about my personal life quite a bit and usually starts the chat with me.

I notice I have a bad problem with this. This is how is often how it goes with girls I'm interested in. We talk, it's flirty, find out about each other, then the flirting stops and it becomes a hit it quit it situation or interest drops.

Any advice on this? Perhaps stems from one-itis or my need to man-the-fuck-up.

With girls who aren't a few hours away, get it into a close physical proximity early on so that while she's telling you about her background you're staring into her eyes or holding her hand or going kino and the rest will take care of itself.