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Never say more than needs to be said. For your last message I'll put in bold what I'd have taken out of there:
me: oh shit thats sick, your own place? .... my parents left for vacation in march...so i had the entire place to myself and when they got back it felt like they were visitors in my place lol ... thats how happy i was to have 7 days of freedom... im hoping to work more this summer, and volunteer.. it looks really good on a police application + i want to get more experience dealing wiht ppl.. so im thinking hospital or crime stoppers
So that gives us:
me: thats sick, your own place? .... my parents left for vacation in march...im hoping to work more this summer, and volunteer.. it looks really good on a police application so im thinking hospital or crime stoppers
Notice how much 'cleaner' that looks? You're still giving her all the information but keepng it simple and to the point. You can even add to the end of that "Have you ever done any volunteer work?" as a feeder question to keep the convo going and as a little DHV.
It's all about the context. For example the other night I was texting a girl about various things, then I had a question to ask her but there was ALLOT of info required for her to answer it. So I told her "I need to explain the situation first before I ask" went on this long story about how the night before the guy I know offered me a £1000 'cause apparently he won the lottery and told her to tell me when she's ready, then I asked "would you take the money?", this lead into a good convo about how me n her think alike and I know both her attraction and comfort went up, all stemming from that really long text.
However, I generally find it good practice to try and keep your texts short, concise and to the point for the majority of the time. If she's writing more than you are, it's a very good IOI, however if you find yourself coming up against 1-word answers, "haha", "lol", "yep", "thanks", and the like then bring in the reigns a little, or even (as I've been doing with the girl above) if you get one of those answers, just don't even bother responding, you shouldn't have to fight to keep her responding as it just digs your hole deeper
i understand what you are saying, but if i wrote :
So that gives us:
me: thats sick, your own place? .... my parents left for vacation in march...im hoping to work more this summer, and volunteer.. it looks really good on a police application so im thinking hospital or crime stoppers
the bolded part wouldnt really fit, its incomplete ... and if i didnt say the rest of it then it would ahve been a dry n boring reply ....but i see what you mean when trying to keep it short n sweet
its really strange though... she started the convo after i commented on her status at like 9pm or so... then we talked for a bit (the convo above) then she doesnt respond.... then she "likes" the comment i made, at 3 a.m., HOURS after she hadnt responded
im just going to go with ...shes got Girl ADD