Hey guys, looking for a little help on this one. Here's the back story;

I'm at work and a cute Vietnamese girl and her friend come into my department. I head on over to grab what they were looking for and bring out their shoes. I let a minute or two go buy, and approach the target and say, "Hmmm, I don't know about those. I think they'd look better on me." After that, the three of us start talking. I pay more attention to her friend and throw a few negs at the target. Unfortunately, I ended up giving her my number, but she texted me the next day, so all is well.

I still remained playful, yet assertive, and asked her if she'd like to meet up before I left for my trip which will take me a week until I return. Unfortunately she was at the beach, so we can't meet before I leave.

My question is, how to I manage to keep her occupied without coming off as needy, until I get back. I usually take women out a few days after I meet at longest, so I'm not one to wait this long. If she ends up flaking, oh well, but it's a rare scenario that I'm in, and I'd like to hear your input.

One last thing: As far as things that I believe I did right was not only keeping an attitude that made her try to market herself to me, but also flipping the words around to make her seem like she was seducing me as well i.e. "So when are you gonna wine and dine me " and when she told me she was at the beach "Ah, so you're working on a tan for our date, huh? When I get back I'll try to pencil you in for all your hard work ." Also, to try to be more assertive I had her send me a pic (nothing explicit, just one of her) which she did after this convo, Me: "We should actually see if you get tanner. Tell you what, send me a cute pic, and we'll use it as a before and after when you get back " Her, "I can't send you a cute pic when I look so ratchet right now" Me: "Did I say cute? I meant ratchet. Damn autocorrect :p"

Anyway any advice would be awesome. And, also let me know if you liked some of the lines from my texts, or any way that you would have altered or improved them.

Put her in a holding pattern.
Text her once maybe twice during your week trip. Short closed messages just to stay on her radar. Dont expect a reply but if you do keep the conversations short, only about 4 or 5 messages.

Something that initiates an emotional response or a connection between you two. Maybe something like "I've just seen a girl with the WORST fake tan . Proper tangerine. Praying your beach effort looks far better."
You open with a joke to make her laugh (emotion), referencing your tanning joke from before (connection), avoids all the counterproductive small talk and doesn't require a reply.

When you get back go straight into date planning. Your first text should be to arrange a date. Something like " I'm back from my trip. Ready to compare the before photo to you this evening."

Most importantly don't be tempted to try and seduce her via text whilst you're away. Leave it at that and she should still be keen in a week.

The autocorrect cute ratchet flip was a winner. Good effort on that mate.

Rhys

Rhys,

Awesome input, you're text example looks like a solid plan! Thanks for explaining the theory, too. I'm excited to see how this works.

-Soz

Well unfortunately I can't take credit for the approach. I read it in a book only last night. I'm still beta testing it myself. Let me know how you get on.