Critique my TXT game.

[Lumberjack]

Background: HB8 went to my school (graduated), have flirted a bit before. Nothing too crazy. Haven't seen her in a month or so..

I sent out a mass text tonight to about 15 girls:

Me: whats up with it vanilla face?! (good return rate on this btw)

Her: Hahaha nothing im so bored! haha you?

Me: hey hey now its a friday that is relatively unacceptable..i gotta tell you a really funny story later what are you up to tonight

Her: I know im lame haha my friend that was visiting me from washington left so now i have no rides anywhere and everything is boring haha. Soo nothing really.

Her: And tell me now haha i wanna know!

Me: dork you gotta work on that license umm.. start mountain biking for starts! I will tell you story later too lazy to type and im super occupied haha how bored is bored? (i sent more after this but it got cut off)

Her: The 28th! haha then i will finaaly be able to drive haha. Like 2 weeks. Well fine, but u better not forget haha. How bored is what? the text like cut off

Me: Well remind me loser.. you know i don't exactly have the memory of an elephant these days haha. Bored enough to separate the lucky charms from the cereal flakes (this is what got cut off so i resent)?

Her: Mmhmm and why is that? I still say u tell me now cuz im really bored but i suppose i can remind u. Haha yeah i am just that bored. Tho i would rather just eat the lucky charms instead

Me: Hmm Hmm see you're just all about the instant gratification not willin to work to separate the prize from the flakes! its hard work i'm sure but with great power comes great... oh wait wrong movie

Her: haha what does the last part have to do with anything? yeah but see im not tryin to eat just the marshmellows i like the whole thing. the marshmellows and the little other pieces even the whole thing out. Unlike you i am a cereal expert sooo...yeah haha

Me: LOL thats pretty cute your like a little kroger elf.. i think my messages keep getting cut off how lame i guess if you are more expert than me in one area it would be cereal though ha

Her: Whaaat the fuck is a kroger elf? Haha and yeah they do this one cut off at woul...

Me: You're unfamiliar with those elves? Wtf! They market every good cereal or cookie or carb you could think of

Her: Mmm i believe you are thinking of the keebler elves?

Me: HAHA you corrected me! damn girl you're bad aren't you.. all about the snacks i knew it.

Her: Hahaha kruger elfs haha were did u get that from. Psht duuh im a professional fat ass haha

Me: Haha i donno i knew it started with a k it was my strategy to bring our your inner beauty. But no worries we just hit up Mc Donalds.. altho I had to pass

Her:Haha by beeing stupid? Nah just kidding. Haha ur texts are laame. They keep cutting off like everything haha you had to pass....

Me:Gr Fook dat! I'll text you later when youre not so judgmental :P and my texts dont cut off..

Her: Yeah i was just lying to bring out ur inner beauty . Haha nah they really do. But fine haha remember to tell me the funny story later.


Questions:

I like to keep things light and funny but, I feel like sometimes girls just put in "haha" as a nervous sort of thing. I didn't think I was that funny. I'm trying to get more knowledge about texting/etiquette so I'm not really sure if the consistent usage of "haha" is normal or not. Any input most appreciated. thanks!

[CCarter]

In went good. She was very receptive. The only thing I would have done was turn it a little sexual, but that's just me. And HAHA's and smiley faces work good. If i don't put them in, some girls take the joke seriously. It's the same as smiling when you disqualify yourself and say something like, "you....are......100%........trouble, my mother warned me about girls like you." Imagine saying that shit with a serious tone and face.

[Lansing]

Do you talk to her on the phone much? Would have been a good chance to call her instead... Been like "hey, texting is messed tonight"....

She was totally bating you since she was "bored"... It was good that you resisted the temptation to be like "I will come and pick you up"... because, she probably would have said "nah, I am tired" or whatever (even though she said she was bored)...

[Lumberjack]

Good call on that.. I didn't even think about it. I don't think I've really talked to her on the phone much, nothing more than just quick convo. Btw, if I talk to her later today, should I reference her as Kroger elf?

[TJ_Eckleburg]

I think there are good things and bad things with that dialogue... but more bad than good.

I think it's a good sign that you got responses consistently and engaged her in a conversation. I also think you did a fair job of switching gears on her from flirting to negging to set up a push/pull (I got a great story later ... DORK! Plus the correcting thing).

Here's where I think you went wrong. The conversation seemed to have no direction at all, and the lack of it coming to a point weirded her out. I have a general rule... if I send more than 5 messages and get more than 5 responses, I'm much better off just calling her. The appeal of text-flirting as a conversation medium is that it's concise and to the point... any longer than that and the logistics of it makes it awkward.

If she's so bored she's sitting around her room staring at the walls for this text conversation, then she's having several minute-long periods of waiting, and wondering where you're going with this... and that's not the mind-frame you want her in. Definitely agree about the "haha" meaning nervousness bit, too. The first few haha's seemed genuine, but the next ones weren't. To me, the thinking behind all the "haha's" towards the end are "I don't really know what's going on or where this is going, so I'll respond to draw out more information/get this moving ... but I won't seem probing or weird so I'll say haha to show I'm still in a good mood."

Bottom line, I definitely think you should have cut yourself off before you got to the part about the elves.

[Tempus X]

if I send more than 5 messages and get more than 5 responses, I'm much better off just calling her

I can agree with that.

To me, the thinking behind all the "haha's" towards the end are "I don't really know what's going on or where this is going, so I'll respond to draw out more information/get this moving ... but I won't seem probing or weird so I'll say haha to show I'm still in a good mood."

But not with this. I think that's kinda reading a bit much into it.

Although there are a few things you could have done better, that doesn't mean that the conversation itself didn't go well. Cut down on the number of texts next time. I don't really count the number of texts I send, I just stop as soon as it gets to a really high point.

As for the Kroger elf, since you made the mistake I don't know if I'd use it. BUT I would personally wait until she says something like "Oh hey, Kroger elf" to bust your balls, then say in a playful-snotty way, "Ummm excuuuuse meee. That's KEEEEEBLER elfff!" Switch roles.

[Mr Jack]

tempus i like that! about the 'actually its keebler elf', i call girls 'goon' instead of like dork, or geek, only cos its not offensive, n they often call me goon back, so might use the 'actually its goon face to u!'

i don't see where it went wrong apart from maybe that u shud of said something like...
'staying in?! on a friday? omg ur boring! u best start enterianting me! why shud i even be texting u?! i only socialise with cool peeps'

n then she'll send something back with like, 'er cos i'm awesome!' to which u reply like, 'er, goon, try again with a better answer!'

(variation on the what 3 things qualifier)

TBH tho i personally wud of said, 'er ur boring, can't be having u in on ur own on a friday, well i'll be heading back from a mates about 9, so i'll stop buy n we'll go for drinks at ______, n btw, no's not an option' n even if she said no, i'd of gone round n got her! even if its jsut for a sit on her front wall for a 15 min chat, better than a text leading no where

[johnnyboy305]

Nice job.
I like it when girl give long text as it shows they are really attentive to wat your really sayin and showing interest of sorts.
Whenever I text by the 6th or 7th i try to turn it sexual just for the hell of it lol.