Even though I ignored his text message yesterday, Florida Guy texted me again tonight: "Hi what's up how r you."
Help!! :O
But I had a really nice 45-minute conversation with Mr. No Touchy-Feely tonight. Maybe there's hope for us yet!
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Showing posts with label text messages. Show all posts
May 16, 2008
May 15, 2008
Relationship Statistics
No word, via e-mail or phone, from Mr. No Touchy-Feely since I e-mailed him yesterday morning, but last night Florida Guy texted me, “Hi sexy, how are u.” Ugh. What are we, 13? If you want to go out with me, then CALL ME (by my name) and ask! Needless to say, I am not texting him back. Bizarre.
Moving on…one of my friends (thanks, Lisa!) sent me this article by Laura Schaefer titled “Love By the Numbers” (http://msn.match.com/msn/article.aspx?articleid=8791), which has some interesting dating-related statistics. After a first date with someone they’d like to see again, 15% of women call the next day (!) and 20% call two days later, but almost half the women never call the men or expect the men to call first. I tend to fall into that last category. If it’s someone I really like, and I don’t hear from them for a few days, I’ll e-mail or call, but I’ve found it tends to be a waste of time to chase guys. If they’re truly interested, they’ll get in touch with you (and not solely via text message!). The statistics on the men’s side are that 45% call the day after the first date, 32 percent call two days later, and only 14 percent call three days later. I’m surprised – my experience has been that men are more likely to wait a few days. But maybe that’s just New York men.
Even more interesting, though, is that according to a 2005 survey by Love.com, it takes an average of four weeks before people who meet on-line finally arrange to meet in person. Four weeks! Perhaps I’m just impatient, but I’d rather not waste four weeks e-mailing some guy only to find out we have nothing to say to each other person. A faster pace, please.
Moving on…one of my friends (thanks, Lisa!) sent me this article by Laura Schaefer titled “Love By the Numbers” (http://msn.match.com/msn/article.aspx?articleid=8791), which has some interesting dating-related statistics. After a first date with someone they’d like to see again, 15% of women call the next day (!) and 20% call two days later, but almost half the women never call the men or expect the men to call first. I tend to fall into that last category. If it’s someone I really like, and I don’t hear from them for a few days, I’ll e-mail or call, but I’ve found it tends to be a waste of time to chase guys. If they’re truly interested, they’ll get in touch with you (and not solely via text message!). The statistics on the men’s side are that 45% call the day after the first date, 32 percent call two days later, and only 14 percent call three days later. I’m surprised – my experience has been that men are more likely to wait a few days. But maybe that’s just New York men.
Even more interesting, though, is that according to a 2005 survey by Love.com, it takes an average of four weeks before people who meet on-line finally arrange to meet in person. Four weeks! Perhaps I’m just impatient, but I’d rather not waste four weeks e-mailing some guy only to find out we have nothing to say to each other person. A faster pace, please.
May 14, 2008
Random Texts from Near-Strangers
Last night while I was at job #2, my cell phone beeped with this text message from a number I didn't recognize: "Hi what's up how r you. Do u remember mi” (yes, “me” was spelled “mi”). I figured it was a wrong number, but just in case, I texted back “Um, who are you?" and turned my phone off. When I turned it on again after work, I had a response -- it was Florida Guy, whom I’d met over the weekend at my friend’s bachelorette party. Florida Guy was one of the men we tried to persuade to dance with us at the club. But the weird thing was, I only talked to him for about 60 seconds -- long enough to find out his name, that he had an accent, and that he actually lives in Florida for most of the year. He asked if we wanted a drink, and my friend and I (having had a few already) said just water. He and his friend brought us back bottled waters. Then they promptly left the dance floor, went to sit at the bar, and never talked to us again! My friend the bride went over and thanked them right before we left at 2:30 AM, but that was the extent of it – and three days later he randomly texts me? I don’t get it. The only reason he even had my number was because during our sixty seconds of conversation, I pulled out my phone to text a friend, and he took my phone, called himself, and for about ten seconds we talked to each other on our respective cell phones as a joke.
Anyway, after he texted me his name, he followed up with “what are u doing tonite????” as if he wanted to get together. (?) I texted back that I was working. I didn't hear from him again until I was just about to shut down my phone for the night at 11:00, when he texted, "Don't work to much ok brb." Strange.
I also got a voicemail from Mr. No Touchy-Feely last night. After he e-mailed me last Wednesday and left me a voicemail last Thursday, I e-mailed him on Friday. I had my friend’s bachelorette party on Saturday and he was visiting his mom for Mother’s Day over the weekend (aww), so we knew we wouldn’t be able to get together. In his voicemail last night, he said he was calling to say hi since we hadn’t talked in forever and that we should talk or e-mail soon. I sent him an e-mail this morning. But I don’t know. It’s so frustrating because he has so many great qualities. Yet what’s the point of continuing to see him every three or four weeks when he’s not making a move, and I’m just not motivated to? I keep hoping something will change....
Anyway, after he texted me his name, he followed up with “what are u doing tonite????” as if he wanted to get together. (?) I texted back that I was working. I didn't hear from him again until I was just about to shut down my phone for the night at 11:00, when he texted, "Don't work to much ok brb." Strange.
I also got a voicemail from Mr. No Touchy-Feely last night. After he e-mailed me last Wednesday and left me a voicemail last Thursday, I e-mailed him on Friday. I had my friend’s bachelorette party on Saturday and he was visiting his mom for Mother’s Day over the weekend (aww), so we knew we wouldn’t be able to get together. In his voicemail last night, he said he was calling to say hi since we hadn’t talked in forever and that we should talk or e-mail soon. I sent him an e-mail this morning. But I don’t know. It’s so frustrating because he has so many great qualities. Yet what’s the point of continuing to see him every three or four weeks when he’s not making a move, and I’m just not motivated to? I keep hoping something will change....
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