Girls delaying responses?

MurdocIsGod

Don Juan
Joined
Apr 8, 2011
Messages
119
Reaction score
2
Why does this happen, why is it that sometimes a girl can be obviously interested in you then take days to reply to a message you send her? It's stupid seems to happen all the time... And on Facebook they'll make status updates etc so you know they've been online and read the message...

Then it's like days later suddenly they are like "hmm think I'll reply now!" what?! Haha...

For example, I asked a girl for her number days ago... She has been on FB etc I thought she just didn't want to give it to me... Now today oh look she finally decides to inbox me back saying "hehe you're not so bad yourself, it's *her number*" (said something to her like "you're cute :) you got a mobile, what's your number? x"

This seems to happen quite often... So why?
 

Tyson420

Senior Don Juan
Joined
Oct 3, 2009
Messages
328
Reaction score
7
Location
BC Vancouver
That's called like an evaluation period.

They show your picture to her friends, if their friends approve etc. You're Golden.

Sometimes it takes a while for a chick to decide if she wants to hang out with you or not.
 

DCC

Don Juan
Joined
May 15, 2011
Messages
63
Reaction score
0
I think it could also be part of a s**t test, especially if they know you a bit and are evaluating you. If they wait a couple of days and you throw another message at them you can come across as a bit desperate or needy. At least, that's party of my theory.
 

Hobbs

Don Juan
Joined
Jul 3, 2011
Messages
48
Reaction score
2
Tyson420 said:
That's called like an evaluation period.

Sometimes it takes a while for a chick to decide if she wants to hang out with you or not.
Not to mention that she could have just had a falling out with another guy she was flirting with and you were back-up so to speak. She could be keeping you as a fall-back, she could be un-sure about you or giving you a clingy test like what tyson said..
It's hard to say man, there's lots of reasons for girls to delay a response or turn down a guy, from looks to her being on her monthly, what we have to do is just take our steps towards her and move on and if she buys in she buys in, if she doesn't you don't notice as far as she's concerned.
It's happened to me before too, but I look at it as "ive done what I can do, anything else I say will just be AFC, talk to more girls"
Remember, girls are never short of guys, so she could have a few inbox messages like that, you know?
You have to stand out by being the original not mundane guy.
 

Maxtro

Master Don Juan
Joined
Apr 6, 2004
Messages
3,207
Reaction score
31
Location
Kalifornicatia
Tyson420 said:
Sometimes it takes a while for a chick to decide if she wants to hang out with you or not.
I wonder if that's true or not. If she's weighing the pros and cons and just can't make up her mind.

My guess on why they take a long time to get back is that the guy simply isn't a priority. Contacting him might just fall off her to-do list. She may also have ADD or something *shrug*
 

itishe

Master Don Juan
Joined
Dec 25, 2005
Messages
925
Reaction score
2
I think it's a game/**** test/don't want to appear super excited. I was seeing a girl for a while and I noticed she'd always wait like 10-20 minutes to reply to a text. But when she'd come over to my house and someone texted her she'd snap reply.


Regardless of who was texting she'd snap pull her phone out to read texts so I know she'd read them and wait a while to reply.
 

Angelo

Don Juan
Joined
Feb 11, 2011
Messages
49
Reaction score
2
I think you're just caring too much and over analyzing the situation. She could have been busy; not sure about you; or just plain don't think that you're that important.

Do yourself a favor and stop worrying about things like this. Instead, since you got her number, stop talking on FB, and call her and set up a date to meet. Once you go on a date with her, only then you can tell if she's into you. Facebook exchanges are insignificant.
 

49au

Senior Don Juan
Joined
May 8, 2011
Messages
388
Reaction score
35
Location
Florida
I have had this happen several times when doing number closes on POF and on FB... the girl is responding quickly and enthusiastically for a few messages, then when I go for the #, I hear nothing.

I always wait it out. I don't contact her at all or "follow up." This has worked every time and they eventually reply a couple days later with some BS like "Sorry, I was busy with xxx and couldn't respond, here's my #."

I think they are just sh1t testing to see if you're desperate. When you don't contact them again and show that you could care less, they respond positively.


This is just like resistance I've encountered pulling #s in real life. Each time I have just said "OK" and put my phone back in my pocket like I could care less. It works. Just more sh1t tests..
 

mahoney

Senior Don Juan
Joined
May 7, 2011
Messages
342
Reaction score
19
its not a sh1t test exactly its more subconscious than that

basically the problem is this, if a dude sends a text and the girl replies, the dude will almost immediately send another one (whether its needed or not), then if the girl responds to that even just to say "ok cool" - dude will then reply again, straightaway..text after text after text (you can see it all over this board when people have a problem)

it happens often because its a fairly standard dynamic - overcontacting with not particularly interesting messages. these messages chip away at any anticipation the girl might have about you. its funny, all dudes seem to care about is how often a girl responds to their messages. they could have a great time on date 1 and a great time on date 2....what do they post on here about? that there weren't enough messages in between the dates or they weren't replied to quickly enough...and its supposedly the girls that are AWs? ha!
 

Poonani Maker

Master Don Juan
Joined
Apr 29, 2007
Messages
4,408
Reaction score
928
I'm glad when they don't answer. I do not feel like talking to them anyway. Many of them will go on too long, and I just stop messaging them. Then she'll say something like, "I should have spelled that 'since' as 'sense' Hate when I do foolish things like that lol" about 4 hrs after her last unanswered msg cause she's wondering why I quit cold turkey. I'm tired alright, it's not because I don't wanna fvck her. Just tired.
 

thevilittletroll

Senior Don Juan
Joined
Jun 13, 2011
Messages
331
Reaction score
12
Location
Tampa, FL
maybe she was just busy being gamed by 20 other dudes. i agree facebook messages are meaningless. start gaming chicks face to face and getting phone#'s. that way you dont have to wait a week for her to give it to you.
 

CuriousGirl

Senior Don Juan
Joined
Mar 28, 2010
Messages
338
Reaction score
9
Location
England
Tyson420 said:
That's called like an evaluation period.

They show your picture to her friends, if their friends approve etc. You're Golden.

Sometimes it takes a while for a chick to decide if she wants to hang out with you or not.
No, not at all. If it's pre-date or post-date then she'd mention it to her friends, maybe show a pic on facebook, either way her friends will always say "oh he looks nice" and she knows that. Girls don't share things for approval but for being involved in each others lives. It's only if it becomes a serious relationship that 'approval' comes into it and even then getting on with her friends won't significantly gain you anything, their loyalties are with her at the end of the day.."approving" is purely questioning "is he treating her well? is she happy?"

You're closer with the latter, but if she's having to decide it's because she's fairly indifferent (is it worth it?) or maybe she shouldn't be doing it (taken) ...do you really want either?

Maxtro said:
I wonder if that's true or not. If she's weighing the pros and cons and just can't make up her mind.

My guess on why they take a long time to get back is that the guy simply isn't a priority. Contacting him might just fall off her to-do list. She may also have ADD or something *shrug*
Pretty much this, if she's really into you then you'll get a reply soon enough, no matter how busy she is. But if she's undecided and you're not a priority then she's probably indifferent to you as opposed to weighing up pros and cons, she doesn't know yet if you're worth making an effort for. It's happened with me a fair bit in the past, I've not bothered with a date with a guy because I'm indifferent to him and have had an offer from my mates. With my mates I know I'm getting a good night in or out and don't want to miss out.
You want the woman to like you enough so that she doesn't wanna miss out on the date.
(Personally I think that's the most difficult part for both men and women in dating, the early days when you don't know each other, I think that's why first impressions are particularly important for guys because there is still an expectation of them to do the chasing and more pressure on them to have a good personality. Then it's easy to get the girl. And that is probably because women really at the end of the day are looking for something more but a lot of guys are satisfied enough to just get sex out of it, so the pressure on girls is for looks moreso than personality and that's about it).

mahoney said:
its not a sh1t test exactly its more subconscious than that

basically the problem is this, if a dude sends a text and the girl replies, the dude will almost immediately send another one (whether its needed or not), then if the girl responds to that even just to say "ok cool" - dude will then reply again, straightaway..text after text after text (you can see it all over this board when people have a problem)

it happens often because its a fairly standard dynamic - overcontacting with not particularly interesting messages. these messages chip away at any anticipation the girl might have about you. its funny, all dudes seem to care about is how often a girl responds to their messages. they could have a great time on date 1 and a great time on date 2....what do they post on here about? that there weren't enough messages in between the dates or they weren't replied to quickly enough...and its supposedly the girls that are AWs? ha!
Yeah I completely agree with this, too many texts are borne of politeness
 
Top