Strange woman - do you think all the work is undone?

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I met this pretty hot woman online. She seems pretty uptight and doesn't loosen up quickly. She prefers to call it being "intense", which I have duly neg-ed her for!

Anyway, taking a cue from this forum, it was my motive to not email/text too much, and try to get quickly to the point about meeting up.

So, we exchange about 4 very short emails each, some pleasantries, some teasing from me, and in the end, I ask for her number clearly mentioning to coordinate a date. She gives me her number.

I wait a day and text her, and after about 4-5 short texts (each) exchanged to build some rapport, I tell her to meet me on wednesday at 8, if it works for her. She is like "I wish. But i have a class until 9, and a final the next day". She is a phd student, studying - so Ok, no worries. So I say "Yikes. good luck. what other day works then (exc thurs)?".
and she is like - get this - "unfortunately, I am pretty hard to catch until the end of december". wtf?? why didn't she say so earlier - and then why is she always online and quickly texting back always if she has no intentions of meeting? (since my interaction with her was brief, and she responds almost immed, i doubt that she is just hinting that we won't meet)

ANyway - the more important thing is - before "her highness" is free, 3 weeks will pass.
My main question is: What should be my approach towards her during this time - say 'hi' etc once a week to keep in touch? or just go NC and reinitiate when she frees up?? Feels like the latter would mean starting all over?

I am of course spinning other plates till then.
 

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The girl is NOT that interested. She's just enjoying the attention you're giving her.

If a woman is dead serious and thrilled to meet someone, they will be desperate enough to want to see you as soon as possible.
 

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Allurre said:
The girl is NOT that interested. She's just enjoying the attention you're giving her.

If a woman is dead serious and thrilled to meet someone, they will be desperate enough to want to see you as soon as possible.
Yeah, she's a little weird. Even if she meets, I can forsee a lot of resistance from her side before sex.

She is like an uptight person to begin with. So just wasn't sure if it was that or her lack of interest (she replies to emails / texts almost immediately, and that has been throwing me off).

Either way - she is on the backburner. I probably have nothing to lose in contacting her after 3 weeks - but in that case, will an occasional text or 2 in this period be better so as not to seem like I am starting over? Or just disappear for 3 weeks and text out of the blue after that?
 

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mark123 said:
Yeah, she's a little weird. Even if she meets, I can forsee a lot of resistance from her side before sex.

She is like an uptight person to begin with. So just wasn't sure if it was that or her lack of interest (she replies to emails / texts almost immediately, and that has been throwing me off).

Either way - she is on the backburner. I probably have nothing to lose in contacting her after 3 weeks - but in that case, will an occasional text or 2 in this period be better so as not to seem like I am starting over? Or just disappear for 3 weeks and text out of the blue after that?
Yeah. I wouldn't bother texting a woman I've never even met just to keep her interested. Even if you met her just once, you could convince me to say yes. But you dont know this girl. Her personality could totally suck. Hell, her face could suck (you've never seen her in person).

So just back off. Try again in January if is suits you. But I'd rather just forget her all together.
 

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I would just tell her to hit me up when she's free if she wants to meet and then lose her number. If she hits you up, the great, if not then oh well, you weren't hopefully expecting much anyway.

Don't spend so much time analyzing a chick who obviously doesn't give a damn. It doesn't matter how hot she is, i'm sure there are 20 more online who are just as hot and are more cooperative
 

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Iceberg said:
Yeah. I wouldn't bother texting a woman I've never even met just to keep her interested. Even if you met her just once, you could convince me to say yes. But you dont know this girl. Her personality could totally suck. Hell, her face could suck (you've never seen her in person).

So just back off. Try again in January if is suits you. But I'd rather just forget her all together.
Yeah, i think you are right. Even if I have something "witty" or interesting to say, it might be perceived differently and might end up hurting my cause.

I should probably get more organized - thinking about maintaining a list of women with phone numbers/current status/comments etc. I'll probably add her there (under "uptight AW" category lol) with a reminder to text her again in jan. I think the best place for these women is there instead of on one's mind.

thanks again Allurre/Iceberg for your thoughts.
 

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UPDATE on this..

So after being NC with her for 6 days, she texted me just moments ago: "hey do you have any free time this weekend? I could use a study break"

My personal opinion is - maybe to an extent this sounds like a "i'll fit you in my schedule" type message, I shouldn't think too much about it and just meet her. after all, she contacted me herself. I see her online everyday so must be that she hasn't come across better guys.

Any thoughts on if anything other than a normal reply is warranted from me here? Also, in the event she IS desperate (not having met better guys), any way I can use that to my advantage on the date?
 

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mark123 said:
So after being NC with her for 6 days, she texted me just moments ago: "hey do you have any free time this weekend? I could use a study break"

My personal opinion is - maybe to an extent this sounds like a "i'll fit you in my schedule" type message, I shouldn't think too much about it and just meet her. after all, she contacted me herself. I see her online everyday so must be that she hasn't come across better guys.

Any thoughts on if anything other than a normal reply is warranted from me here? Also, in the event she IS desperate (not having met better guys), any way I can use that to my advantage on the date?
bump for advice..
 

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mark123 said:
So after being NC with her for 6 days, she texted me just moments ago: "hey do you have any free time this weekend? I could use a study break"

My personal opinion is - maybe to an extent this sounds like a "i'll fit you in my schedule" type message, I shouldn't think too much about it and just meet her. after all, she contacted me herself. I see her online everyday so must be that she hasn't come across better guys.
Don't think about it too much, and just meet her. If you're free this weekend, set up some time. Don't worry about playing cool...you don't even KNOW this girl yet.

You want the date. Get the date. Worry about that other sh*t once you determine whether or not she's worth the trouble.
 

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relax, keep your frame, be outcome independent. even if she turns out to be a b***h, so what, just move on
 

Men frequently err by talking too much. They often monopolize conversations, droning on and on about topics that bore women to tears. They think they're impressing the women when, in reality, they're depressing the women.

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you are taking this way too seriously for a woman you have never met, just say "great, sounds like you need a break, I can meet you for a quick coffee Sat arvo, how does 3 sound ?". Once you meet then gauage her interest from ther. She has to refer to the future in some way once you depart. Like hey we should do this again. Or you've got my number etc.

By the way when she gave you her number the first time you should have called it instead of texting...
 

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Thank you, gentlemen. I didn't waste too much time interacting with her - just set up a drinks date for sunday night. She is an uptight woman, but pretty smart with a dry humor. I'm just gonna go with an open mind and no expectations!
 

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window said:
By the way when she gave you her number the first time you should have called it instead of texting...
I agree that that should be the standard thing to do. I am a pretty soft spoken person, and while I am confident and assertive, the same can sometimes be hard to convey on the phone - esp while talking to someone for the first time and with women being so fastidious. So that's why I am never confident letting my voice/tone make the first impression. maybe i shouldn't care?
 
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