How many days to wait till you call the girl
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How many days to wait till you call the girl
When you get some girl's (or guy's) digits, how long do you wait to give 'em a call?
I had never seen the movie swingers which apparently has a three day rule about this, any less you seem desperate, and any longer is mean.
What do you all think?
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I had never seen the movie swingers which apparently has a three day rule about this, any less you seem desperate, and any longer is mean.
What do you all think?
~T
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I've talked about this exact subject before with a few friends.
I said that you shouldn't have some prerequisite for when to call a girl, and that you should know when the right time is based on the chemistry of your first reaction. But as a rule of thumb, don't call her within 5 hours of gettin the number.
I said that you shouldn't have some prerequisite for when to call a girl, and that you should know when the right time is based on the chemistry of your first reaction. But as a rule of thumb, don't call her within 5 hours of gettin the number.

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don't wait too long man. and if you ask her for a date, and she's busy, don't just say "okay, i'll call you later" MAKE A DATE FOR LATER. I've lost too many girls this way... you've gotta call early and set up a face-to-face meeting for as soon as possible. otherwise things just trail off into a wierd haze and you end up never seeing them again. which sucks.
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Amen, that's exactly how I feel about it.BainbridgeShred wrote:I've talked about this exact subject before with a few friends.
I said that you shouldn't have some prerequisite for when to call a girl, and that you should know when the right time is based on the chemistry of your first reaction. But as a rule of thumb, don't call her within 5 hours of gettin the number.
But then again, not having a timeframe in mind in the past, I've totally waited too long.
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Zachtree is mostly right, but a bit vague on his social grace, I'll elaborate.
If you want to call and ask someone out for Friday (weekend) night, call no later than Wednesday. That's THE rule.
There is nothing wrong with calling the next day for the "Hi, this is <blank> I met you last night at the <blank>." Use your judgement on this. If it was a hard partying rave/club, you may not want to call this next day so that they have time to rest.
If you want to call and ask someone out for Friday (weekend) night, call no later than Wednesday. That's THE rule.
There is nothing wrong with calling the next day for the "Hi, this is <blank> I met you last night at the <blank>." Use your judgement on this. If it was a hard partying rave/club, you may not want to call this next day so that they have time to rest.
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Wait!
Why Lie to her by holding off on your desire to hang out?
Just call the girl when you feel like hanging out so you can make plans now. If you wait another guy will sweep her off her feet with a fast paced romantic gettaway.
Just call the girl when you have free time coming up that you wanna spend with her and tell her."Hey, I've got some free time tomorrow and I want to hang out with you."
Done
Why Lie to her by holding off on your desire to hang out?
Just call the girl when you feel like hanging out so you can make plans now. If you wait another guy will sweep her off her feet with a fast paced romantic gettaway.
Just call the girl when you have free time coming up that you wanna spend with her and tell her."Hey, I've got some free time tomorrow and I want to hang out with you."
Done
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Some people say wait 3 days, some say wait 7 days. I say call her the day after you meet her to a maximum of 7 days later. Some may say not to call the very next day but there really is nothing wrong with initiative, girls, for the most part, like that.
Also, don't call and ask her on a date right away... Obviously TALK to her for awhile and nearing the end of your conversation see if she would like to meet up the next day, if she's not busy of course. If she is busy but is still interested she will suggest a different day.
If you wait longer than a week to call, don't bother calling...
Also, don't call and ask her on a date right away... Obviously TALK to her for awhile and nearing the end of your conversation see if she would like to meet up the next day, if she's not busy of course. If she is busy but is still interested she will suggest a different day.
If you wait longer than a week to call, don't bother calling...

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I would agree with Mr. Wax on the subject of waiting longer than a week. I think as a society we are getting good at spotting ploys because we so so many of them in our daily life. Remember the recation of people when there was the thread about free ipods and stuff? No one wanted to go into it (Besides Tom Mosher, risk taker extrodonaire) because they thought it was a ploy. Just the other day in fact I was walking in the city with some friends and one remarked about a homeless guy's sign that read "Need Money for Beer". My friend basically thought the homeless guy was just thinking that people would think his sign funny, and themselves funny too, if they gave the guy money.
Anyways, back to the point. I think some girls will know if you wait for a very long time that you're just trying to come off and a womanizer, but the truth is, if you don't know when a good time is to call you out of the chemistry of your first reaction, you're probably nothing but. So just call based on chemistry is all I can say.
Anyways, back to the point. I think some girls will know if you wait for a very long time that you're just trying to come off and a womanizer, but the truth is, if you don't know when a good time is to call you out of the chemistry of your first reaction, you're probably nothing but. So just call based on chemistry is all I can say.

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I want to ask a slightly different question now:
If you haven't called a girl for a week are you not interested, or could you simply have forgotten, or some other reason?
I have a friend who had chemistry with some dude, but he hasn't called her yet.
I myself, got a phone number from this girl saying she wanted to "study." It didn't dawn on me she wanted to go out till a month later when she gave me her number again "in case I lost it." We ended up dating for a year.
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If you haven't called a girl for a week are you not interested, or could you simply have forgotten, or some other reason?
I have a friend who had chemistry with some dude, but he hasn't called her yet.
I myself, got a phone number from this girl saying she wanted to "study." It didn't dawn on me she wanted to go out till a month later when she gave me her number again "in case I lost it." We ended up dating for a year.
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IMO there is absolutely no problem in ringing straight away? Imagine you had just given your number away, what would you prefer, someone who is openly enthusiastic. or someone who pretends to be not *that* interested in an attempt to turn you on.
If I am enthusiastic I will call no later than 1.5 days after getting the phone number.
If im not enthusiastic then i should ask myself why i got the number in the first place.
If I am enthusiastic I will call no later than 1.5 days after getting the phone number.
If im not enthusiastic then i should ask myself why i got the number in the first place.
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