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Hi guys, I just had a phone date (ew..) with a real cutie who I met online and managed to get her out tomorrow (we're going to grab wine and go for a walk) despite us being "incompatible" in her words. Now this girl was a special case in that she liked doing phone call dates since before the outbreak, but now that so many more girls are probably wary about meeting up it might become more common over the next few weeks - so I'd like to share something that might be helpful if you're on a "first date" phone call with her and want to make her feel that she'll be missing out by not meeting up with you. FYI the reason she said we were "incompatible" is because she said she said she was looking for something serious and didn't generally sleep with people for months (i ribbed her about that) and me telling her upfront that I wasn't looking for anything serious and was most likely not going to be able to offer her what she wanted).
During the conversation I brought up how phone calls were going to be a lot more common now that people were self isolating - at this point she brought up how she did it beforehand anyway, and that she loved it because it allowed her to screen for common qualities beforehand and to see if there was any connection before going out. I agreed with her that it might be a good screening tool, but then countered that it was much more difficult to form a connection over the phone opposed to meeting them in person. Because in person you could see their eyes, and feel their body language, which was so important to forming a connection. I also planted the idea in her mind that she was missing out if she decided she didn't want to meet in person after the phone call, framing things that otherwise might be awkward and kill any interest (awkward pauses, mumbling over the phone) as limitations of the medium you're communicating through and not of you personally.
For example (and I'm really proud of this one) I tried to defend awkward silences by saying that "over the phone if there was a silence you might think it was just an awkward silence, but in person I might just be looking you in the eyes right now and not saying a word". When I said this she giggled.
Now of course there was more to it than just that, especially trying to get around the "incompatible" part. In summary I defended myself quite well when she probed into why I wasn't looking for anything serious, saying that I would be open to a relationship if I really liked hanging out with the girl and other priorities didn't get in the way, which she probably saw as a challenge (I'll go into that in more detail in my journal if you're interested). But the phone tip anyone can use!
During the conversation I brought up how phone calls were going to be a lot more common now that people were self isolating - at this point she brought up how she did it beforehand anyway, and that she loved it because it allowed her to screen for common qualities beforehand and to see if there was any connection before going out. I agreed with her that it might be a good screening tool, but then countered that it was much more difficult to form a connection over the phone opposed to meeting them in person. Because in person you could see their eyes, and feel their body language, which was so important to forming a connection. I also planted the idea in her mind that she was missing out if she decided she didn't want to meet in person after the phone call, framing things that otherwise might be awkward and kill any interest (awkward pauses, mumbling over the phone) as limitations of the medium you're communicating through and not of you personally.
For example (and I'm really proud of this one) I tried to defend awkward silences by saying that "over the phone if there was a silence you might think it was just an awkward silence, but in person I might just be looking you in the eyes right now and not saying a word". When I said this she giggled.
Now of course there was more to it than just that, especially trying to get around the "incompatible" part. In summary I defended myself quite well when she probed into why I wasn't looking for anything serious, saying that I would be open to a relationship if I really liked hanging out with the girl and other priorities didn't get in the way, which she probably saw as a challenge (I'll go into that in more detail in my journal if you're interested). But the phone tip anyone can use!