If you can’t master the keys on the phone you’re never going to get the keys to his door.
Studies show the average person sends or receives over 100 texts a year. If you’ve met somebody you’re interested in, you’ve gotta learn the art of going from textual to sexual.
“Hey, what’s up?”
You may as well have texted:
“Would you mind coming up with something interesting to say
because I’m so boring the plaster peels off the wall when I talk to it.”
Not only are you announcing that you’ve got the personality of a Kansas zip code, you’re leaving him in the awkward situation of creating the value for a conversation you started.
If you start a text thread don’t ask for value; deliver it.
Your goal shouldn’t be to start a conversation. It should be to bring a smile to their face. Be quirky, fun, observational. Which text would you rather get:
“Hi, how are you?”
Or