text or call

LegacyUser

Apologies for the trivilaity of this pi just wanted an opinion.

Met a guy last night, gave him my number, missed a call from him wondering if i got home ok, he said to give him a call sometime.

Now was just wondering would it be better to call or text. Calling is more direct, would texting be more casual and thus more appropriate in this context?

Cheers.

ELLIEJ

Did he call you after you left him last night or today?

challengemaster

call

Duff_Man

texting is good....if your like 15 or something. i find calls to be more personal! best to just call!

biko

If someone calls you, you call back
If someone texts you, you text back

This is not a rule

LegacyUser

Thanks for that. Assumed calling would be better just wondered what people thought, feel a bit funny calling some random guy - texting rewards laziness

Ellie: he called last night, I left early he was still out so was just wondering if i got home alright.

yournamehere

Maybe just text him saying you got home ok and had fun etc? But after that initial contact definitely stick to phone calls. Texting is a good way to break the ice initially but as someone previously said best left to fifteen year olds, calling someone is a much better option.

BEAT

biko wrote:

If someone calls you, you call back
If someone texts you, you text back

This is not a rule

I agree.

angeldelight

He made the effort and got over any awkwardness re calling you, (and must have been quite keen to do it on the same night... shows he was still thinking of you after you left), I'd call him

drdre

Call him

Ruu_Old

Call him back, leave the texting to the kiddies.

Creamy Goodness

texting is fine if you're like saying "i'll be there in 5 minutes" etc but call him in this case.

Kolodny

which2do wrote:

Met a guy last night, gave him my number, missed a call from him wondering if i got home ok, he said to give him a call sometime.

The clue is in the request

Call me old fashioned but I think texting is for brief messages, not in depth conversations (unless you're either having a chat with someone too far away to call or you're 12!). He's not been shy about calling you so you really shouldn't feel awkward about doing the same. Even if he'd only texted later that night to see how you were, I'd still be inclined to call because that's what he's asked you to do and also the likelyhood is you're going to arrange a date with this guy which is far more practically done over the phone.

Marksie

Cover both options.
Give him a text asking him is he free to talk

Nothingcompares

marksuttonie wrote:

Cover both options.
Give him a text asking him is he free to talk

that's cheating!

drdre

marksuttonie wrote:

Cover both options.
Give him a text asking him is he free to talk

Thats a good idea, then he will call

Marksie

Nothingcompares wrote:

that's cheating!

Solves the issue nicely, non?:D

starbaby

he did text you sayin to call him sometime, not text so I'd advise calling him.
I know calling someone for the first time can be a little daunting sometimes, but its so much more personal than a text message, and he'll definitely appreciate the fact you called.

keltoms

yeah id call him, it might be a bit awkward calling him first but when u meet up it wont be as awkward as it would have been if u's just text each other!

Caliden

With a text you're always left with the doubt if they ever got it. That and if they don't send a text back it's a pretty harsh way to turn someone down.