Interesting text from the 20-year-old

What it says, what it means

(2018)

Some of you have been following the saga of the 20-year-old; I'd given up on her, and we last texted on June 9, when I sent her a morning-after, thanks for the lovely evening text, then she replied in kind and I never replied. Not texting her since wasn't really "game" on my part, because I was tired of chasing her, despite how much I like sex with her. Plus I have some other things going on.

Today she wrote, "Hey, sorry I didn’t get to see you very much before I went home for a bit. I had way more going on than I expected! Will let you know when I’m back." There was a (non-sexual) callback to something specific between us.

So that's interesting. I'm going to reply tomorrow with something like, "Cool, lmk when you're back," and then a reference to her callback. Maybe throw in a random video or something. I'm not expecting much. Usually, chicks either drop off or we keep having sex. This chick has been a reliable responder and has showed up to some dates, but she's not gotten reliably into the rotation.

I reiterate my assertion that "Attention is the only tool modern men have." Most guys waste their attention.

I think I said something like this before, but the 20-year-old has some minor health issues; she does seem to have a complicated work and family life; and she might be juggling other dudes. Well, she's certainly juggling other dudes, I just don't know how far that goes. And I don't care much. I can't affect that. I can only affect myself.

She's also scattered and disorganized, like most chicks her age. A lot of guys try to read into chicks' inscrutable behavioral clues. Sometimes the right answer is about game, sometimes the right answer is, "She's scattered, she doesn't know what she wants, she doesn't care very much about guys unless she wants it." There is no "reason" as to why she behaves the way she behaves. I think my game with her has been imperfect but fine. I haven't done a lot wrong, apart from sub-standard (but still functional) sex the first time we did it.

When I was less experienced I thought that there is always a right answer and a meaning behind chicks' behaviors. I have learned to love the chaotic and random hypotheses. If you are trying to find the secret of some random string of numbers, the secret is… there isn’t one.

(Later amendment: She says she isn't coming back until August, so that's that.)