A question to you guys about timing phone calls

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Of course, girls can answer too. I read in this book "Why Men Love b*****s" (it's great BTW, it's funny and informative) that men take ages to call a woman back, *to see how the woman will respond.*

So...is this true? I thought it was that they didn't care...but it doesn't make sense when a guy really likes you and delays stuff like this. But, this new explanation makes sense to me.

Its not like that with me I call women quite promptly. Now im in a relationship i call my girl friend everyday.

Girl here, sorry!

It's an interesting theory. My ex bf certainly took his time responding to texts or calls (if at all) and never turned up on time, despite me telling him that it was important to me. I eventually decided that he was pushing my limit and trying to see what he could get away with. For the most part, I didn't say anything, but eventually I had enough and it was probably the last straw that ended our relationship (amongst a few other things).

My current bf calls when he says he will and if I miss-call him, he usually rings back soon after. It really means a lot to me that he does this; I feel it shows that he has enough respect not to play games with me, and as a result I trust and respect him.

I have never actually been in a relationship myself, but if I was, that would be something I would never think of doing. The way I see it, it's probably not true. However, although I wouldn't do it doesn't mean that most guys wouldn't, so at the same time I'm also kinda not sure.

I've got to admit that I've played this game before based on advice I've been given (it never would have occurred to me otherwise) - people would swear to me that appearing over-eager will destroy your chances.

This was a running theme throughout the movie "Swingers" many years ago, very funny.

But I thought the "rule" only applied to the first phone call after a girl gives you her number, anything after that would be rude.

I call back promptly if her message indicates it's time-critical. Otherwise, it might take up to 24 hours.

Men love b*****s, women love jerks, wow.


I had an ex who had the desire to be tied up by a woman and shoved against the wall. He said he might love me more if I started shoving him. I thought it was weird. He might have had some BSDM in him for the desires to be tied up. He had an ex girlfriend he loved and she turned him on by shoving him and stuff, she had some condition. I think borderline personality it was. But if I tried hitting him, he would just grab my hands. He would never hit a woman he said.

Anxiety, insecurity, and 'fear of rejection'.

I don't call people or respond to people correspondence if I'm not in the right frame of mind. I do make a special effort some of the time to be reciprocal. However I don't feel I have to respond immediately, and if they have a high frequency of chatting through an indirect means I probably stop talking to them. There has to be a degree of genuine independence, I don't really understand people who just live for each other and nothing else.

My sister is someone who rings for no reason other than to kill time whilst she is making her way home from work. I tolerate it but I wouldn’t with anyone else. I don’t really like idle talk.

It's an NT thing and it's called the 3 Day Rule, they wait 3 days before calling the girl because they are imbeciles and like to see how the girl will react and respond to the wait. And they don't tend to follow their hearts they discuss matters with their friends and make it into a vote and dumb things like that.

For Aspies it's more of an nervous thing and can be anxious because they don't really know what to say... + I don't know if I'm speaking for only a few but telephones are crap and I for one hate talking to a girl i like over the phone, because i can never figure out when it's my turn to speak or what to say on a phone. A meeting in real life is in that case way better or sending emails.

I thought the 3 day rule, or n-day rule is not to come across too desperate.

I think the way to go is skip that vague crap and make a suggestion of doing something informal.