TextAppeal for Guys!: The Ultimate Texting Guide

Having grown up with internet access and texting on a daily basis for quite a few years now, I wasn't sure if this book would hold anything new for me. However, the reviews were positive, and it was quite inexpensive, so I just threw it in with a few other purchases.The content of the book actually went into a lot more than just texting, though. Yes, there were a lot of direct examples and scenarios applicable to text conversations, but I would say the most useful part of the book was the way the author went into detail about push/pull dynamics in the initial stages of meeting a girl, as well as the nuances of how your texts "sound". After reading the book you will come to realize that even over texts, you can come across as a confident guy who has a lot going on his life, and be a mysterious challenge to women. The great thing is, even if you aren't the best at this stuff in person, over texts, you have all the time in the world to prepare this stuff... this can give you an edge if your "game" (I use the term loosely as this is really not PUA material) is not very good in person.After putting the book down, I found myself going back to several texts I had with women just over the past couple of months.. and seeing that I was making some pretty big mistakes. Thing is, you will never get feedback on these mistakes like you will on a real date or in an interaction face to face. There is no body language, and no immediate reaction to your inputs. More often than not, you will just not get a reply to your text... which can lead to you texting more.. until you have a) mader a fool of yourself and b) made the girl you are texting feel guilty and/or a little bit creeped out,. which just makes the situation worse.All in all, it was a good read, and went into some fundamentals from other good books but also brought up some unique topics specific to texting such as how to make sure your "tone" is properly implied.. we all know that simply not including an emoticon or something similar can make what was meant to be a cocky joke turn into an insult, and since, again, you aren't face to face, sometimes you will never know you have made a wrong move. It's a good resource to get into the minds of women on the receiving end of your texts as well as a reminder to take your time with your texts.For the price of a couple frilly coffee's... this was well worth the investment for me, I read the book in one sitting, and have since read it again and picked up a few things I missed the first time around. Todays social scene is all about texting, and the reality is that texting, facebook, emails, and IM's are all totally different beasts and texting in my opinion is the most personal of the 4 (and the most critical when it comes to closing a date with a girl). If you have ever had problems with girls not replying to your texts, if you think you come across as needy over texts, or if you find it hard to stay confident and funny over a texting medium, this is a worthy purchase.

I don't usually write reviews but I feel compelled to due to the quality and persuasiveness of the book. This book is more than a texting guide. It is bigger than that. One of the chapters the author covers the basic psychology involving human mating. The content of that chapter is nothing novel. Rather, the way the author framed it ("the teeter-totter") is very resonating. I have never read or heard of someone putting in that way before. Very interesting. In terms of the actual texting the author provides a few examples for different concepts he is trying to illustrate. However, the examples are not nearly enough to cover your interactions with the ones you are infatuated with (I'd say about 0.1%). It is about your attitude approaching your interactions, whether in texting form or face-to-face. It's always ideal to be light-hearted, non-threatening, non-demanding when approaching your partner (if it helps, try the reverse on yourself. If you are dealing with a clingy, demanding, and always-serious girl would you want to stay in touch, or run for the hills?!) I thought the author's concept of "power-balance" is phenomenal. I have always understood the concept but never been able to put it into two words. The concept of "power balance" goes deeper than dating. It goes into relationships, marriages, friendships, business relationships... because it is a basic human psychological response to social hierarchy (there is lots of psych books explain this concept heck a lot better than I can). If you are interested in deeper understanding of how human psychology works in dating (or any other relationships), there are lots of other great books. This book touches on some key concepts, and even more briefly touches on the psychological reasons behind the concepts. Overall, I would say this book provides nothing really new (after reading lots of other material on the subject), but what a great condensed guide that gets you off the ground running! Recommendation: this book will help 70% of you who are new to human sexual psychology. For the 20% of you who have been expose to some or lots of other material will find this book interesting and fun to read (nothing very new though). For the rest (5 - 10%), you will absolutely hate it because your values and beliefs are on the opposite side of the spectrum (values and beliefs are very difficult to turn around because they have been with you for so long!). For you guys I would say no guide in human sexual psychology will help you (they all pretty much say the same thing, more or less), so just keep on doing whatever you are currently doing (I hope the best for you, genuinely. If you are not comfortable doing something even after careful, logical consideration then you shouldn't. Don't change who you are unless you want to)Cheers,

I like the points he uses about the push & pull that is real it applys to most relationships Only bad points could have delved into scenarios when out in public certain ettiques and things to do that kinda thing

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Excellent book. It covers aspects that should make sense but tells you ow to handle the situations. I have started to use the tips given in the book and look forward to the outcomes

A pretty fair attempt at teaching you the basic principles of how to text (the ones that you often forget when you like someone). Admittedly, spelling and grammatical errors are rife. However, this book really helped me - texting can be a real mind field at times.

Totally out of date. This book was written when sms was a new thing. Times have moved on.