1. Get on tinder or similar. Never hurts to expand your dating pool and at least you know your matches are interested in dating.
2. While I agree in principle with sealing the deal right away not everyone is the same. Some people are keen to meet up face to face right away, some would prefer a lengthy phone call first, and others might want a couple weeks of texting first. You should definitely gauge their interest in a date right away but prepare to be flexible with multiple angles of attack.
3. Your friends are correct that ghosting is a normal part of modern dating. People are fickle and could ghost you for numerous reasons that have nothing to do with your communication. They may have been scared of hurting your feelings in person by saying no to the number, something has come up like a family emergency, you are a back up plan and they just like the attention, or they just lost interest. It happens. Try not to get discouraged.
To conclude: expand your dating pool, be flexible, and stay patient. If all that fails you can always increase your odds by moving to one of those towns suffering from a “man drought” with 60% women.
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