Absolutely wrong. Texting is a gift from god for getting girls. I am like twice as likely to get laid if I start off with a little texting game first. You can say what you want, when you want, and when you don"t say anything she has no idea why. If you can"t think of anything to say, you say nothing and she thinks you are busy and important.
When she feels like she is losing control of the interaction she will throw up a few roadblocks to test your manhood (all girls do this multiple times an hour in the first few hours of interaction).* In person you gotta recognize the test on the spot and respond appropriately.** In a text you can wait all day to respond, or just ignore it which is often the best response anyway and it drives her nuts. When texting the conversation is almost always on your terms. It"s fantastic.
Also, if you have the contact info of a girl but didn"t have the time or opportunity to build some solid rapport when you met her, texting is a fantastic bridge to a phone call and eventual date. Most girls will read and respond to a text; most girls will not answer an unknown phone number.
*Examples include: playfully make fun of you and see if you get defensive or embarrassed, do or say something overtly sexual to see if it gets you excited (indicating a man who isn"t used to getting any), mention another guy to see if it bothers you, and about 2000 other possibilities. The best response is often pretending nothing was even said and continuing the conversation as normal, but sometimes an appropriate response is helpful, and thats where texting is beneficial to give you more than 2 seconds to think.
**The benefit of texting is more apparent if you aren"t a natural ladies man. You are aware of the important concepts, but haven"t yet internalized the behavior completely. This probably covers almost everyone posting in this thread, making texting incredibly helpful.
