He Only Wants To Text. How Can I Get Him To Call Me?

@YourOrganizedAuntie says:

Oh my gosh, the way you said “He only wants to text” just unlocked a memory my brain had buried under seven layers of romantic humiliation, because goodness, the moment I read that, my inner voice stood up like, “Luise, remember when you tried to get a man to call you and ended up giving a whole Shakespeare monologue to his voicemail?” and I swear I almost levitated from secondhand embarrassment. I kid you not, there was a whole season where I’d be sitting there like, “Okay, hear me out… maybe he’s shy,” while my soul whispered, “Girl, he’s not shy, he’s just communicating like a raccoon with a prepaid phone.” And funny enough, the turning point came the day I realized I was overfunctioning like a confused pigeon, sending paragraphs, voice notes, carrier pigeons, smoke signals, everything except a subpoena, while he replied with “lol.” That’s when I sat myself down and said, “Luise, you’re not confused, you’re just trying to build a relationship with a man who treats calling like it’s a federal crime.” So I switched strategies: I stopped overexplaining, stopped chasing, and started matching energy like a woman whose self‑worth finally clocked back in from lunch. And suddenly he was like, “Hey, can I call you?” because apparently nothing terrifies a texter more than a woman who stops performing emotional gymnastics. Now my whole vibe is “I’m here, I’m calm, and my last two brain cells are finally cooperating,” because honestly, if he wants you, he’ll dial. Which makes me wonder… has he ever actually heard your voice, or is he out here dating you like a customer service chatbot?