1. You hit ’em with the classic ‘I’m not actually into messaging on here, I’m more of a Whatsapp kinda gal’. Aka, I’m better than this.

2. You’re low on data. HOWEVER, you’ve got unlimited texts. Do the math.

3.  The no-shame approach. I like you. You like me. You haven’t called me ‘pal’ or ‘mate’ yet. Things are going well… So let’s be adults and gimme dat number.

4.  The ‘life is too short’ method. This is where you slightly brainwash them into thinking that the world could end tomorrow, and you will have never crossed each others sexy paths. The time to act is NOW.

But then again, they could always turn around and just flat out reject your attempts…