Don’t freak out, you’re not shitting the bed, you haven’t ruined it. Actually it seems like a good setup for something. This is just the start of banter.

Maybe you could either play off of the “fun” thing or go with the “are you from here originally”

Yeah you’re just asking too soon. Probably missing banter & investment. You’ll get better help here if you post screenshots of a conversation you had.

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None are that good really. Not an expert but 2 & 3 are at least clear and decently framed. You look better in 4, but it’s kinda posed, fuzzy & should be cropped. Avoid selfies. Yeah try to get some nicer outfits and get jacked too, good luck bro

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I'd guess a message like that would get a low-ish reply rate, she's probably not going to tell you her life story in response, I'd say it's in your court. Maybe give it another day and re-engage

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Don't kick yourself just move on
IMO even "you haven't seen anything yet" is not optimal especially if there's no investment from her

At 45 her son might not be that old... maybe even like 10... idk how old you are... you could possibly try playful misinterpretation off that, something with soccer practice etc.

Yeah you could try logging in on desktop maybe