It's mostly genetics. My beard didn't really start filling out until 23/24.

She's not invested at all with those one word responses, and that last response basically seals the deal on this being dead. It's not really your fault, your texting was alright it's just some girls aren't going to be interested regardless.

Stick with the first one. Striking pics look better for tinder, grappling is a little too homoerotic unless that's what you're going for.

Awesome job dude. I always give up instead of being persistent so this is very informative. 2 months of texting to get a lay is a lot but sometimes it's worth it I suppose. Also, that opener is pretty ballsy. How often would you say that works for you? And do you have a sexual bio that makes it more permissible to say that?

It seems like she's invested, just concerned about stranger danger. I think you should push for a facetime and say something like "my answers to those questions are pretty long and I'd rather we save the get-to-know-you questions for when we're face to face. How about we facetime and I'll tell you." I think she'll feel a lot more at ease about meeting up after that. If she's still being difficult about giving away her number then just give short answers to those questions and see if she's still investing in the conversation enough to decide whether this is still worth pursuing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NWC3L95/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This is a tripod I bought that works pretty well. Cheap, comes with a remote, and good height

These are fire dude. I wouldn't use the first one because it does look too serious and your 3rd pic with the same coat is better. Keep the llama pic, it's different and interesting.

Just to be clear that's still pretty low investment. You brought up a topic she's interested in and she's responding to it. She didn't go out of her way to ask you anything. I'd say just play the long game with her and respond to her stories every now and then. Start putting your own stories up showing that you're a high value dude and see if she at least views them. If she's showing interest in you over time through these DM exchanges then a soft close on a date could work. Honestly, she seems like a lot of work and someone who just wants attention/IG follows so I personally wouldn't bother but it's up to you bro. Plenty of other girls out there who aren't going to play as hard to get.

She's not invested in you so going for the close won't help. If she's showing more investment after some small talk/vibing then soft close.

She's a feisty one but I don't think you're out of the race yet. There was way too much back and forth and I think you should've tried to number close earlier in the convo. She seemed pretty compliant despite the gamey and long texts but I think she'll lose interest (if she hasn't already) if you don't soft close an actual date soon. Your style of texting is way different than mine so I don't really have a concrete suggestion on what to say but I think you should re-engage in a few days, restart the convo, soft close, number close, then plan the date through text.