men who are afraid to pick up the phone

It's a problem when men refuse to call you. Asking someone out over email, texting, fax, or carrier pigeon (actually, those last two are sort of unique--I wouldn't rule them out) is sort of inappropriate. Before the advent of texting, what did people have to do? CALL THE GIRL. How did everyone before 2008 deal with dating? Logically! At least by normal standards. What guy really thinks someone is going to answer a "date me" text message from a stranger? It's cute (but aggravating--mostly aggravating) if someone you're dating wants to communicate with you by text messaging all the time when you don't have a text message plan, and he knows it's costing you money, but then offers to give you a dollar. At least you know the person and said person's annoying habits. But being aggravated with someone before you're even really going out... is just aggravating. Are you supposed to reject them via text message? Can I send an IM: "No sorry dude found other date who made phone contact. Hate texting btw c u l8"? A text message? REALLY? I'm still in shock over it. Is this guy in 8th grade? Do I break up with him on a post it?