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Pretty sure you'd agree with the advice I gave...or a close approximation. A chance to find common ground, rather than negativity. Guess not.
If you want the honest truth, I don't think it's good advice because it continues with the game play because it's transparent. Let's break it down:
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Her: Hey Matador.
You: Hi. It's Netflix and beer night at my place tonight. Swing by.
Her: I can't!
You: Cool, no worries. Gotta run, someone is calling.
Just for the fact that this is text, it's unrealistic. You'd know good and well a girl was lying to you if she said texted you, "Hey, I gotta go because my phone is ringing." You'd be smart enough to know it was her response to you saying that you couldn't make it out for a date since normal people explain a call came in after it happened. It's playing games. Saying "Cool, no worries," is also a way of saying that it's fine for her to keep doing this same song and dance that keeps ending up the same way...no date. When you have to let a person know that you aren't affected, you're indirectly telling them that you are affected.
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Five days later:
Her: Hiiiiiii Matador!
You: Hey there.
Her: What are you up to?
You: Asking you out for a drink. Bar X at 9, tonight.
Her: I can't!
you: That's cool! Gotta run, someone is at my door.
This isn't as bad as the above but it's still bad communication. The "That's cool!" is more humorous than it is bad but explaining that someone is at your door when she rejects the date is still transparent and it still shows that you are playing her game. Both examples are showing the guy as being reactive.
What would make this good is after she says that she can't, he says "OK". What insight would she get about him? Could she tell that he's disappointed or indifferent? If she could tell either, she knows what her next move should be. If he's disappointed, she'll do something that will give him some hope. If he's indifferent, she'll do something to try to make him care. Therefore, the games continue. The "OK" response will evoke uncertainty. Uncertainty evokes a need for answers. Once she starts needing the answers is when he gets to make the rules on how things go. He gets to say what she needs to do to keep his interest.
So yes, I can agree with an approximation of what to message in the words when it comes to asking her out but the problem is what the underlying message communicates. However, if I would have explained the problem in the overall message..history with you says that there would be no looking for common ground but instead the conversation would turn into how I don't get laid, that I need to go to the gym, or some other nonsense that leads things off topic.