I am so glad I am not involved in this dating, guessing scene anymore. I never had to deal with this texting BS. If you wanted to be with someone, you had to call them. I am all for the woman being able to take the initiative, but have you guys really wimped out and now wait for the woman to make the move?
When I read these threads and the women say they chit chat with the guys, but the guys don't ask them out, I really just assume that if the guy were truly interested, he would have asked her out by now. He told you to go out with your mates and you said they were busy hoping he would ask you out, but he didn't. So, guys, at that point, if you were interested, wouldn't you ask her out? Would you, instead, leave it up to her to ask YOU out? Maybe I'm being sexist, but I really thought that if a man were interested, he would let it be known rather than playing these little social games.