Why would he answer my text like this?

Knock knock jokes are playful bantering to lighten up an otherwise stressful day. Obviously my crush has no sense of humor or imagination. Boring! Guess I’m texting the wrong dude!

I don’t think that Alanna was being ‘lame’ or immature. She was being playful. I wouldn’t start accusing him of being humorless or lacking imagination though. Probably your message reached him at an inopportune moment and that is why it fell flat.
Everyone is entitled to do their own thing,if Alanna’s style is being playful then she should continue to do that. It is better to be jokey,playful even a bit silly than be the type of woman that starts issuing ultimatums whenever she doesn’t get the response that she was hoping for.

He is obviously humor deficient…

Firstly, you should not be sending your crush anything. You are chasing him!

Secondly, it is clear he has no interest in engaging, so it is a polite blow off.

Please let him come to you next time.

This is absolutely my first post people. Dont acuse the innocent!

We are neighbors and have been for a year so yes I have met him. We chat outside while he does gardening and chat by text sometimes.

It’s obvious he doesn’t share the same humor. No sweat. He did ask me out for coffee many times but I said no. He has pierced his nose and I cant stand it. Texting him is ok though.

I haven’t read any of the other threads that Newbie mentioned, but if Alanna didn’t write them, then I guess, it doesn’t matter.

Alanna, he must have simply misunderstood your joke. Maybe he is not home at the moment, that’s why he replied “hopefully soon” to your question if anybody’s home. But if it made you scracth your head, then I don’t understand why you wouldn’t ask him what he meant. Isn’t that a natural thing to do?

Your complaints that he lacks sense of humor are over the top, too. Perhaps you are hurt that he didn’t engage in the playful exchange that you had wanted and that’s why you’re turning this against him? In any case, it’s just a text exchange… Honestly, if your biggest relationship problem is that instead of the 2 words that you were hoping for – that is, “who’s there” – someone writes different two words – “hopefully soon”, then I am a bit jealous.

Quarantine day 8 is killing me; dont ban me:-)

I only wanted to be his text buddy, not hang out for boring old coffee.

If a guy can’t ask you out on a proper date, and just wants to sit around to drink coffee, how exciting is that? All his invitations were to drink coffee. So I relegated him to text friend.

Lots of people are text friends, its not a bad thing.

I would rather a guy not respond at all if not interested, instead of playing a mind game with a hugely vague response such as that one.

From the feedback written in these posts, it appears his intention may have been to blow me off for not accepting boring coffee dates.

Guys like that are sore losers and hate to lose.

Sounds like he dodged a bullet…

We all know why a guy wants to have coffee, dont we? He is planning to tell you how beautiful you are so you will fall for that bull & eventually drop your panties. Then pump and dump.

I would rather start as text buddies, see if they stick around long enough to actually get to know you. Text is perfect for this.

Don’t know how many times I’ve been to coffee with guys in the past, only to realize they try to play footsie under the table or suddenly hold your hand when they barely know you. For them it’s all about getting laid. Best way is to sit across a table in a coffee shop gazing into your eyes & bragging how much $ they earn or their degree in law.

Much simpler to keep your respect intact and set up the situation playing by your own rules!

This is one of those posts where I feel sorry for the guy!! You say he’s your crush yet can’t stand his nose piercing and refuse when he invites you out for coffee!! You say you relegated him to text friend then say he’s your crush in the first sentence. So which is it? I have to agree with some of the others, you sound immature and clueless as to how to get a date!! You talk about him playing mind games with his response but you are the one playing games here!  You say you are setting up the situation playing by your own rules…what rules are those? How can you play a game with someone if BOTH parties don’t know the rules!!! 
Have you ever once told him you would like to get to know him better before you go out with him? Have you ever once said, I really don’t do coffee dates, but would love to go to dinner, the movies, the bar for drinks, etc. And do women really fall for guys telling them they’re beautiful and drop their panties over coffee? I wouldn’t know because I’ve never accepted a coffee date. If a guy can’t spring for dinner or an actual date to get to know me then I wasn’t interested. But I would TELL the guy that. “Hey I don’t do coffee dates, mainly because I don’t drink coffee, but if you want to grab dinner sometime I would love to!” And guess what EVERY SINGLE GUY who asked me for coffee stepped up and took me on a REAL date.  I didn’t sit back and act like an immature child sending him knock knock jokes. I communicated what my RULES were and he either stepped up or he didn’t.