u/SyrupLoafers42

I (22m), liked a girl on hinge in August 2025. She matched with me in September 2025, and frankly, I was bad at communicating and messaged her one time on October 3, 2025.

She never responded to the message until October 4, 2026.

We had a very bland conversation tbh, but she’s really hot and I figure I might as well respond in case something actually could come of it (I’m in no need to have a serious relationship with her).

Any ideas on something I can say in a sort of funny way to acknowledge the gap?

I, 23M, graduated college last year with a degree in finance. I never really expected to get into sales, but after struggling to find a job for a few months post-grad, I decided to open up my search.

I ended up landing a BDR job at a large tech company. I have no sales experience and am learning a lot, but I’m still so far behind everyone else on my team.

I’m selling net-new. Our expectations are to book 25+ meetings per quarter, and I’m sitting closer to 10. I only hit 16% of my $$$ quota last quarter. There are stretches that last WEEKS where I don’t book meetings, and I only haven’t been fired bc this is my first job and they understand that. That said, it’s still so stressful.

I’ve been changing up my talk tracks, I change my email messaging, I’m reaching out on LinkedIn, 8-10 touch points in 2 weeks per prospect, and nothing seems to be working. I try to change my tone, the length of my messaging, etc to see what works, but I still can’t book meetings.

It’s really frustrating. I’m one of the first in and last out every day and I never work remotely. I used to consider myself pretty smart/a quick learner. I went to a reputable school and good grades, but in sales I just feel dumb. I’m the worst one on the sales team. I speak with the top reps, ask my manager for help, etc, but not much has changed.

I have slight social awkwardness which is obviously not great for sales, but I don’t think it’s usually noticeable to people who I’m on the phone with for just 1-2 minutes to try to book a meeting with.

Are some people just not cut out for sales? Was anyone else ever in a similar situation? Any advice would be appreciated