How to respond when she says she doesn't like texting much

A line like this is almost always about pace and format. She is telling you she finds rapid back-and-forth draining, or that she would rather save energy for a real conversation. That is a reasonable thing to want, and it says very little about whether she likes you. The mistake is treating it as a test you have failed. If you hear it as a fact about her, you will respond from a calmer place and be far more likely to sound like someone worth talking to.

The useful question is what the preference implies for you in practice. It implies fewer messages, longer gaps that do not mean anything, and a move toward a call or a date sooner than you might usually push for. You do not need to figure out her whole personality from one sentence. You only need to adjust how you reach out.

Her actual replies will tell you more than her profile. If she answers with substance, asks you something back, and keeps a conversation going when she has time, then she is simply selective about volume. If she responds with short acknowledgements, never adds a question, and lets threads die, the preference may be covering for low interest. Give it two or three exchanges at the new pace before you draw a conclusion.

Pay attention to whether she ever starts a conversation herself. Someone who dislikes texting in general will still reach out sometimes, especially around plans. Someone who has no interest will almost never do it.

Because she has said she would rather talk in person or on the phone, the cleanest path is to offer one of those in a concrete way. A specific time and a simple suggestion works better than asking whether she would like to talk sometime. It respects her preference and gives the conversation a reason to exist. If she agrees, you have learned something real. If she deflects every attempt to get a time down, you have learned that too, without having to ask her directly.

Keep the suggestion light enough that declining is easy. A call that is fifteen minutes and clearly optional will get more yeses than a long evening framed as a big step.