In my experience with girls the process normally goes

Get number - text(whatsapp) - call - meet up

Usually unavoidable, never used to have much problem with it, although I'm normally better over the phone or face to face.

I'm surprised you lot can avoid texting, feels like it's been an important part of talking to girls since I started dating ( curse of being a 90s baby I guess lol)

Also what is PUA-ey?