Hi Bellecat, dont be depressed. It doesnt work for me either.
I even tried it with friends but nothing but I think its because maybe we dont really believe it would work for us and that is why it doesnt.
As I dont normally text with people anyway, dont like texting in general.
But I do send emails a lot and it did work for me with business partners and other random people and they said maybe not exactly the same words I wanted them to say but the message or the outcome was the same so it does work.
I got a discount like that from a vendor and so on, I sent myself pretend email from him and then visualized how will I feel when I get it, few days later I got the discount even though the words in the email were a bit different :-)
so we need to believe its working for us first or detach from the outcome and care less as with the vendor, I believed it will happen but didnt bother me as such
and even at first they said no way and few days later I insist, did the same and then they said yes
so maybe you just need to work on your believe and dont give up and it will work, maybe start with someone who you dont care about so much, it will be easier :-)
its not about if you can or cant do it, its just if you believe it will work for you or you dont