How do you feel about talking to someone on the phone before a date?

[Notaboutthebass]

Got chatting to a seemingly nice man. In the week he asked for my number the day after we started chatting and I asked if we could carry on chatting online a little longer first. He was fine with this. Eventually I asked if he wanted to meet tomorrow (Sunday) and he said of course, and that it would be nice to chat on the phone beforehand. All reasonable of course especially because earlier I'd said I wasn't ready to give my number out. I agree that it's a step to ensure that you don't want to potentially waste time meeting if it's crap on the phone.
But why do I feel uncomfortable about this? It's not something I normally do, prefer the first contact to be face to face, and find it a bit weird. Anyone else?

When I was OLD I always had a video call before meeting. This was a service offered on the app so no need to give out my number.

I found the video call helped to weed out men that simply wouldn’t be for me. That said I had a lovely video call with a chap who when I met was a complete arsehole.

I think a phone call before meeting is a good idea .
When I was doing OLD last year I had a couple of calls with men who were definitely slurring their words a bit by about 8 in the evening... the phone call saved me wasting my time by agreeing to meet them!

I would not like a phone call or video call before hand. I would feel awkward and I don’t think the other person would get a true impression of me and I don’t think I would of them. So would be pointless for me.

You don't need a phone number to make a call, get Telegram app.

I would always speak on the phone before meeting.There's so much you can glean from speaking to someone that you wouldn't pick up from texting, not least their speaking voice which can definitely be make or break!

I sent a polite message including a suggestion for a place two hours ago, he read it almost straight away and not replied so I'll block him in a bit, as I'm certain that if he has no better offer he'll get in touch. I don't work like that and I've had 10 years of experience in all this shit!

Agreed

I really found it useful and helpful after speaking on the phone to a particular man I realised I couldn’t bear the sound of his voice I felt so bad and was upfront about not feeling a connection . Then spoke to another man we chatted for 3 hours and when we met I was so comfortable and had an amazing date, and many more after.