#texting advice

1. Did you die?

What’s your opinion on leaving a girl on read (reading her message but not answering back) when clarity/confirmation is needed? I ask this because I have a friend who has a (now former) guy friend who had plans with her last weekend to chill but the plans fell through when she messaged him on Instagram. He read the first message, asking him if he remembered her address because it had been two months since they hung out but three hours later, he didn’t read nor respond to her second message asking if the plans fell through. It’s been really bothering her and she thinks the guy stopped talking to her because he got back with his girlfriend. She was left upset and scared that the former guy friend didn’t want to be her friend anymore and now i’m all she has, she feels abandoned and closed out because this isn’t the first time she was left on read and left an effect on her. Shouldn’t he have said something instead of nothing?

I don’t want to alarm you here, but it is possible that you are the problem in the texting conversation. I mean, the person you’re texting is the problem too. We’re all the problem. But here’s what you can try to fix, texting-wise, on your end.

SH

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there are few things in this word that are more embarrassing than having a crush.

Texting is something that is supposed to make our lives easier – so why is it that it so often ends up making our lives even more confusing?! This most often applies to those moments when you’re texting your crush and you have no idea what to say. Or you know exactly what you want to say, you’re just too scared to send it. Hey, it happens to the best of us! The guy you like sees the three dots appear on his phone, then disappear…appear, then disappear. You’re being totally indecisive about your text - you want to send him something but you’re not sure if you should! Ugh.

Texting with someone you like can be like walking through a landmine – there is potential for disaster at every turn. One wrong emoji and you could blow the whole relationship up (or at least that’s how it feels). So, should you write exactly what you’re thinking or follow a set of guidelines when texting with dudes? Probably a mixture of both. Don’t get too in your head about it, but also stay away from a few key sentences that will rub the guy the wrong way. Remember that text messages are easily screenshot and shared, so try to not to text things that would be better expressed in person (but not to freak you out or anything, nbd).