I personally feel that text messaging has made dating... less "personal". When you're not sure if you want to date someone, you "flirt" with them via text. It's true! Anyways, the bottom line is if you like someone, pick up the phone.
According to a study just released in the UK, relationships and dating are more complicated now because of text messaging. 500,000 people reported having sent up to 100 "flirtatious" texts a month. The research also uncovers that men will text back their crush within the hour (57 minutes). Women, however, leave their dates hanging 22 minutes longer, taking an average of 1 hour 19 minutes to reply. Don't leave it any longer than 2 hours 36 minutes, though -- this is officially the point when 'playing it cool' becomes 'plain rude.' ...
Okay. Is the Britain a totally different universe? Because here in the US it seems like most guys still subscribe to that ridiculous, old-fashioned "wait three days" rule. And are women really so slow in texting back? Because most I know are of the variety who reply to texts immediately. (you know who you are). And correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most men set out to use as few words as possible while texting? ("Wht up? U out?") So that you're staring at the screen, trying to decode the message, wondering why they couldn't spell out "you"? In any event, text me, because my phone is painfully silent today. I need some textual heeling...
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