Rule #1: If you’re double texting, you’re needy.
How often do you double text? Often, right? Well at least the people you know. I have heard so many girls ask the question, “If I text him again, do I sound needy”? Okay, ladies, really? If he doesn’t text you back for a few hours or it’s been a day since he responded to your text, IT IS OKAY TO TEXT HIM AGAIN! You are not needy by any means! You like the guy or maybe you just want to make new friends, text him. Get to know him. Double texting is not a bad thing, maybe you forgot something that you were trying to ask? Whatever it may be, it’s okay to text him a second time. It’s not worth overthinking.
Rule #2: Girls CAN’T text first!
Okay, who ever said this is wrong. How many of you think or have been told that by waiting for a guy to text you first, it will show that he’s genuinely interested in you? I know I’m guilty. Here’s the deal, this is not true. We live in the 21st century, times have changed. Just because we are a women, doesn’t mean we need to go back to old school trends. Text the boy first, I bet you anything he’s just as nervous as you are.
Rule #3: A period at the end of their sentence means they’re mad…
“Okay, sounds good.”
“Are you mad at me or something?”
“No, why?”
“You put a period at the end of your sentence.”
This was an actual conversation between a friend and myself. To me, this is just a great way to start drama, but it’s also society believes to be a sign that someone is mad at us. Putting a period at the end of a sentence is proper grammar. Come on ladies, let’s be reasonable, it’s a period.
Rule #4: “I’m gonna wait to text back. That way he won’t think I’m pushy!”
When we really like someone, we tend to wait by the phone for them to text back because we want to talk to them so bad! Then we worry if we text back too quickly we may seem too interested, needy or easy. I don’t’ know about you, but when I have a conversation with somebody in person, I don’t wait around a couple minutes for them to answer. So text back when you receive a message; nobody is measuring your neediness.
Rule #5: If they don’t text back, they’re not interested, they’re mad, or they’re dead.
I will admit it. I am the world’s worst texter! I am a busy person and don’t have time to sit on my phone and send messages all day long. I’m not sure many people care that I sat at my computer, wrote an email, took a bite of bagel and took three sips of water. Really? If they don’t text back right away (or even after a while), they are probably busy too! People have lives – jobs, activities, driving, working out, and every other portion of life that doesn’t require constant attention to technology. Give them time! However, accept that if they don’t text you back over a time span or quit responding in all, they probably are not interested.
Rule #6: One word texts.
I don’t know about you, but this is something I personally hate about texting. You know those conversations that go like this:
“Hey”
“Hi! How’s it going?”
“Good!”
“Well that’s good!”
What a great conversation! No, not really. You text somebody to talk to them right? Well, talk to them! It seems awkward to text someone and ask them questions, start a conversation about what you did that day or a thought that comes to your mind. Whatever it may be, just ask them questions and if they don’t really text you back and keep up the one word answers, find someone to talk to that will actually give you the time of day.
Ladies, in the end, it’s important to know that texting is something to do when you’re bored or simply don’t want to do something. Yeah, you can have conversations when you’re busy or in a meeting. In the long run, wouldn’t it be better to just pick up the phone? I mean, do you really want to talk to somebody all day, having pointless conversations about things that you could do in person?