TEXT FLIRTING

The Do's and Don'ts of "Text Flirting"
　
1. DON’T plan your first date with a text message. Most women agree that guys should make an effort to actually dial a phone and call them at the start of a relationship. Otherwise, a text invitation to spend time together will feel too informal, and your date won’t feel like you respect her. One woman put it this way: If a guy she barely knew started sending her flirty text messages, it’d feel like a total stranger using pick-up lines! Creepy.
　
2. However, after your first date: DO let the text flirting begin. Women agreed that text-flirting can be fun after you’ve established chemistry with someone. The texts don’t have to be long and poetic. Something as simple as "thinking of you" is enough. The key is to send your flirty texts at random, unexpected times. They’ll feel more genuine that way.
　
3. DON’T use emoticons in your flirty texts! Again, this was something the women interviewed were unanimous about. They said sideways smiley faces, and lovey-dovey heart symbols, are annoying enough when they come from other women. So just don’t do it.
　
4. If the relationship doesn’t work out, DON’T break up with a text. Most women agree that’s tacky! Even if you can’t muster the willpower to break up in person, you should at least extend the courtesy of a phone call.

5. It should go without saying that "sexting" your new date is a definite DON’T, because the women interviewed said they’d do one of two things if they received half-naked photos from a guy on their phone: They’d either show all their friends for a good laugh or they’d call the police.