#61991 Post-date text

[Dragon Lady]

I… had never even considered this. Is it a new thing? Like, within the last 2.5 years? If so, that's great. Cuz I wasn't dating in that time. But if it was prior to that, since people texted before that time, was I just really out of the loop? I'm not sure I ever sent a post-date text. I know I received at least one, but that was the guy saying, "Woah. I just woke up from my nap and realized how I acted on our date. I am SO sorry. I hadn't slept in 36 hours." That post-date text did nothing to make me want a second date, except make me feel a tiny bit less creeped out. But I won't judge all post-date texts on that.

[Humble Master]

I had never heard of/considered this.

I suppose that is just another of the many perks of married life.

[mic0]

I had never heard of this nor have I ever considered it important. When I saw the question I was so confused! I almost wrote a snarky answer, but decided to let someone who actually knew about it answer.

[Dragon Lady]

I wonder if people who read this will now think that it's required, since the only people who answered answered that it's what should be done. (Or at least, what they think should be done.) There was no other opinion. Which made me wonder if it really was just the "thing" now.

[Katya]

To me, it just sounds like you should make contact shortly after a date to say you had a nice time (if you did). In a society where texting is very common, a post-date text is going to be a very efficient way of doing this, but I think it's the contact that counts, not a text vs. an email vs. a FB message vs. a phone call . . .

[Dragon Lady]

I'm not sure I ever really did that, either. Just… however I knew the guy, I'd talk to him that way next I saw him. At church, in class, etc. And make sure I continued to flirt (assuming I wanted another date). The only one that was different was a set up with a guy that lived in Sandy. Since I never just saw him, I forced myself to call him periodically. Hardest Thing Ever. I'm just an old-fashined girl, what can I say?

[thebigcheese]

According to my sources (the singles ward I was in right before getting married), this is the new "thing" in dating. But I agree with Katya, it's more about making positive contact soon after than the actual method of doing so. Just think -- a new way to flirt!

[Tao]

Just think -- a new way to flirt!

Because nothing expresses the complexities of interpersonal relationships like 160 characters w/o mny vwls.

Someday I'd like to take a printout of a full day's worth of text type and add vowel points, just to keep my edge.