In a world where text messaging has nearly replaced telephone calls, it’s not surprising to learn that how you “text” says a lot about you to potential dates. According to a new national dating survey conducted by social chat app Omlet.me, the number one turn-of among men is when a date uses “funky or informal spelling” when sending text messages.
Fifty-eight percent of men surveyed admit to being turned off by a woman’s wacky texting style. (If ur texts gets sorta cr8tive, like dis, that means u!) Hard-to-read texts aren’t fun for anyone, but the guys’ gripes don’t end there. Forty-seven percent of men surveyed disapprove of women using multiple exclamation points in their text messages and 46-percent are turned off by a lack of punctuation or grammar.
They’re too picky, you say? Not so fast. Seventy-three percent of women disapprove of men using wacky spelling in their texts, 54-percent can’t stand the use of excessive slang and 51-percent are annoyed by texts sent during sleeping hours.
Phew! When did texting stop being fun and easy and start becoming a possible dating deal breaker?
On a lighter note, sending emojis or emoticons inside text messages ranked high with both sexes. Hmm…
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