Okay, you’ve managed to do something you thought you’d never do: you’ve finally got hold of your crush’s number. Well, not quite. See, now it’s time to try and flirt with your crush without embarrassing yourself to such an extent that you pretend your phone was hacked. This is not easy. We all get a little bit giddy when it comes to texting a hottie, and we can easily just freak-out and send a text that was meant to be fun but which is actually just a little bit cringe. But how do you go about keeping your cool when texting your crush? Well, you could take a look at our top five things to avoid when texting your crush.
Don’t include a caption with your images. You probably want to elicit a response from your crush, and you know that the easiest way to do that is to send a text with words in it. Do not send risqué photos. He’s your crush, not your lover.
For this reason, it’s highly unlikely that he’s going to appreciate a naked pic of yourself. Especially if a) he didn’t even know you were crushing on him, and b) he doesn’t actually fancy you back.
Don’t keep on laughing. If you keep on finish every single text with “hahaha” or, worse still, “LOL”, he’ll quickly get annoyed. It's just cringing, and he’ll assume that you’re just as giggly in real life. And being that giggly is not attractive. It smacks of lameness and a lack of intelligence. Instead, keep things cool and just don’t laugh unless it’s really appropriate. Because laughing after saying that you “really don’t want to go to work” is not really appropriate. It’s just weird and annoying.
Don’t keep on texting. Yeah, he might actually reciprocate your crush and he might be interested in you. But this doesn’t mean that you are free to break the seal and text him until the cows come home.
Don’t ask if he's received your text. Maybe you could ask him once if he received your text a few hours ago, but asking him more than once – and on more than one occasion – is just annoying and really not cool at all. Waiting for a response is painful, but you’ve just got to fight the temptation, not to over-text. If you don’t, you’ll come across as needy and this will be a massive turn-off for the guy.