10 Things You Probably Shouldn’t Text - Page 11
10. “How about dinner and a movie?”
About a month ago I was walking back to my office after lunch and ran into a young man whom I knew vaguely from my adolescence. He seemed to be perusing the neighborhood with a bunch of his friends aimlessly in the middle of the day (Strike one.) He then proceeded to drop his best pick up lines and insisted we should become friendly again even when I told him I was taken and uninterested. (Strike two). He was funny and charming so I told him to call me so I could hook him up with a friend of mine, but instead of calling the first thing he did was send a text stating, “What are you up to?” (Strike three. You’re out.) When a man texts the first time he is communicating with you after meeting, it screams “Shy-third-grader note: “Do you like me? Check yes or no.” Grown men call. Period.
