"Throw in some exclamation points."
Rewind several years to my a date with a fellow. I was working at the planetarium and on our first date he said in a much nicer way than I now remember, that I come off as mean/rude/not excited in text message form.
Upon dissection of this statement with my friend and co-worker, Rubina, she gave me the best advice: Throw in some exclamation points.
I still remind myself of this now. All the time. I guess I just don't think of text messages with exclamation points. There have been many times where I'm just about to hit send and I go back and change a period or two to an exclamation point. It seems to be received better.
Even with that awareness, my now friend and co-worker, Justine, still questions my enthusiasm in text messages.
So just know, if you get a text from me and think I'm not excited. I might be! I'm trying my best over here!
Rewind several years to my a date with a fellow. I was working at the planetarium and on our first date he said in a much nicer way than I now remember, that I come off as mean/rude/not excited in text message form.
Upon dissection of this statement with my friend and co-worker, Rubina, she gave me the best advice: Throw in some exclamation points.
I still remind myself of this now. All the time. I guess I just don't think of text messages with exclamation points. There have been many times where I'm just about to hit send and I go back and change a period or two to an exclamation point. It seems to be received better.
Even with that awareness, my now friend and co-worker, Justine, still questions my enthusiasm in text messages.
So just know, if you get a text from me and think I'm not excited. I might be! I'm trying my best over here!
I apparently take my own advice too seriously - I have the opposite problem, at least at work. I always reread my emails and remove at least 2-3 exclamation points.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a fan of emojis in text messages. (less appropriate at work sadly.)