Decoding Texts: What Does He Really Mean?

Here at NeonNotebook we are all about demystifying life’s greatest mysteries. There is nothing more mysterious than texts from a boy that you are sorta dating. I know, I am not the only one that spends an embarrassing amount of time over-analyzing texts.

Luckily, we have, Katie Amey, our in-house Cosmo UK writer to answer all our dating questions, and we have decided to conduct a very scientific social experiment. 

Katie and I picked 5 of the most common, generic texts that all girls over-analyze. Yes, we can read what he said in black and white, but what does it really mean? Well, Katie sat down with her friend Keane, and they both shared their first reaction. I hope this doesn’t make you even more depressed about your dating situation.

Katie (KA) & Keane (KY)

“Hey, what’s up?”

KY: I’m bored, come entertain me.

KA: Does he want to hang out with me? Is he genuinely interested in the answer to this question? I am sort of assuming he’s just being polite but probably not that interested at this point. If I don’t reply and he texts again, maybe he is.

“Want to get a drink sometime?”

KY: This is an invitation for sex; you are not deserving of me buying you a full meal or that long of a conversation.

KA: At this point, I would assume he is probably relatively interested.

“See you later”

KY: See you later.

KA: He is probably not going to see me later – especially if he just writes this with nothing else.

“Last night was fun”

KY: I want to do that again.

KA: This one is totally context specific. I need so much more space to write about this.

“I think you’re great”

KY: You’re sitting on the fence right now. A gentle wind could blow you off. You better hope it blows you onto the correct side.

KA: Blowing me off.