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Good morning Smart Girls – and before I start, you\u2019re welcome. Get your notebooks out and pay attention like Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde when she decides to actually get her shit together and show her ex-boyfriend that she\u2019s smarter than his ugly new girlfriend – because you\u2019re about to learn how to get a guy in ten texts.<\/p>\n
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Texting is sport. In fact, it should be a fucking Olympic sport and takes years of practice to get right. At this point in your Smart Girl career, you should have the texting thing down, but just in case you don\u2019t, I\u2019m here to show you exactly what to do when you\u2019re clueless AF.<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Always wait 25 minutes before answering a text. Twenty if you\u2019re impatient and spoiled. If you don\u2019t wait, you look available and obsessed with him. Do whatever you need to do to wait it out. Watch Netflix, treat yourself to a 20-minute hair mask, stalk your ex-boyfriend\u2019s new girlfriend on Instagram. Whatever. Just wait before you answer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Text him ONCE. ONLY ONCE. Don\u2019t double text unless you really have to \u2013 which is never. And NEVER EVER EVER triple text. NO MATTER WHAT. If he hasn\u2019t answered a text, don\u2019t send another one unless you are begging to be rejected. If he\u2019s over it, he\u2019s over it and sending more texts will only make it worse.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Whenever you answer him, be PLEASANT. That\u2019s what Smart Girls do. I have a question: do you enjoy talking to grumpy people that aren\u2019t fun? Neither does he. DON\u2019T be a b*tch and send him to the principal\u2019s office for not calling you all day. It isn\u2019t going to help. So be pleasant and fun to talk to no matter what, even if you feel like pulling a total Kim K on Khloe and beating the shit out of him with your purse.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n Smart Girls know not to answer for at least 25 minutes, but there are circumstances when it\u2019s totally okay not to answer AT ALL. If he sends a text after midnight \u2013 it\u2019s not a text, it\u2019s a booty call. Smart Girls respect themselves and save their booty for guys who appreciate it, not guys that drunk text all the girls on their contact list in the middle of the night when they\u2019re horny. Boy Bye.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n We also don\u2019t answer one word texts like \u201cok\u201d and \u201ccool\u201d because if he doesn\u2019t make an effort to ask a question or at least put together a whole entire sentence, he\u2019s over this conversation and therefore so are you. You\u2019re just going to have to accept that and wait for him to text you again the next day. Answering a one-word text is PATHETIC. And Smart Girls are so much better than that.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n If you\u2019re laying in bed eating Oreos wearing a facemask and he asks what you\u2019re up to, don\u2019t tell him. Smart Girls are honest, but not way-too-honest. You need to seem as busy and ambitious as possible, so if he asks, you’re either out with friends or working on an artistic masterpiece\/following your dreams. What you are absolutely NOT doing is laying in bed eating Oreos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n If a guy asks to meet up the same night he texts you, the answer is NO. You can\u2019t hang out tonight because you\u2019re busy AF. If he wants to grab a drink, he should ask you at least ONE DAY in advance. That is not too much to ask. Seriously.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Smart Girls know the rules of grammar. They can recite all forms of punctuation in their sleep. HOWEVER. DON\u2019T use punctuation in texts. Exclamation points are way too eager so stay away. And QUESTION MARKS are out of the question, especially on their OWN. If he hasn\u2019t answered for the past four hours, why would he respond to your question mark text now? Please. The chances of him answering after a ??? question mark text are slimmer than Gigi Hadid during Paris fashion week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n If you went out on a date with a guy and actually enjoyed yourself regardless of the fact that you downed like five spicy jalape\u00f1o margaritas, it\u2019s only right to thank him. 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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>THE SINGLE TEXT TEXT<\/h3>\n
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THE SMART GIRL TEXT<\/h3>\n
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THE AFTER MIDNIGHT TEXT<\/h3>\n
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THE ONE WORD ANSWER TEXT<\/h3>\n
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THE BUSY TEXT<\/h3>\n
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THE CAN\u2019T HANG OUT TEXT<\/h3>\n
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THE NO PUNCTUATION TEXT<\/h3>\n
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THE POST-DATE THANK YOU TEXT<\/h3>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>THE SEXT TEXT<\/h3>\n