Should I Worry When A Dude Sends One Word Texts?

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Hi Heather,

I’ve been talking to this guy for a while now and everything seems good when we’re together. We’re pretty casual right now, but I know he likes me and I think it could turn into something serious. The only thing is that when we text, it doesn’t even seem like he wants to talk to me. He usually gives me one-word answers or hardly even says anything. What does that mean? Should I be worried?

Ugh. How annoying is it when you type out this long text message to someone and you get back… ‘k’. It’s like, seriously?! You can’t add anything else to that one little letter?? But in all seriousness, I honestly don’t think you have anything to worry about here. It sounds like this guy is just being a typical dude – just like they’re not always into having long conversations in person, they’re not always into pouring their hearts out over a text message.

I know it’s hard to believe, because most of us girls could have a full-blown argument/gossip sesh/catch-up talk through texting, but most guys aren’t like that. So when you text this guy and he gives you one-word answers over and over again, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s blowing you off or that he doesn’t want to talk to you. There are a few reasons he could be doing that, and none of them are something you need to stress over.

Seriously, no need to stress! | Source: MyGeegle.com

For one thing, he could actually be really busy. Maybe he’s at work, maybe he’s hanging with his friends, or maybe he’s playing a video game. Either way, he might be too busy to type back a long response, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t care. Another possible reason is that he might not really be into texting. I know it sounds crazy, but I’ve personally heard a lot of guys say that they would rather get to know a girl in person, because doing it through text messaging just makes things more confusing.

The bottom line is this: usually, if a dude is even taking the time to answer you at all, it means he cares at least a little bit. If a guy doesn’t want to talk to you or is trying to blow you off, he’ll probably do just that and not respond in any way. I wouldn’t start to really worry unless he starts ignoring you completely.

take care,
heather

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10 Comments

  1. avatarMary Ruben says:

    I have the boyfriend we date for three time we did even have the first kiss but he didn’t answer my sms.

  2. avatarCapacapa says:

    ok so I get that but my problem is that I kissed this guy(made out with him) and he didn’t text me till like the day after and was taking forever to reply with practically one word messages. Not only that but we made out again!…and things got more heated and ”sexual” This time I’m pretty sure that if I didn’t text him first, he wouldn’t even bother to text me, and he took forever to reply to me and when he did reply it seemed like he didn’t want to talk. so now, I’m ”testing him”. I’m not going to text him, I’m waiting to see if he will text me first…that way i’ll know if he was trying to use me (but it doesn’t make sense because we’re sort of friends with benefits) because he use to text me(when I gave him my number) a lot! So am I being paranoid or..is this a good plan?

  3. avatarcountrygurl says:

    Yeah it’s the most annoying thing ever when I’m trying to talk to my boyfriend, and I’m putting smileys and trying hard to make conversasion with him and all he can say is “ya”, “ok”, and “yup”. And then it gets even more annoying when I’m talking to another guy that is being a lot more interesting. Cause I’m just like DUDE you’re making my boyfriend look bad to me :P But one of my boyfriend’s best friend since like kindergarten said that he’s just afraid that he’ll say the wrong thing. That he talks about me a lot and freaks out and studders when he does. So maybe he’s just texting like that because he really is afraid to say the wrong this? And if it is that, then that’s okay. Cause I think it’s the sweetest thing ever when I guy can like a girl so much like this <3 And I like him a lot too.

  4. avatarTrendyNerdLuvMB says:

    Ok… soooo….ummm… like Heather said… it is annoyinh sometimes. But Hey! You never know! He just may L~<3~V~E you so much that he just doesn't know what to text you and that he cares what you think if he texts you a message…

    I hope this works and ByE~ByE!

    -TrendyNerdLuvMB Out! 8^D

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