Quote: (05-20-2015 07:47 PM)italktostrangers Wrote:
I'm not trying to call you out, I'm actually curious as I've never done any data sheets on the subject myself. From my personal experience, I've noticed the longer the message I receive, the better. But I never considered writing style. And emoticons always seem to be a good sign. Looking forward to the rest of the community's thoughts.
The most striking example I can recall in my own life was a chick who started giving me the formal/slow reply treatment while she was at work during the week after a holiday; usually she couldn't wait to alleviate her boring work day by messaging me. I found out later she had hooked up with a dude at party over the weekend.
So soon after such a "betrayal" their rationalization hasn't kicked in to the point that they can just act "natural" with you, so I think this is how the "guilt" comes out. Short, seriously delayed, and/or formal replies for no apparent reason after things had been clicking along fine in the relationship previously are a dead giveaway something is up.