Posted on 05/23/2024 8:44:31 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
“Is he a bad texter, or is he over 35?”
Elizabeth Castaldi, a popular US creator, has sparked a viral discussion about the generation gap in texting when it comes to dating.
Castaldi, 27, recently went on a date with a 35-year-old man and she was baffled by the text he sent her the next day.
“Hey, had fun last night. Have a good day,” the man texted.
Then, in true Generation Z fashion, Castaldi took that private message, screenshotted it and posted it online, where it has amassed more than 500,000 views.
She added the caption: “I have to start dating people my own age. But I won’t.”
Castaldi’s confusion at the text message firmly divided the comment section.
Some thought she was being accurate and he was texting like a millennial, while others thought she was being unfair and the text she received wasn’t out of the ordinary.
“I’m confused how is this bad?” one person asked.
Castaldi replied that she didn’t have the “ick” by his formal text message, but his millennial texting style made her unable to tell if he wanted to see her again.
“Let’s be clear, I do not have the ick. I just can’t read him and I really, really want to go on a second date,” she wrote.
Someone else replied and said the problem with the 35-year-old’s text is that it was too sterile.
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FWIW IDK
Men shouldn’t use emojis.
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Amen! Really no one should, but...
After posting his text message online and receiving 500,000 views Castaldi, you don't have to worry about see him again. I'm sure your date blocked your number.... :)
Ew.
Women want what they don't want, unless they change their minds.
LOL, maybe he just meant what he said.
For God’s sake, accept it and move on with your life. No use trying to parse or shed tears over such a simple message and find “Hidden Meanings” is such a short message.
Maybe he was working or involved in the activities of the day. Sounds like he might be interested without a long detailed reply. Her turn to reply and find out. Otherwise she may ‘ghost’ him. Isn’t social media wondermous, LOL.
Generation(s) M: (M - for pompous and self-absorbed morons).
Depends on both the format and the scope of the communication, and the topic, and the individual comment.
Novels provide more context and more room to tease out fine shades than one-line remarks.
LOL
Well.
Instead of texting: "hd gdtime ln, hv gdy" he texted "Hey, had fun last night. Have a good day."
Idiot woman. I text a fair amount, but some of the crap people send is just stupid. I won't do it. I use speech recognition to do it. if it is longer than three words. And I do it in damned English.
These people have damaged brains.
Boomer Bait = Zoomers and Millennials posting content hoping Boomers will share it as an example of “What’s wrong with kids today?”.
Yep.
> Men shouldn’t use emojis.
I try to limit myself to old style ASCII emoticons :-)
If I were do that, I would go for REAL old school EBCDIC. It confuses most lefties.
I blame Lifetime Network...................
Hahahahahaha!
She ain’t got no time for that!
Hahahaha...I remember carrying a “little black book”...
I particularly remember one time my buddy and I were trying to find dates for a Saturday night, and were going up and down the pages of that book looking for girls who we liked who had friends we liked too...:)
I like your approach!
I’m not sure I’ve ever watched that network. Perhaps that’s why I’m not terribly crazy.
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