Do You Hide Behind Texting?

Increasingly, both sexes (but especially men) are using flirtatious text messages to hide their true thoughts.

Messages like "What ru doing?" or just a "Hey!" are being sent to girls and women to "test the waters." These messages might be sent within minutes after meeting at a bar or a party. If the recipient doesn't respond then the guy can just forget about his "prey," without feeling too rejected.

Even people in relationships are using flirtatious texts to try and figure out the state of the relationship without just coming out and asking.

Just what we need...another way for men and women to avoid real, honest communication!

(Check out my "The Truth About Dating" column this Friday in the Portsmouth Herald, Exeter News Letter, Hampton Union, and seacoastonline.com for more of my views on text messaging as a form of communication between men and women.)