The Text Message Consortium(spelling?)

[xfreshbreadx]

It is 7:27 pm tuesday night(it isn't really but I am setting the scene)....I am warming up for capoeira while my cell phone is buzzing off all by itself in my car. My cell phone is not possessed, oh no it is receiving a message. A text message. A text message from surfer girl. It is 9:30 pm, this message has been waiting on my phone for two

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[anonymous]

Vermelho, I feel as one of your nearest and dearest friends with a vagina I need to give you some insight. I fear, as I am sure you do, that surfer girl really just likes you as a friend right now. I could be totally off base or her feelings could change in the future but based on this whole text message thing and her responses I am lead to believe that that is the case. I think she understands full well what you are implying but that she doesn't want to go there and so is ignoring it or choosing to take your words at face value. You get me? Rule of thumb: if a guy makes some sort of advance or gesture and the girl glosses over it or "pretends" she doesn't get it then chances are she likes the guy but not that way. You see if she liked the guy in a boyfriendy way then she would most definitely serve and volley with the line being dangled e.g. "I am not always nice." "Oh really hmmmm well I might like to see that not so nice side someday." Or something equally as suggestive. But if she just says "Yes you are." Then that means she doesn't want to play ball. Now if the girl didn't like you in any sort of way, friends, lovers or otherwise then she would not be texting you to stick around in the first place at 7:00pm at night and if you made some verbal suggestion to her in person she would probably just ignore it and not say anything. Now like I said this by no means consigns you to the friends category forever because feelings change and women change their minds as frequently as the guards change their posts at Buckingham Palace. There is always hope!

[anonymous]

I'm going to try and chime in with something helpful, as opposed to the usual stupid jokes . . .

I agree with "your nearest and dearest friend with a vagina" (ha ha) - a female friend of mine once explained to me that girls always give off signs to let guys know if they're interested or not. As Emigliadon (sp?) was saying, her intentionally not taking the bait was it - the "let's just be friends" sign. Not that I think you didn't pick up on it anyway.

On the flipside though, this friend's advice has been immensely helpful in determining when a girl actually is interested. One of the biggest giveaways is when a girl starts asking about your current girlfriend status/past status - obvious. But then there are all these small little things that you have to pickup on. Unless the girl is fairly aggressive, I think most of the signs are what you would expect from a shy, young school boy. I think the stuff they do would fall into 3 main categories: proximity, eye movements, and conversation. The proximity and eye movement ones can be tough though because sometimes girls will intentionally act counter to those to try and not let a guy know they're actually interested. But they eye movements eventually give it a way. And of course, if you find a girl trying to start conversation with you, continue conversation with you, or steer conversation towards relationships - then, if you're feeling it too, it's probably safe to push things a little (just a little!). I hope you're able to use this information for good.

And remember what Hov says, "If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one."