If you’re reading this article, it’s likely that you’ve recently been on a first date and are wondering when would be a good time to send a text message. I’m sure you can’t get that question out of your mind right now and, unfortunately, it doesn’t have one simple answer.

But I’d like to use my experience and give you a few pointers to help you make your decision. I hope my advice will be useful and enable you to choose the right moment to send a text.

We’ve only had texting for the last ten years, but it’s evolved into a really useful method of communicating with people.

In the old, pre-texting days the thing to do was to call after one or two days and thank your date for a great time. This is, of course, still a valid option, but these days people tend to prefer sending a short message.

The game has changed slightly with the advent of texting and I’d like to help you get round the problems that present themselves.

A quick message within one day of the date would be my best advice. The same night, even, as long as you keep it short and sweet.

Make it light hearted and funny, and preferably something to do with anything that happened that night. There’s no need to say you had a great time, because the fact that you’re texting will implicitly send that message.

This will also spur a conversation that allows you to go back and forth as you please. Plus, the good thing about texting instead of calling is that it breaks the ice and sets the stage for that follow up call after the date.

You’ll have planted the seeds of a conversation with those texts and won’t be stuck for words when, a day or two later, you call your date.

In addition to dating, the writer additionally frequently blogs on power washer hoses and gas powered pressure washers.