How to Use Emojis in Your Dating Life
An emoji might provide the perfect edge of innuendo if you're not sure where a workplace interaction is going, as it can be interpreted as fun and flirty, or simply friendly. She texts: "Lunch on Wednesday?" You respond: "[bullseye emoticon] Yes, where?" Let the games begin.
Now that any online dating experience will eventually escalate to mobile messaging (whether What's App, iMessage, or How About We's app), it's not enough to have mastered the English language. We live in an emoji world now. Originally added to iOS for Japanese teenagers, the diverse set of smileys is now used by people of all ages around the world. Emojis can function as avoidance, word substitution, or whimsy. But just as you choose your words carefully, you wouldn't want to fling the octopus symbol around with abandon. Your latest Tinder match might assume you've got a fetish.
In his New York Times column, Nick Bilton recounted his friend's emoji mishap, in which the woman involved would type flirtatious messages via emoji (the flamenco dancer, a martini) and her male counterpart responded with the thumbs-up icon. While the guy thought he was responding positively, the girl assumed she was being prodded into the friend zone. Some emojis are ambiguous, and they should be used with awareness of the situation. Our brief guide... -- Ella Riley-Adams for HowAboutWe
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