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.

Anyway, you’ve come to the right place because I would like to give you the benefit of my experience. I’ll give you my best advice on when to send that text message.

It’s a funny thing, texting. It’s only been in use about ten years but it’s come to be an important form of communication.

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.

Things are a little different now and it’s not always easy to know what’s the best way of dealing with the situation.

My best advice is to send a quick text within 24 hours of the end of the date. Can it be the same night? Sure, but if it is, I’d keep it very short and sweet.

Try bringing up something that happened during the date and keep the tone light and fun. You don’t even have to admit that you had a really good time. The fact that you are sending a text will transmit that message.

This should also be the start of a text conversation between the two of you, which has the big advantage of breaking the ice a little prior to the follow up call.

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.

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