Texting is one of the most effective tools you need to master if you want to take your dating game to the next level. However, a lot of women are scared of texting. They fear that if they make a mistake, the guy is going to be turned off and they have lost their shot.
So, today in an order to help you out, I'm going to tell you exactly how to flirt with a guy over text.
Whether your goal is to make this guy into your boyfriend, friends with benefits, or just flirt with him for fun, I'm sure you will find tons of value from this article.
If you follow every step I'm about to list right now, before you even know it you will see just how obsessed you can get a guy using nothing but your cellphone.
Also, I should have probably introduced myself by now...
Hi there!
My name is Isabella, and I'm the creator of this blog.
Over the past few years, I've made a name for myself in being able to help women just like you solve their dating struggles and questions.
If you are willing to learn and listen, your dating life will become much much easier in just a short time from now.
Without further ado, let's start!
#1 Initiate The Conversation... But Not Too Often
If you want a surefire way of striking up a flirty conversation with him, don't rely on him initiating it... instead, do it yourself!
I know it can seem scary if you don't know this guy very well yet but trust me, you will seem way more attractive in his eyes if you are the one to sometimes strike up a conversation with him.
Unless you are literally bombarding him with text after text and doing this multiple times a day, you won't come across as needy.
Now, in my opinion, the nighttime/early evening is the best time to text a guy and flirt with him. You will both be at home most likely and you will both hit the bed soon so neither of you is busy with their daily activities.
If you initiate the conversation during the day, he might be at work or at school or with his friends and actually forming a conversation can be difficult.
Also, there is just something about texting at night that's more flirty than texting during the day. The mood is sexier and it is way easier to talk about flirty topics.
#2 Avoid Being Dull With Your Openings
I already mentioned this in my texts you should never send a guy article, but please avoid the "hey, what's up" ordeal.
You need to figure out something more interesting to say.
Now, don't overthink this. That's not what I mean. What I mean is that you need to pay attention to how you open a conversation so you set the right vibe from the get-go.
You can say so many things that are better than just opening up with "hey". One of my favorites would be to tell him how you saw a dream about him last night.
"I saw a dream about you last night... it was quite intriguing, to say the least :)".
See what's happening here?
Instead of opening up with "hey, what's up" and making the conversation awkward, you immediately jump to a topic that's really flirty.
When the guy answers to the above text, it's going to be super easy to keep the flirty vibe of the conversation going on.
a sporty girl texting
How you open a conversation through text is surprisingly important.
Also, remember to not reveal the dream to the guy. Keep it as a mystery and tease him about it. You can drop little hints here and there about how amazing the dream was but never fully reveal it.
"Well, I don't think you want to know what you did in the dream".
Another great way to open up is just to tease him about something:
"So, what kind of world-changing accomplishments did you achieve today?"
Again, you are immediately jumping into a topic by teasing him since unless you are talking to the president of the United States, he hasn't accomplished anything world-changing that day.
#3 Remember To Be Yourself
When you are talking to an attractive guy, it's very easy to get carried away with trying to be someone who you are not.
For example, if the guy tells you he is into something and you absolutely hate that thing, don't put on an act and pretend to like that thing too.
Believe me when I say that the truth will eventually shine through and this will be especially true when you see him in real life.
Use emojis and GIFs when the time is right but don't overdo it in this department either.
If the guy tells you something that's supposed to be funny, it's fine to send a couple of laughing emojis but please don't spam him with them. He knows you actually aren't laughing on the other side of the screen.
Use This Texting Tool To Know Exactly What To Say To A Guy To Control His Emotions As You Please. (DON'T ABUSE THIS).
#4 Play With His Imagination
Playing with a guy's imagination is surprisingly easy especially through text.
Now, guys are visual creatures but that doesn't necessarily mean that you should send him pictures about your body, especially at the earlier stages of meeting him.
In fact, sending him revealing pictures too early can actually turn him off from you so lay off with the sexy pics at least for now.
Instead, use your words to get his imagination going.
"You can't believe how cold it is under this blanket. I should have worn more than just my underwear".
I guarantee that sending a text like that will get his mind to race especially if you have already established a flirty vibe beforehand.
Texts that play with his imagination are a must when you are trying to flirt through text.
You see, even though he will never admit it, he is going to be thinking of you laying under that blanket now. All you did was send him a short little text and his mind is going completely nuts.
Again, depending on his answer, you can either continue to tease him more or lay off for a while.
Another text you could use if he asks you what you are currently up to:
"Well, I'm trying on the new tops I just bought".
This text looks so innocent on the surface but it will get his dirty mind stimulated. When you stimulate his mind, you build the sexual tension between you two higher.
#5 Be The Right Amount Of Dirty
Okay, if you use the previous tip and texts I mentioned, you need to prepare to get some pretty dirty answers from him.
The trick here is to keep your cool, even if he is the hottest guy in the universe.
When he plays dirty, you play innocent. Switch off the dirty vibe when he starts talking it to you and switch it to a flirty vibe.
Now, you don't want to make him feel embarrassed or anything like that. Instead, answer something innocent to his dirty responses but then add a wink emoji at the end of it so he understands that you are just teasing him even more.
By doing this, you will make him respect you a lot more and you will become ridiculously high value in his eyes.
Why does this happen you might ask? Why shouldn't you just go full-blown sexting mode with him after he gives a small hint?
Because men love to chase.
They need to feel a chase for a girl to get fully attracted to her. They need to feel like they worked hard to get her.
If you give in too easily and you give him what he wants before he has really even tried hard to get it, the fun will be over and he will quickly lose interest.
So, to summarize this tip, constantly flirt with him but only occasionally be dirty with him.
#6 Tease Him... A Lot
Look, guys can be dumb as rocks sometimes. It can feel like they NEVER pick up on the signs you give them.
However, when a girl is very obviously teasing us in a fun way, even us guys will realize that there might be something going on here.
Teasing = flirting so make sure you do it. A lot.
There are multiple ways of doing this.
For example, you can give him a nickname. If he does something that's even remotely interesting, give him a nickname about it.
Let's say he likes to work out and his name is Nick. Instead of calling him Nick, you are going to start calling him "Big Boy" or "Thor".
He will LOVE this, I guarantee it.
Another way you can tease him is just by calling him out on something he did. Now, remember, you need to make sure that you keep a light vibe with this, you don't want to actually insult the guy.
a girl using an iPhone
Be careful when teasing him. You don't want to literally insult him so take account how sensitive he is before you start to tease him hard.
Let's say his phone's autocorrect types something funny to you.
You can say: "oh wow, so I'm not that weird after all".
See what you are doing here? You are teasing him about something he did but you still imply that you yourself are weird too in the sentence. This way, there is no way the guy isn't going to be offended by this and the flirty and teasing vibe will just keep on building.
Then you can carry on with this and combine the nickname you gave him with the "insult" you said to him. Start calling him a "weird Thor".
Now, these are obviously just imaginary texts I'm making up from my head but situations like this will occur constantly in your conversations so make sure to take advantage of them and use these examples as inspiration.
#7 Try To Hint Him To Ask You Out
Now, to be honest, this should be your goal all along. To go out with him.
When you text a guy too much without ever making a move on him, you can get friendzoned rather easily.
Now, in this case, "making a move" would be to start dropping hints at him that indicate you would like to go out with him.
This is especially important if you two have never met and don't know in real life.
Obviously, you shouldn't be too direct about this but once you have built up enough sexual tension with him, he will be more than willing to go out with you.
You could start dropping hints by saying something like this:
"The new Fast & Furious movie is coming out soon, I've waited so long to see it" or "Did you hear they opened up a new sushi place around the corner? I heard it's amazing".
See what you are doing here?
You are strongly hinting at wanting to go out with him but you aren't directly telling it to him. If you have flirted with him enough up to this point, he should pick these hints up and ask you out.
However, if he doesn't, you are going to do it yourself. Read my article on how to ask a guy out over text here.
#8 Don't Be Always Available
Even if you actually aren't very busy, don't let the guy immediately in on this by texting him 24/7 every day.
As I previously mentioned, in order for him to get attracted to you, he needs to feel that chase for you.
He won't really be feeling much of a chase if you answer to his texts within 5 seconds every time.
In fact, he will start to think that you don't have a life at all and that your day doesn't consist of anything else but sitting by your phone and waiting for him to text you. Obviously, not a very attractive look for you.
So, the trick to maintaining his excitement and chase for you is to space out your answers to him.
a woman texting in a coffee shop
You should sometimes take your time when replying to him.
Now, there isn't any specific time you need to wait every time you reply to him. Sometimes you can take a minute, sometimes 20 minutes, and sometimes a couple of hours.
Another trick you can use is to mirror what he is doing.
If he is always super fast to reply, you can be pretty fast too. If he always takes at least 20-minutes to respond to you, you should most definitely not always reply quickly.
However, remember to not make this obvious. What I mean by this is to not set a timer every time he responds so you know exactly what the correct time for you to text him is. That's not what this tip is about.
If he picks up that you are purposefully taking your time to answer him, he will start to wonder where he has screwed up even though he hasn't.
#9 Drop Compliments Here And There
Guys don't get complimented enough. Ask any guy about this and he might not verbally agree but trust me, inside he has never agreed on any fact more.
So, how do you do this without sounding cheesy?
You actually mean your compliments and you give them out when it's appropriate.
For example, if your crush is a really skinny guy, don't tell him how amazingly muscular his body is. He knows he is not muscular and he knows that you are only saying this to make him feel better about himself.
Instead, find something that's actually worth complimenting in him. If he has a really unique eye color, for example, tell it to him and compliment him for it.
Find things that you actually like about him and tell them to him when you feel like the time is appropriate.
Remember to not overdo this. One compliment a week is more than you need.
Been texting this cute guy for a while already but nothing has really ever come out of it because I’ve had no idea what I’m supposed to say or do to flirt with him. After getting the full system Amy teaches and following it to the tee, I can safely say that I’ve never gotten as much attention from him! I’m quite sure he will ask me out just within the upcoming days!
Wow! Super happy to hear that!
You just changed my life… There has been this guy I’ve been talking to for a few weeks and FOR THE LIFE OF ME I have not been able to figure out WHY he took so long to respond always and why he “pulled away” so to speak…
It even got to the point where I was ready to give up hope on him and just move on but after stumbling upon this article and learning the full texting system, he came back and APOLOGIZED for his behavior!! Much love to you Isabella I’m so grateful that you shared this!
I’m so happy and honored to hear that this made such an impact on your life! Much love to you too! 🙂
A guy that has been ignoring me and been really mean to me just came back to apologize after I used Amy’s texting advice on him!! And I REJECTED him I feel so proud (maybe I’m a bit evil haha) Thank you and I’ll definitely use this in the future on someone actually worthy of me!
Really brought a smile to my face! Good on you for being able to reject him and I’m sure you’ll find someone that’s the right fit for you with some more time!
WORKED!
Happy for you Katie!
Easily the most effective thing I’ve ever found regarding not only texting guys but the whole dating process in general!
Yup! I’ve read countless books and watched courses on the topic and nothing compares to Amy’s advice!
He is probably confused about his own emotions… You are in a super critical situation so I highly recommend you take notes from the link I embedded above!
super effective!
It really is!
This just saved me from complete depression… I’ve been ghosted by guys so many times it’s not even funny and I’ve always thought that it was something I just have to “deal with”. NOT ANYMORE!
Super happy for you Mia! Keep it up!
For anyone reading this, you NEED to learn Amy’s texting system. I can’t even begin to tell you how much my life has changed for the better in the last 2 weeks since stumbling upon this article…
Super happy to hear that Madison!!