Why WhatsApp conversations with that new fling are always awkward

Huh, but wait a minute. What does he mean? Why is he online all the time and then gone again? What kind of cat-and-mouse game is this? Sometimes men argue with us on WhatsApp without even realizing it. Enter: the female brain is working overtime and is coming up with all worst-case scenarios out of insecurity.

What they mean with all those unfriendly and vague messages? Usually just uh, this.

What he writes: ‘Yeah, fine’
What you think: oh fuck. I did something wrong. He is angry. This is not good.
What he means: Absolutely fine!

What he writes: ‘Ok’
What you think: Ok? Ok? This sounds ANYTHING BUT OK.
What he means: Absolutely fine!

What he writes: ‘Babe, I don't have time for a moment’
What you think: no time... for me... do you mean?

What he means: I want to take the time for you and I'm just too busy right now, or: nah, I really don't see you at all, sorry. Well, that one can also apply.

What he writes: nothing, but he is online and doesn't respond to your message.

What you think: that dirty ass motherfucker. Who is he chatting with?

What he does: thinking very hard about what he is going to send you back.

What he writes: ‘Had a long day and I'm tired. I'm going to bed soon.’
What you think: he is now sooooowieso with that other chick he was chatting with earlier. Pudding dick.

What he thinks: I don't need a detailed evaluation on WhatsApp at the end of every day. I'd rather see you in real life.

What he writes after you asked him if he has feelings: nothing yet, but apparently he has already deleted what he wanted to say three times.
What you think: he is now coming up with a way to say that it's over between us, that it was fun but that he feels nothing, bet?
What he thinks: fuck, how am I going to tell her that I do see ‘us’ without coming off too cheesy?

What he writes: ‘No, never mind, it's not important.’
What you think: I won't die in this life before I know what kind of secret that fucking guy is carrying.
What he thinks: this story is much funnier if I tell her in real life.

What he replies to your sweet sentence: three hearts.
What you think: an um, smiley? He doesn't even send TEXT? This is ALL I get?!
What he thinks: I love her.

Well. A case of Venus and Mars: no one said it was going to be easy.