People who always send emojis have sex more often

My most used emoji is by far the one that laughs with tears streaming down. Because let's be honest: that one can fit at the end of any sentence, right?

Sometimes I send a whole row of them, just to make the joke nice and clear. Or to show that I can appreciate someone else's joke. Or when I don't know what else to say. That's also a solution. And besides, I love the ghost. It just screams OMG and I love it. ‘The sun is shining OMG.’ ‘I feel like having a bar of white Tony’s OMG.’ After six months, I slept through the night thanks to my lovely little boys and their pacifiers OMG OMG OMG.

It makes a message a bit looser, a bit more relaxed. And so we use, young and old, all day long emojis. And it turns out to be a good choice, because research shows that people who send a lot of blushing faces and cheeky monkeys have more dates than others. And not only that: singles who use a lot of emojis in their apps also have sex more often than people who simply end their messages with a period. Or with nothing. So boring. So old-fashioned.

The study involved 5300 people aged between 18 and 94 years old. After all, you are never too old to date. Of all these people, 38 percent say they never use an emoji (I could possibly add a ghost here). And 2.5 percent use more than one in every message. Most people never use one, and about a quarter of people just use one occasionally. I might belong to that 2.5 percent. Oops. The reasons people use emojis is that they make their text a bit more personal and sound a little nicer. A no, with a yellow and purple heart and six rainbows behind it is still a cozier no.

Make sure to look for your favorite emoji. It turns out that frequently sending emojis is linked to having more sex. And more sex partners. Apparently, those sarcastic tears and winks are quite popular in the world of singles. More often than people who never send an emoji, the emoji fans have successful dates. That end up in bed, yes. In short, if you're still hanging solo on the couch, you know what to do. Peacocks, avocados, palm trees: just send it all to your half Tinder list. Who knows, it might lead to a nice love. Once it's official, you can send each other those ghosts. ‘Shall we eat a piece of brie on the couch tonight or pick up that pita garlic sauce with shawarma at the corner?’ ‘Yessss, garlic sauce OMG OMG OMG.’.