Article from dating coach James Bauer [1] You pick up your phone and see a text from a guy you really liked who ghosted you last year. Is it an apology? Nope. Is it an explanation? Nope. It’s a “hey” with a string of friendly emojis. What’s that supposed to mean? You pick up your phone and see a text from a guy you went out with last week. He didn’t seem all that interested, so you wrote it off as a loss. Except now he’s texting you, “Wanna netflix and chill?” Did you totally misread the situation? Texting is so confusing. It’s one of the things my clients tell me they struggle with the most. What I tell them is that there’s a reason they’re struggling. Texting wasn’t designed for having conversations. Here’s Why You’re Struggling You’ve probably heard it said that over 90% of communication is nonverbal. This claim comes from body language researcher Albert Mehrabian, who found that we understand a person’s meaning through interpreting: Their nonverbal cues (55%), Thei...