GUESTBREAKER: Your Use Of Emoticons Don’t get me wrong - I consider myself an open-minded girl. I once kept dating a guy who clapped when he laughed, for goodness sake. But there is something about the use of emoticons in texting that makes me simultaneously think of myself as a 12 year old girl when AOL instant messenger first became popular and my nearly 60 year old mother when she first started texting, LOL! These thoughts are not a good thing to be associated with if you are a man who wants to get in my pants. While I have been known to let the occasional emoticon slide by unchallenged, last year I learned my breaking point. Greg, a young man with excellent taste in beer and music, who was by far the most bad ass, most tattooed guy I’ve ever dated, became disappointed when I was busy and couldn’t hang out. His response? “Aw, frowny face.” Yeah, sorry, I just threw up in my mouth. GOOD BYE. A Guest Dealbreaker written by Lauren M. Bentlage.

GUESTBREAKER: Your Use Of Emoticons

Don’t get me wrong - I consider myself an open-minded girl. I once kept dating a guy who clapped when he laughed, for goodness sake. But there is something about the use of emoticons in texting that makes me simultaneously think of myself as a 12 year old girl when AOL instant messenger first became popular and my nearly 60 year old mother when she first started texting, LOL! These thoughts are not a good thing to be associated with if you are a man who wants to get in my pants. While I have been known to let the occasional emoticon slide by unchallenged, last year I learned my breaking point. Greg, a young man with excellent taste in beer and music, who was by far the most bad ass, most tattooed guy I’ve ever dated, became disappointed when I was busy and couldn’t hang out. His response? “Aw, frowny face.” Yeah, sorry, I just threw up in my mouth. GOOD BYE.

A Guest Dealbreaker written by Lauren M. Bentlage.