# Do you put kisses at the end of your texts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398 "2010-07-20T22:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/21 "2010-07-21T11:17:12Z")
Australian. I don’t but a few of my female friends do. If a straight guy sent me one, it’d be weird. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/22 "2010-07-21T11:51:24Z")
I don’t do it, would not have known what it meant if someone else did it, have vaguely heard of it as something that 11 year old girls used to do along with 0’s which were hugs (I think?) circa 1964 or thereabouts. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/23 "2010-07-21T11:53:45Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I don’t do it, would not have known what it meant if someone else did it, have vaguely heard of it as something that 11 year old girls used to do along with 0’s which were hugs (I think?) circa 1964 or thereabouts. Wait, haven’t you at least seen it on birthday cards, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/24 "2010-07-21T12:12:18Z")
British - yes to my wife, my mother and a few close female friends/family. Never to male friends (except a couple of times by accident, as it can become something of a reflex when sending a text… hit x, send… d’oh!). Certainly never to business acquaintances. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/25 "2010-07-21T12:23:11Z")
I don’t text. If I were to text, I might do it (might) with a special woman, but I’m getting to an age when that seems kind of - well, not for men of my age. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/26 "2010-07-21T12:26:06Z")
Only to people I’d actually kiss, but the kiss-kiss greeting doesn’t count. I’m Spanish and female. I’m a consultant and have had to explain to a Junior (also Spanish and female) that finishing an apologetic letter to the client with “OOOXXXOOO” is unprofessional. She didn’t even know it was “hugs and kisses” and thought it just meant “'bye”, I explained that “'bye” isn’t professional either… ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/27 "2010-07-21T12:29:55Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > American. I’d assume this was a teenage girl thing, and I wouldn’t have suspected you’d text just about anyone with that. Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/28 "2010-07-21T13:15:55Z")
I’m American and I like being kissed. However, I don’t ever use texting, so I’m completely in the dark about what common texting practices are. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/29 "2010-07-21T14:33:34Z")
American - never heard of this. A lot of text messaging is back and forth - is it EVERY line? - hey, pick up some milk x - Sure, should I get a quart or gallon ? x - Gallon, and if you could get some papertowels? x - Okay, I have a coupon for Bounty x - Sounds good x That seems like it would get on my nerves! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/30 "2010-07-21T14:40:09Z")
I don’t text, but if I did I would definitely not use “kisses.” Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/31 "2010-07-21T16:00:41Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > American - never heard of this. > > A lot of text messaging is back and forth - is it EVERY line? > > - hey, pick up some milk x > > - Sure, should I get a quart or gallon ? x > > - Gallon, and if you could get some papertowels? x > > - Okay, I have a coupon for Bounty x > > - Sounds good x > > That seems like it would get on my nerves! Of course not. It’s not, like a rule that you end a text with a kiss. Just that if you’re sending a friendly text to a loved one, you may well end it with a “kiss”. E.g., I often send a text to my wife along the lines of “Hi hon, hope your day was OK. Just leaving so should be home about 8.30 x” In your example above, maybe the last line would get an x but the rest wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/32 "2010-07-21T16:06:36Z")
I’ve been signing off friendly emails with “xo” for years now and frequently do the same thing when wrapping up text messages. American. Had no idea I was such an outlier. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/33 "2010-07-21T16:22:28Z")
American, never heard of such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/34 "2010-07-21T16:25:46Z")
I don’t text but if I did I wouldn’t out kisses. It seems just like putting hearts over your i’s when writing - teenage girl nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/35 "2010-07-21T16:29:38Z")
Canadian. It’s long been a tradition here, but only to family members or SO’s. I usually do three, they come under my name, and the only person who receives them is my SO. I don’t text, but I do e-mail, so I’ll do them there, as well as in notes, for example, if I go out while she’s out and I have to leave some sort of note on the kitchen table telling her about something that she should know about, do, etc. For example: Hi \*\*\*\*\*, Out for a walk. I’ll grab some meat for supper while I’m out. Love, * * * XXX . ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/36 "2010-07-21T16:30:30Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > American - never heard of this. > > A lot of text messaging is back and forth - is it EVERY line? > > - hey, pick up some milk x > > - Sure, should I get a quart or gallon ? x > > - Gallon, and if you could get some papertowels? x > > - Okay, I have a coupon for Bounty x > > - Sounds good x > > That seems like it would get on my nerves! With some people it’s such habit that they would do it every time. I’d probably only do it for the first and last texts. ‘Hey, pick up some milk’ looks curt to my British eyes. ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/37 "2010-07-21T16:31:48Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I don’t text, but if I did I would definitely not use “kisses.” Jesus. 😃 I love that such a silly little thing angers you. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/38 "2010-07-21T16:32:31Z")
No, WTF? British, but I moved to the US long before mobile phones became common. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/39 "2010-07-21T16:36:10Z")
Never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398/40 "2010-07-21T16:38:18Z")
Depending on who it is, I will put “xoxo” after a text. I do that when emailing or hand writing a note to someone as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398.md?page=3)