Australian. I don’t but a few of my female friends do. If a straight guy sent me one, it’d be weird.
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.?
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.
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.
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…
Bingo.
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.
American - never heard of this.
A lot of text messaging is back and forth - is it EVERY line?
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hey, pick up some milk x
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Sure, should I get a quart or gallon ? x
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Gallon, and if you could get some papertowels? x
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Okay, I have a coupon for Bounty x
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Sounds good x
That seems like it would get on my nerves!
I don’t text, but if I did I would definitely not use “kisses.” Jesus.
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.
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.
American, never heard of such a thing.
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.
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
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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.
I love that such a silly little thing angers you.
No, WTF? British, but I moved to the US long before mobile phones became common.
Never heard of it.
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.