Have you just come back from a first date and are wondering when you should send your date a text message? You may have found this article after spending some time thinking and deciding to look for advice on the subject.

I can offer my advice on this subject, based on my experiences with situations just like yours. I can tell you how long you should wait before sending a text and what you should include in the message. Hopefully, this advice will help you overcome a potentially awkward situation.

Text messaging is a fairly new phenomenon; it was only introduced about ten years ago, but it’s become a very important method of communication since then.

In the days before texting, most people called a day or two after a date to let their date know that they had a good time. Of course, this is still acceptable, but many prefer to use the quick and easy text message to communicate after a date.

Since the arrival of texting as a major form of communication, the rules around contacting your date have changed. It can be difficult to determine the right course of action for each situation.

I think the best thing to do is send out a short text within 24 hours of your date. You can even send it the same night, but make it a quick one.

When sending this text, make it a light-hearted one – try making a joke about something that happened on the date. You don’t even have to mention that you had fun, since your date will know just by the fact that you sent the message.

This message can start up a conversation in which you can exchange texts in a low-pressure situation. Texting at this time will also keep you in your date’s mind so that you already have a lead-in when you talk on the phone again after the date.

When you make that call in after a day or two has passed, you should have more to talk about because of your interactions in the text messages.

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