"hey"
Bare-minimum effort. They're testing if you'll carry the entire conversation.
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Bare-minimum effort. They're testing if you'll carry the entire conversation.
Bored. Scrolling. You're tab number five. Late-night version = hookup ping.
No labels. No commitment. Sex on the table. Ghost incoming.
Booty call. No subtext. Reply or don't.
They told you the truth upfront. Believe them the first time.
Sex, dressed up as hospitality.
Polite stall. Move on without drama.
Soft no. They won't.
Either real recognition — or the opening line in every fuckboy / fuckgirl manual.
Sex. With a streaming subscription as alibi.
All the perks of a relationship. None of the responsibility.
Could be genuine. Could also mean: stay available, I won't commit. Watch the calendar.
I want intimacy without responsibility. Decide if that works for you.
Bitter. Past wound talking. Run unless you signed up for unpaid therapy.
Compliment with a request: be the emotional dumping ground.
Timeline pressure flag. They want speed — or want you to back off. Either way: clarify now.
Could be true. Often used to fast-forward intimacy without the work.
Polite acknowledgement. Not interest. The conversation is dying.
Compliment with no follow-through plan. Vibe-check, nothing more — yet.
Vague forever-soon. Pin a day or stop bringing it up.
They do. Often. The line is the routine.
Plans without plans. Translation: hookup.
They want runway without commitment in return. Set a private deadline.
Loaded screening test. Don't perform — be consistent.
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