17 Texts You Should Never Send a Woman

Get your text game right.

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Text messaging should be viewed like a open field filled with landmines. You're unaware you're encroaching on dangerous territory, and—boom—suddenly you've lost a limb. Or, worse yet, a girlfriend. 

Donna Barnes, relationship expert for ABC News' hit series What Would You Do?, dating advice guru on VH-1's Rock of Love Charm School and author of Giving Up Junk-Food Relationships is here to help you navigate the world's most perplexing medium for communication, and teach you how to avoid the mistakes men most often make when texting. Please, think before you hit send.

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17. A text that is relationship-changing.

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16. A text rejecting her.

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15. Texts at inappropriate hours.

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14. A text to the wrong person.

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13. A text to initiate a booty call.

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12. Texts when you're impaired, angry, sad, or otherwise emotional, or under the influence of any substance.

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11. A text starting an argument.

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10. A text pleading your case.

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9. A text asking for nude selfies.

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8. A text breaking up with her.

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7. No text at all.

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6. A text with just your phone number.

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5. Texts that are vague or confusing.

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4. Texts that require a long response.

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3. A text asking on your first date.

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2. Texts that just says "Hi" or "Hey"

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1. Texts that oversexualize things (particularly early on in the relationship).

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