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Gen Z woman floored by 35-year-old man’s text after first date
By News.com.au,
25 days ago
“Is he a bad texter, or is he over 35?”
Elizabeth Castaldi, a popular US creator, has sparked a viral discussion about the generation gap in texting when it comes to dating.
Castaldi, 27, recently went on a date with a 35-year-old man and she was baffled by the text he sent her the next day.
“Hey, had fun last night. Have a good day,” the man texted.
Then, in true Generation Z fashion , Castaldi took that private message, screenshotted it and posted it online, where it has amassed more than 500,000 views.
Elizabeth Castaldi, a popular US creator, wondered if the text she received after her date was due to their age difference. tiktok/@yogiinpinkk
She added the caption: “I have to start dating people my own age. But I won’t.”
Castaldi’s confusion at the text message firmly divided the comment section.
Some thought she was being accurate and he was texting like a millennial , while others thought she was being unfair and the text she received wasn’t out of the ordinary.
“I’m confused how is this bad?” one person asked.
Castaldi replied that she didn’t have the “ick” by his formal text message, but his millennial texting style made her unable to tell if he wanted to see her again.
Castaldi, 27, went on a date with a 35-year-old man. instagram/elizabethannecastaldi
“Let’s be clear, I do not have the ick. I just can’t read him and I really, really want to go on a second date,” she wrote.
Someone else replied and said the problem with the 35-year-old’s text is that it was too sterile.
“I just think it’s ridiculous that we’re sitting here [criticizing] this simple yet nice text. Would you prefer exclamation points and emojis? Like they’re grown adults,” he argued.
Lots of people were in favor of his formal texting style.
“If he texts like my dad, it is a green flag,” one claimed.
“This is the text you send when you’re not trying to simp too much at first,” another wrote.
“I bet it took him hours to come up with this,” one joked.
Other men were commenting on the video to ask for advice on how to text their dates better.
The post of his text got 500,000 views on TikTok. tiktok/@yogiinpinkk
It had just come to their attention that Gen Z women don’t understand formal written text messages with zero abbreviations.
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