5 Texting Tips That Lead to Better Dates | Rewind
Love Life With Matthew Hussey
Matthew Hussey
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Texting can make or break the early stages of dating. One message can create excitement . . . while another can stall things completely.
In this episode, Matthew shares 5 practical texting tips designed to help you move promising conversations toward real-life dates.
From playful ways to spark intrigue to subtle shifts that build emotional connection, these strategies help you avoid the common patterns that keep people stuck in endless texting without real progress.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Matthew Hussey with the Love Life podcast. |
| 0:07.5 | Thank you so much for being here. |
| 0:09.3 | I think you're going to enjoy this clip. |
| 0:10.6 | It's a classic from the archives. |
| 0:12.5 | Check it out and I'll speak to you at the end of the episode. |
| 0:19.9 | Number one, you send him a message that says, I'm craving our conversation. |
| 0:24.9 | Here's what this message does. |
| 0:27.8 | You've snuck into his day and jolted him out of whatever he's doing right now to bring |
| 0:33.6 | him into the moment with you. |
| 0:34.9 | It wasn't small talk, hey, how you doing? |
| 0:37.0 | What you're up to, |
| 0:37.6 | how's your day going? You just jumped straight into something meaningful and you've paid a |
| 0:42.1 | unique compliment to the dynamic you have with him. Number two, ahem. Why haven't you asked me |
| 0:48.3 | to see the new Blade Runner yet? This message is adorably demanding in a playful way. |
| 0:55.0 | It's vulnerable on one hand. |
| 0:57.0 | You know, you are saying, I want to do this with you. |
| 1:00.0 | It's also slightly unreasonable because he didn't even necessarily know that you wanted to see that film. |
| 1:05.0 | In fact, I would say this message works better if he didn't even know you wanted to do that thing. |
| 1:10.0 | And you're being up front about |
| 1:12.5 | what you want you're putting the ball in his court and saying hey mister invite me on this date |
| 1:19.3 | please mistake number one playing games about when to text back now let's say Monkey receives a text. |
| 1:28.3 | Huh, it's from George. |
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