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The Tulip šŸŒ·


I was talking with a good friend this morning when I realized how significant emojis had become in my texting life. This was especially true in my last relationship. I remember how once weā€™d begun the descent into separation and were treading on unsteady ground, Iā€™d often make it mean something if he would put a purple heart at the end of his message and how my body would tense up when he didnā€™t.

Itā€™s funny how much power a little symbol can have. Can you relate?

My friend mentioned how she has trained some of the men in her life to use emojis. Letā€™s face it, men can tend to be one-word wonders when it comes to communicating. The male species is wired for the ā€˜bottom lineā€™ as it were and the ā€˜bottom lineā€™ is generally pretty simple.

Emojis can be a great way to bridge the divide between men and women. For instance, when I receive a one-word message from a man without an emoji like a heart or some flowers in response to something Iā€™ve said, I might have a hard time clearly understanding what he means. However, when he adds a heart-- especially that coveted purple heart,šŸ’œ and flowers, šŸ’ it softens the sparseness of the communication.