Women share screenshots of the replies they received after asking out their crushes
A British dating expert asked women to share screenshots of the replies they received after asking their crushes out on a date. The results were both heartwarming and mildly depressing.
Dating blogger Oloni asked her followers to conduct an experiment by asking out the person they fancy, and tweeting a screenshot of their response.
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One crush replied immediately to say they'd love to.
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Another lucky texter admitted she didn't know what to say after her crush said yes to her request.
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🙈 .
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Some of the requests didn't quite go to plan, though.
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And some of the responses were quite depressing.
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One didn't even get a reply. How rude.
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Ah, you win some you lose some!
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
