- All right Alex, nice to meet you.
I hear there's a guy who says he's interested in you,
but his text messages just don't add up.
- Yes, I met him when I was staying in Dallas
about five, six years ago.
We were texting, Facetiming on a regular basis.
He would make plans all the time, never come through,
and after a while, I just got tired of it
and I cut him off!
So, now I've moved to LA.
I went back to Dallas for my birthday
and he saw I was coming back in town.
So, of course, he started back texting me
trying to make plans.
I invited him to my birthday party and he never showed up.
- OK, did he give you a reason why he
didn't show up for the birthday party?
- Well, I heard from him two days later
he didn't have a valid excuse and he tried to
make plans again and he still didn't come through.
- All right, let's take a look at these texts
and see what he said.
OK, at 8:36 AM, he texts you, "Good morning."
You replied with three straight-faced emojis.
(laughing)
He said, "I know, I know, shake my head,"
with a sad face emoji.
Then you text, "Ur full of it."
Then he said, "Let's catch a movie tonight.
"I need to make it up to you."
And he put a praying emoji.
Oh, he gon' bring the Lord into this?
(laughing)
You replied, "Shake my head, there's nothing at
"the movies to watch."
So he replied, "Then have a drink with me.
"It'll be worth it."
Then you asked, "What time," with a straight face emoji.
- It's like what time, OK.
- He said eight, then you replied,
"I'll believe it when I see it."
Then he said, "Imma show you somethin'.
"Talk is cheap, remember."
Then you replied, "Ur surely right because that's
"definitely all you be doing," with a rolling eye emoji.
Hell, I can't help you 'cause I don't know
what these damn symbols mean.
(laughing)
OK, did you end up going out with him late at night
that night for drinks?
- No!
After we text earlier, I didn't hear from him at all
and so, I text him around like 7:30.
- Oh OK, 7:37, you text,
"Exactly full of --"
(audience laughing)
He replied, "I just got to my crib.
"Pull up."
(audience shouting)
Your response, two straight faced emojis.
(laughing)
OK, I'm assuming you didn't go over to his house.
- Of course not!
'Cause you can't keep making plans
and then ask me to come over.
Like, no. (applause)
So then, I end up Facetiming him
and he didn't answer and he sent a text message.
- You told him talk is cheap.
- [Alex] Mm-hm.
- Remember that?
- Mm-hm.
- Well, let me tell ya something,
texting is even cheaper.
See, texting is cheaper.
What I want you to help you do is
you gotta get off this hamster wheel with these guys
with this texting.
Grown men talk.
Grown men want to talk. (applause)
Now you're young.
But, you wanna be in a grown folk relationship.
Your relationship with these guys
should be of value.
Treat it as a business.
Get outta the texting world with these guys.
All right, this all make sense to you?
- Yes, it does.
- That's the first thing.
You datin' a man who does what from now on?
- That is a man of his word.
- All right, Alex, thank you very much.
Good luck to you.
(applause) - Thank you.
- When we come back, I'm gon' help another woman
decode the meaning behind a man's text.
You don't wanna miss it, so stay with us everybody.
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