Do you put kisses at the end of texts & emails to male friends?

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I am married but I have equal number of close male and female friends. I put love and kisses at the end of all my emails and texts to them. I love my friends! However it seems some women think it is inappropriate to put love and kisses in a text or email to a man, that apparently men take it the wrong way.

This has to be nonsense, what do you think?

Hmmm most of my male friends (brother inc) are gay, and I do. One very close not gay male mate, I might put one, but usually we only text about meeting up.
An old friend of my bf's sent him a message over fb one night saying "blah blah the old days, talking about you tonight, miss you xxxxxx". I was NOT impressed. Aside from knowing there is nothing there, I think it was totally inappropriate on her part - I would never do that to someones OH.
I checked I wasnt over reacting with a female mate whose DH Id been friends with before they got together. Yep, she'd have hit the roof.

Sorry tangent there a bit!

I've only ever used them like MarathonMan- where I would give a hug or hand squeeze in RL.

Usually only use them for DH and on occasion, ds1.

I have noticed, though, that my younger friends sprinkle them liberally about their texts, so maybe it's an age thing...

I do

God, I am irritated by this naff habit. All of my friends do it.

i.e. 'Are you going to the gym? x' Wtf with the kiss? I never reciprocate, but they keep on coming.

I do it all the time and I agree, it is like a very naff punctuation mark. I wish I could stop but I worry that my friends are now so used to it that they would think I had a problem with them if I didn't end with a kiss. It's hard being a people-pleaser, y'know?

I don't do it on texts, but I am likely to on the end of an email, especially if it's a long, chatty email.

Had a horrible feeling I'd done it to my director the other day (discussing something that wasn't directly work-related, so wasn't fully in work-brain.) Was relieved to see when I checked the mail I hadn't.

No.

No, I do not do it. Even if it preserves your personality, I would still be aware who I send it to. I don't think I have done that for a long time...

No not to a friend, he may get the wrong idea.

I always put at least one kiss on emails and especially Facebook or other social media posts to friends and family. It's kind of a habit I have gotten into. I also do it in emails to my parents etc. It's hard to remember when I'm sending an email for business purposes to stop multself putting a kiss or two at the end. Once I put it in an email to a supplier of my company and he thought I was hooking onto him. It turned out he was gay and he started making advances on me. In the end I told him I was straight and had a 7 year old child and I wasn't interested at which point he quickly backed off. So, yes.. I line my kisses but in the wrong context they can be dangerous. Use with caution. I tend to put a generic smiley face at the end instead of a kiss! :-)

Texts, only DH gets kisses. Emails, all friends who I love get "T x" (initial changed to protect the innocent). Unfortunately, it has become such a habit, I have to stop myself doing it at work. I'm a very professional professional FFS. T x

TBF I live overseas so emails tend to be long and like letters. I don't do it as in: "Coffee? T x".

No I hate it. People have started doing it at work ffs. I don't want your kisses. I don't want to kiss you metaphorically, symbolically or for real. Stop kissing me just stop it. Who started it?

I'm another kisser.

But not kisses for everyone since I had the same discussion with a group of male and female work mates. I try and hold back.

The males decided that the wives would be happy if it was ME sending a kiss after a message or whatever because I am happily married and have kids etc, but not for my single friend to send a kiss because it meant she was on the lookout for a husband! (male viewpoint!!!)

But I still can't NOT put a kiss to most friends. I struggle too to leave them off work emails!

Always do, and so does pretty much everyone I email, TBH.

In text or chat, usually do but not if messages are going back and forth, just on the "sign off" one.

MissMillbanke that really bad me laugh

My good friends, yes I do