If a guy sent it... it isn't loaded with lots of double meanings intended for you to mull on it for hours trying to work out the depths of meaning. I use "take care" all the time... buit I guess most particularly at the end of a phone discussion to my mum!.. that is, to the people I love and care about!

Women think far too much, trying to interpret spoken words. Jeese, its no wonder so many husbands sit and watch tele, switch off their hearing aides and say "yes dear".

Which reminds me.. why did the blonde wear condoms on her ears? So she didnt get hearing aides. Meah... yeah.. probably not the funniest blonde joke. Sorry.

Stalky

i use take care all the time

iv never seen it as any sort of ending

i just want that person to be careful...as in take care

the way i see it is if they dont take care...then iv lost them

roxy xxx

Take care in my books would mean ' be well but be gone from my life'.

I don't think you read anything other than the true intent in the message.

Take care

Have a good week

Thanks for a great night

That was fukin' hot! (hehe)

....they are all just phrases that men use to show their gratitude.  In my opinion anyway.

What you perhaps wanted was confirmation that he still wants to stay in touch with you.  

Be patient...he may just need time to clear his mind and process the awesome few days you had together.

All is not lost xxminxx!

Jx

Have to agree with stalky.  Generalising of course but most of us guys dont think how something we say will be interpreted before we say it so depending what  the rest of the message said he probably just means what he says " take care".   

If he is the average type of guy he was more likely to be just thinking at the time was how good your boobs looked and judging by your profile pic what a nice ass u have.

Give it a bit of time and maybe call or have a chat online with him and then make a judgement.  Remember you had a fun weekend so he probably did too.  

Scott

Well I got a "can't wait to see you again real soon"...

Now it has been 2 days and no call or sms....And we only had a lovely 3 hr lunch and a walk around town talking getting to know each other.

So I haven't a clue what men think...lol

Hope he keeps in contact hun and knows how to be a friend.

huggies

sweetpetite41 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Minx,

I'll share a piece of my private world with you but you MUST promise to just keep it between you and I....don't tell anyone else okay ?

I have been known to use the phrase "take care" to test the waters, to see how the guy responds.  I guess it can be a little manipulative of me.  I may just want to see if he bites or not.  If he responds with , "hope to see you soon" then I know he at least (kind of) likes me.  If he responds with "you too" then I know it was probably a fuck and leave situation with no further contact.

If a guy says "take care" to me then I will respond depending on what I thought about him.  If I'm not that interested in him I'd respond with a simple " xxx"  and that's it or a "thanks". That way the balls back in his court.

IF I like the guy I may respond with "thanx HOT ARSE... it was lots of fun...come fuck me again soon" !  I'd then follow up with a saucy photo in a day or two with a "thinking of you" message.  (I can be a little blunt at times !)

mmmm....I think I've just given away half of my Play Book ! 

Good luck,  we all play games. 

Miss Saturn

See .. now that is exactly why men and women can find it hard to communicate. With all those layers of meaning you are applying to things.. if a guy thought for a minute you were going to apply all that baggage onto every word he says.. us dudes would not have acquired the learned gift of speach. Seriously! I dont think I'll ever be able to talk to a woman again. I'm shattered! I mean, I open my mouth and words just fall out... if I have to keep guessing how many layers of meaning you will appply to them and then make sure you only interpret the one I mean.. well.. being the paranoid bugga that I am, I wouldn't be able to say a word! Life and love DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THAT DIFFICULT!... hehe.. I am because I am... there is no need to have a reason why.

Hugs

Stalky

Chick stress less, I would say.

My hubby (Mr H) uses the phrase "Take Care" all the time, generally followed by an "I Love You". Its all how you interpret it and it is 50/50 each way in your case. I dont believe Take Care is a be all end all stick it up ya bum kinda comment. I always interpret it to mean that the person wants me to take care in order for them to be able to see me again. Kind of a self preservation.

Now if he said somthing like "Catchya" or "Seeya", then I would find that to be a goodbye forever.

Fingers crossed for ya hun.

Cheers

Halo

I use it all the time,take care is a heart felt, ( I love you be carefull) my two daughters hear it from me all the time. my freinds, hear it usually followed by a big hug. (take care is just the opposite to never again) it actually means ,i want to see you again and love you so dont do anything stupid. or even my life would be empty without you, so take care.  I hope you talk to your guy soon hes probably fretting.     take care love, as life is pressious. ,

Exactly Hermes. That is how men who actually use "take care" think.

Hugs

stalky

Hey there minx.

Think you're reading too much into it.

Come to Qld and we'll take care of you and show you the positive side which will not leave you in any doubt!!

Cheers.

J & J

Whenever I text someone "Take Care", it is a follow up to a previous text whiCh usually says "I know where you live".

It's not a 'goodbye' - more of a 'see you soon'.   Unless one of those crappy restraining orders get in the way. 

PS - Could have been predictive text gone haywire - maybe he  meant

"Take Base."

Oh shit... now everyone's going to overanalyse what he means by that!!

Hmmm let me see..... I wonder will I ever see her again? I better ask the RHP forums.. they'll know.

Message one.....

"I hate your stinking guts. You make me vomit. You are the scum between my toes. I gotta go back to Alaska for now. Take care."

Message Two......

"That was the best weekend of my life. I adore the way you do that thing you do with your digit finger and a mango seed. You spin me round now baby, right round... I gotta go back to Alaska for now, Take care."

Hugs Stalky

Damn. Maybe I should have asked Jean. *shrugs*

I think people read too much into words and their meaning.

Take care can mean so much depending on the tone it's said in and the exact circumstance. when it's written as opposed to spoken you can't pickup the tone easily so it's easily misunderstood.  I think xxminxx is too hung up on things and regardless of if they guy contacts her again, if she really did feel the way she says then why doesn't she make the first move and contact him?

For me - I use "take care" as a sign of positive affection for those that I have some feeling for to indicate I want them to be well and hope to chat to them again soon...

Anyway - that's my 20c worth

Wayne

My hubby says 'cheers' at the end of almost every conversation, whether it be spoken or in writing - it doesn't mean he wants to have a drink with everyone.

For me personally, I wouldn't read anything in 'take care' apart from the fact that they want you to take care.

Holy cow!! And..reading the replies of our esteemed forum

colleagues..what the fcuk am I doing wrong??

Strictly rhetorical question thank you very much....lol

hehe... good one Lippy! You are so right. I feel lucky if they ask me my name, let alone txt me... Im in raptuers if they text me back. lol.. Damb those technology failures... hehe.. txt msg is such an unreliable means of communication... most of my txts don't get delivered... I mean I'm just too sexay to be ignored so that has to be it.

Hugs

Stalky

Still waiting for your txt Stalky!

It has to be my phone....technological issues for sure! lol

BUT...I'm wondering why one would be overly concerned

with the meaning of a couple of words when...one's

enounter comes with 'no strings attached' conditions.

Regardless of pre bonk seduction & post coital afterglow chit chat?

Correct me if Im wrong..hardly likely but it has been known

to happen, that no strings means....just that...or is it another

case of when no means yes or yeah but no??

Oh the games we 'grown-ups' play....

Anna.... :-)

Yeah, truth is it gets me down sometimes Lippy. This is one reason why, if I were to have them, I'd much prefer completely anonymous sexual encounters... which if it works then great.. and if not then saying "next" in someone's face doesn't leave stress and tension for ages, with troops rallying to their opposing sides. There's nothing "free love" about it when there is a heightened sense of expectation and attitude involved. All of these flirts and RHP messages and little MSN conversations and private chats and text messages and phone calls do nothing but increase expectations so a No strings Attached encounter is a fallacy... Fallacy? You hear me, right? It's no wonder the darling minxy is perched by the phone pouring over every word of every text. It's not  "no strings" and could never be... unless almost a completely anonymous chance encounter, like in a sex club or somewhere.

Anyway... that's not funny. So where was I? Oh yeah.. checking out Taipan's profile.

Hugs

Stalky

As the male i always use Take Care from a guy it doesnt say at all its a final good bye its just like take care till i see you again wishing you safe

n&m

Gee, where have I read that before? You repeating yourself ole man?...lol

I'm boycotting all NSA profiles now...Im confused enough as it is....

Actually I wrote this one first.. and then thought it should really have it's own thread so yuo can bag me out properly over there instead of hijacking minxy's thread.. cause thats the caring kind of sooki la la that I am. :p

Hugs

Stalky

I would only use "take care" with someone whom was very close to me....family members.....my most beloved.....the people I care about the most....

If this guy wasnt interested in seeing you again or didn't like you there could be 974 different things he could say to fob you off.....anyway....you sounded like you had a great time so I think you are reading too much into it.....from all the guy's replies here....they seem to think it's a genuine "please take care and I hope to see you again"....

I'm sure that's how he meant it.

Chillax !

BadDog.

Thanks to all of you who replied on this thread, interesting to read how many different ways a text can be read.... I DID follow up with the person in question (it would have driven me crazy otherwise lol)... and I am so happy I did... apparently "take care" does mean "take care" and not "goodbye forever"... lol... who woulda thought?

Here's to golden, glorious, sexy, fun days....  

I tell people to take care all the time, and thats all i really mean....To take care.....So make sure you're not reading too much into it... Maybe he thought you were giving him the flick.... Anyways take care

Rockit

LOL.... Well that news certainly should put a dint in Spartanus's confidence. :p

Hugs

Stalky