UK: xxxx and xoxo; which do I use?

Are there any girls that don't use kisses? I don't think I can find one on my facebook that doesn't.

Thanks! I will at least certainly avoid using "xxx"



It does, but it's so much more common here than xx or x. I think it's because here x has a negative connotation normally. Still, I'll change it up when dealing with British friends. I don't want them thinking I'm ending my emails with a silly face for some unexplained reason!

everyone knows what xoxo means

i personally have a bizarre system tho
x = i'm pissed off with you
xx = i've just met you
xxx = i've met you a few times but don't know you
xxxxx = you're a friend
xxxxxx = you're a close friend / i fancy you
any more than 6xs = you're one of my best friends and i'm uber excited about what you just said / you need cheering up

loads of people use tonnes of x's. just depends on how enthusiastic you want to be. its pretty common to get at the end of a message


using a single x (unless you've only written a short message to them or dont know them very well) is pretty rude. if i did it to a friend they'd assume something was wrong with us, more than me not putting anything at all.

and a lot of the time with a girlfriend i wont bother with x's as its just tedious to shove it on the end of every message. i'll just put a load on the last one i send her

and most people in the uk know what xo means. either way i imagine you'll just slip into using what your friends here start using. you'll get used to it soon enough

I very rarely leave kisses at the end of texts and when I do its normally one or two. Do all my friends think I hate them?

Lol at the system

I didn't know what 'xoxo' was until a couple of months ago

XOXO just smacks of Gossip Girl reject to me, simply because that's the only time I've really heard it used here. Most of the time I'll use two or three kisses to sign of an email or text. It's a matter of preference though; most people will know what you mean either way.