--- --- # Watch Little Girls Give Grown Men Advice About Texting Women ## Video: How I Learned About Sex [Watch (HLS stream): How I Learned About Sex](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5AudUKuq.m3u8) (3:38)  _Published 2014-11-10. Dr. Ruth and others share their stories_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 4, 2015 3:33 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 4, 2015 3:33 PM UTC In a video produced by Cosmopolitan.com, adult men sit on a couch and ask young girls for advice on what to text adult women. Advice ranges from potential buzzkills like “I love you” to “tell her she’s pretty!” or compliment the girl’s hair. By watching little kids give basic advice, viewers are presumably supposed to learn that everyone is overthinking text messages and that people should just say what they feel whenever they want. Kids just tell it like it is, and maybe more men and women who are dating should embrace their inner child. Watch Little Girls Give Grown Men Advice About Texting Women ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4023033/cosmopolitan-men-text-women-girls-advice-tinder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4023033/cosmopolitan-men-text-women-girls-advice-tinder/"},"headline":"Watch Little Girls Give Grown Men Advice About Texting Women","datePublished":"2015-09-04T15:33:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:10.136Z","description":"\"Am I being too desperate?\"","url":"https://time.com/4023033/cosmopolitan-men-text-women-girls-advice-tinder/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family & Relationships"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4023033/cosmopolitan-men-text-women-girls-advice-tinder/","name":"Watch Little Girls Give Grown Men Advice About Texting Women"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How I Learned About Sex","description":"Dr. Ruth and others share their stories","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5AudUKuq/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-10T16:10:43.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5AudUKuq.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4023033/cosmopolitan-men-text-women-girls-advice-tinder/","duration":"PT3M38S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4023033/cosmopolitan-men-text-women-girls-advice-tinder/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```