Why do girls use a winky face in texts and social media?

[historyincognito]

My question is what does mean and why do girls use it?

 

[MehGuy]

Because, they think it makes them more child like.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

I have no idea. It could just be a friendly gesture, a flirty one, or a playful one. I would say it depends on the context of the message with it. Why do guys use them? I have a guy friend who sends me winky faces from time to time. I generally just think of it as a friendly gesture. In other word, I don't read anything into it.

 

[Messy]

I don't know. To me a wink means phiet phiew and for a girl to do that is weird. We did that for fun as kids. Hey psssst wink click aaaaaah.
We have a dating site where you can show your interest by sending a wink but not a normal small wink, no a huge one that fills the page. One man put in his profile: please women don't wink at me, I hate that.
So I just had to. Hahahahaha childish behavior.

 

[axydavid]

I have no idea. It could just be a friendly gesture, a flirty one, or a playful one. I would say it depends on the context of the message with it. Why do guys use them? I have a guy friend who sends me winky faces from time to time. I generally just think of it as a friendly gesture. In other word, I don't read anything into it.

Trust me, he totally wants you!

 

[Owlette]

I have no idea. It could just be a friendly gesture, a flirty one, or a playful one. I would say it depends on the context of the message with it. Why do guys use them? I have a guy friend who sends me winky faces from time to time. I generally just think of it as a friendly gesture. In other word, I don't read anything into it.

I second this. I think it's just a friendly or playful gesture. Sometimes I add them just simply because it's hard to express yourself in text, and adding one makes a message seem friendlier. I wouldn't read into it beyond that.

 

[Tess]

Well it depends on the context. Obviously!

 

[anewman1993]

Wait is this something only girls do? I'm a guy and I use it fairly often. Basicly to show that I'm joking. Sarcasm is hard in text form and it helps.

EX: "Ya I'm sure your going to fail that test" vs "ya I'm sure your going to fail that test "

Thought typically I use more than

 

[Faithfulandtrue]

sometimes I do by accident when I push the wrong button on my phone for the eye or forget to push the shift key on mycomputer. end result is a instead of a normal

 

[MiniEmu]

I'm flirting .
Or joking .
Or throwing it in as a sort of "let's chill out and stop taking everything so seriously, please" .
Or as a response to something that I'm not entirely sure how to respond to, but I'm fairly sure it's either a joke/flirting attempt .
Sometimes I just use it as a sort of "you know what I mean" type thing .

I don't know. A lot of girls love their emoticons. Myself included. Sometimes I think I throw them in just because we're having a textual conversation and I feel like my face is being too expressive for words alone. My face wants in on the conversation, and that leads to emoticons all over the place.

 

[kittysbecute]

They got something in their eye and are trying to get it out.

Or.. they just made a joke or they are flirting. Or both.

 

[axydavid]

So basically if you wanna be safe don't wink!

 

[JuiceBoxxed]

My question is what does mean and why do girls use it?

It means there is something more to, or behind a statement than face value. That could be a flirt, or joke or some other semi hidden meaning.
So there is really no set answer to your question, and girls use it for the same reason boys do.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

Trust me, he totally wants you!

 

[historyincognito]

Why would my brother's girlfriend use it when she talks to me over Facebook? I kinda of wondering about that.

 

[Saucy]

Maybe she has a plank in her eye? I'd just focus on the splinter in my own first.

 

[historyincognito]

I don't know you mean that has nothing to do with the conversation.

 

[Saucy]

I don't know you mean that has nothing to do with the conversation.

She probably has something in her eye and that's why she winks. I don't know lol. That's my way of saying you're probably overthinking it.

 

[historyincognito]

I think you are right

 

[kittysbecute]

Why would my brother's girlfriend use it when she talks to me over Facebook? I kinda of wondering about that.

It depends on the context. Did she say a joke before typing it? A wink on it's own doesn't really mean anything.
It's also quite easy to accidentally type instead of
You can always ask her what the wink meant.

Also i agree with Saucy, i think you are overthinking it.