Dear Mixed-Signal Sender,

First things first, you suck. Whether it’s sending mixed signals about what you may want people to do in a certain situation, or mixed signals about what kind of relationship you want from them, there’s no excuse to make a person stay awake at night confused and worried about how to go about anything.

When you tell someone to do something but mean another thing altogether, that's sending a mixed signal. We’ve all done it. But those of you who do it on purpose to see how a person may react will get nowhere. Do you expect them to read your mind? It’s not possible. Be straightforward, say what you want, and it'll work out better than sending these pointless mixed signals. Try it for yourself, and stop being such an annoyance to everyone in the world.

Now, if you mess with someone's emotions by sending mixed signals about what you want from your relationship with them. That’s a whole other level of messed up. There is absolutely nothing OK with this, and the fact that you do it definitely means you deserve a wake-up call of some sort. You can’t expect to ever have a successful relationship of any sort by continuing to send mixed signals. Eventually, karma will catch up and someone will do the same to you. We can only hope.

So, mixed-signal sender, get yourself together. I’m not sure exactly what you get out of doing this, but it won’t work out for you forever. So do yourself and everyone else a favor, and cut it out.

Sincerely,

Everyone