“You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own”

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Entry from March 02, 2018

“You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own”

People tend to stare at their phones—even on dates. “You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own” is a jocular one-line saying that was posted on Twitter by Kelkulus on August 8, 2012.

Twitter
Kelkulus
@kelkulus
You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own.
4:20 PM - 8 Aug 2012

Twitter
Pathik Shah
@Pathik_18
You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own.
9:54 AM - 9 Aug 2012

Twitter
Glen™
@Glen_JoyGP
You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own.
1:36 PM - 19 Aug 2015

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david cordick
@decordick
You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own.
- Kelkulus @Kelkulus
6:28 PM - 3 Sep 2016

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trivedihari
@trivedihari
You can tell a girl likes you if she stares at your phone instead of her own.
2:32 AM - 15 Nov 2017

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