Why he never texts first
He never texts first. He never texts me first. He never texts good morning. The searches name the same habit: you open, he answers.
The percentage is counted on the thread, not on the nights you remember writing. MonLivreSMS calculates it when you import, for free.
Maya and Sam
The numbers behind what you said to each other.
The size of your story
An estimate from your messages and photos.
About 122 hours spent writing to each other. As much text as Romeo and Juliet, 4 times over.
These statistics are calculated automatically, without AI.
When your messages come alive
Every year, from the first message to the last
Most often between 22 and 23
Everyone has their own way of being there
Maya writes the longest messages. Maya most often starts the conversation.
A percentage describes a rhythm, not the importance of a person.
The numbers to remember
Longest series of messages
1 h 50
February 14, 2025
Record in 15 minutes
22 messagesFebruary 14, 2025
Tender messages
6 % hearts, kisses or “I love you”Messages with laughter
11 % haha, LOL or a laughing emojiMaya opens 76% of the real starts. She also writes again 186 times between one and four hours, with no reply in between.
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A start is what comes after four quiet hours
A conversation is not every bubble. After four hours with nothing, the next message opens a new one. That first send is what gets counted. Three texts in two minutes are not three starts.
Writing again after at least an hour, and before those four hours, with no reply in between, is double texting. It is a second message into the quiet, not a new day. The recap keeps them apart.
Sixty percent is not a verdict
The page only says someone “most often starts” from 60 percent of openings, and only when there are enough conversations for the figure to hold. Under that, it is a rhythm, not a line to quote in a fight.
He can reply fast, in long messages, and still never text first. Those are two numbers. The wait sits beside the openings. It does not replace them.
Left on read is not in the export
WhatsApp, SMS and iMessage exports do not include read receipts. You cannot count left on read. You can count who sends after the quiet, and how long the reply takes when it comes.
He never texts first, and he never texts good morning
On Maya and Sam’s thread, Maya opens 76 percent of the starts. Sam opens 24. His median reply is 41 minutes, so he does text back. “He never texts me first” is that split. “He never texts good morning” is the same count when the morning comes after four quiet hours: a good morning is a start, not a separate score.
The 186 times Maya writes again between one hour and four, with no reply in between, are double texting. They are not the first text of the next morning. A burst under one hour is not double texting either. Seventy-six percent clears the 60 percent line, so the page can say she most often starts. It does not say he does not care.
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Frequently asked questions
He always replies, but he never texts first. How is that counted?
Replying and opening are two counts. One is the wait after your message. The other is who speaks after four hours of quiet.
Does that mean he does not care?
No. The figure says who breaks the quiet. It does not say why: schedule, habit, or less impulse. That is a conversation, not a percentage.
Can I see left on read?
No. The export has no read receipt.
Where do I see our percentage?
On import in MonLivreSMS. The summary is free. The book is the next step, if you want to keep the messages.
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