Just A Guy Thing

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It arrives at the wee hours of the morning from a suitor beckoning a potential mate for the end of the evening. It?s short and to the point, with one objective in mind: find some nookie after a night on the town. Yes, it’s the “booty text,” the successor to the classic booty call.

With the help of mass SMS technology, this phenomenon is being taken to a whole new level. Instead of sending messages to one particular sweetheart, mass text messages allow users to send the same message to multiple recipients, giving the impression of a personalized message and decreasing the chance of striking out on the evening.

Last month, according to OK Magazine, the Entourage star Jeremy Piven collected a bunch of girls’ numbers at Britney Spears’ birthday party — then sent out a mass text saying, “Come to my room – whoever responds first gets me for the night.” The, uh, lucky winner is now his new girlfriend, model-turned-waitress Ashley Chandos.

So lovers beware. As if the late night booty text wasn?t insulting enough, you are now likely being grouped in with many others. So at 4AM when you get a message that reads ?What are you up to?? or ?Come to the bar,? you might not be the only object of his affection. And with Valentine?s Day upon us, there are sure to be more mass booty texts sent than ever before.