Double texting in gay dating means sending another message before the other person has replied. That is all it means. It is not automatically desperate, clingy, confident, attractive, or unattractive. Sometimes you forgot to add a detail. Sometimes you saw something funny that connects to the conversation. Sometimes plans need an answer. The problem is rarely the existence of message number two. It is the pattern underneath it. If you keep sending messages because you are trying to force a response, regulate your anxiety, or revive interest that is consistently not being returned, the second text becomes part of a bigger imbalance. The useful question is not “Am I allowed to double text?” It is “What is this message doing, and what does his overall response pattern tell me?”