How do you reply to nice to see you again?

When she writes nice to see you again, she is closing the moment on a good note. Nothing in the message asks for a decision. What it tells you is that the time was pleasant enough that she wanted to say so. That is the signal to take seriously. If she used an exclamation mark, mentioned a specific part of the night, or wrote more than a single line, she is more invested than a bare sign-off would suggest.

The second thing to read is the length and tone of her message next to yours. If you wrote a lot and she wrote a little, match her length. A quick, easy reply tells her you are relaxed and interested without making her work to keep up. If she wrote with some warmth and detail, you can afford to give one specific back.

There are a few kinds of reply that fit this moment. A simple confirmation says you felt the same, in a few words, with no question attached. It is the right choice when her message was light and you want to keep things easy. A confirmation with one detail adds a single thing from the time you spent together, like a joke, a place, or something she told you. It shows you were paying attention. A confirmation with a soft forward step mentions doing it again, but loosely, without a date or a specific plan. It is useful when you want to move things along but the night was not long enough to justify pinning down a time.

A good draft of any of these is short, has no question stacked on the end, and does not explain how you feel. Leave out apologies, leave out long compliments, and leave out anything that makes the reply about your nerves. If the draft needs a paragraph to make sense, it is too much.

Timing matters more than the wording here. A same-day or next-morning reply reads as easy. Replying hours later with something that sounds considered can feel like you were deciding whether to answer at all. Send your reply at a normal hour, not late at night, when it can look like you were waiting to pounce.

If she replies warmly, you can keep the conversation going for a few exchanges and then suggest the next plan. If she gives a short answer, let it be the end of the exchange and do not add a follow-up text. If you hear nothing back after a reply, wait a couple of days before sending anything else, and make the next message a light one with a reason, not a check-in. If there is still silence after that, let it go. Repeated messages with no response are the point where you stop.