What to say when she says she likes your dry sense of humor

When she brings up your humor directly, she is usually doing two things at once. She is giving you a compliment, and she is telling you she is comfortable enough to say something a little personal this early. That second part matters more than the first. Someone who says this has probably been reading your messages closely enough to notice your tone, and she is checking whether you know that you have a tone.

It also often means she is comparing you to other profiles. The phrase "most guys are trying too hard" is not really about you alone. It tells you where she is in her patience and what she is tired of. You do not need to defend against that. You just need to avoid becoming the next example of what she is tired of.

A good response here does three things. It accepts the compliment without making it heavy. It tells her something specific about what she is responding to, so she knows you were paying attention and not just fishing. And it ends on something she can answer that is not a request for more praise.

The specific part is the one most people skip. Instead of saying you are glad she likes it, point at a particular thing she said or a particular kind of conversation you two have been having. Then ask about her, or about a topic she brought up, so the next message has a real place to go. Keep the whole thing brief enough that it reads as relaxed rather than rehearsed.

Dry humor chats often have uneven rhythm. One person writes fast and then the other takes six hours to answer, and both assume the other is losing interest. Before you read anything into silence after your reply, look at how the thread has been moving so far. If she usually answers within a few hours, a long gap after your message is worth noticing. If the chat has always been spaced out, it probably means nothing.

If you do not hear back, wait a full day before sending anything else. Make the second message lighter and less about the compliment, maybe a simple question about something she mentioned earlier. If that also gets no answer, let it go. A dry conversation that dies after a compliment was never going to carry much weight, and chasing it will make you look like you were relying on the compliment to feel secure.