Female friend that I text a lot with

[64tf]

This girl was a special case. She lost her shit when I "liked" a mutual friends picture in a Star Trek Borg costume on Face Book. However, the fact that she wore her emotions on her sleeve did give me some insight into little annoying things I do.

 

[BettyRage]

I have to agree with some others who said you just gotta find the right girl. Don't change your life for her, especially at the beginning of a relationship.

 

[llama112]

It's perfectly fine to text friends often, in fact I think that's normal. My bf texts his best friend (female) quite a bit. When we started dating, I was unsure if there was something more there because he did talk to her quite a bit. I mean, it's normal for a new girlfriend to wonder!
When you start dating someone, avoid texting this friend when you're around your gf. Don't hide anything, but don't talk to your friend all the time like you usually do. It is rude to be texting all the time when you're on dates anyway. (Not saying you do that, I'm just saying it's something to be careful of.)

 

[iLoveYouWithaKnife]

I realize that sounds odd, but it's not uncommon for me to text/chat like that. Get me on the right topic po, and I'll text all day with ya I have several guy friends I text a lot with too.

I get what you are saying. Completely.
But I think what happens is- [CURRENT] GIRL sees how you text a lot (with whom ever it is, that just so happens to be with ex-girl). [CURRENT] GIRL starts to think about how much you text HER when she isn't hanging with you, how often, and also how quickly you respond. She then starts to COMPARE this to how often, and quickly she witnesses you reply to someone else when she is hanging out with you. ...possibly starting to leave her feeling insecure....

Listen man, I can dig it. I understand that it really isn't a big deal. But if you don't want to cause drama with [current] girl (or one in the future) then just chill with it.

I would stay away from lying about it- or changing the name- because if it were ever to come out in the long run- it makes it seem like there's more to it, because you were lying about it; and why lie about it if there is nothing shady to begin with....
And really, regardless of what the case is: you are free to text/talk with whoever you want- so on the flipside- DON'T let someone make you feel like you can't talk to who you want.