I can't comment on fat vs skinny but I am 5'8 and thin and I get cougars giving me the eye all day long. Just joined a gym so that might fix it, though I'll never be tall so that sucks. Want to attract some chicks my age rather than MILFs.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.