Beau Mirchoff Talks Awkward, Life With his Girlfriend, and His Relationship Dos and Don'ts

Glamour: Do or Don't: breaking up with someone via text message.

Beau: Don't!

Glamour: At what point can you still get away with a text message breakup if it hasn't been that long?

Beau: That's when you do the slow fade. First date, nothing is set in stone, obviously. You stop texting as much and become a bit more distant and unavailable. Let's be honest, it's hard to be completely blunt and honest with someone. That's hard to do as a human. You never want to be mean.

Glamour: Do or Don't: the girl reaching out after the first date?

Beau: Sure. Do. Guys love that. Oh yeah, especially because the veil has fallen. Women have all the power. They should at least, and they do. If a guy is into a girl, they have all the power. So if a guy gets a text from a girl, that's awesome. We know she's into us. That's a definitive sign.

Glamour: Let's say you're clearly dating a guy, but he's not introducing you as his girlfriend. Should the girl bring it up if she wants to be his girlfriend?

Beau: It's like the change of a season…you don't really notice it. It's just all of a sudden. Like, "Oh, wow, it's a lot hotter than it used to be!" You just become something, so don't have the talk. You don't need it [if it's the right relationship]. It will happen on its own.

Glamour: If you've been dating for less than a couple months and it's your birthday, should a girl get you a present? If so, what should it be?

Beau: Do. You can't not get the guy something.

Glamour: Do you take them to dinner and get a gift? Or just go to dinner?

Beau: Hmm, that's tough. If it's a few months, yeah, take the guy to dinner and get him something small.

Glamour: Like what? That's the tough part!

Beau: Something personal is always good, but never the gift card. I made that mistake once with Jeanine. I got her a gift card to Amazon, and a year later she said, "You never give a gift card to someone." It's tough! I don't know. Take her to the movies? I don't know? Yeah, just take them to dinner. These are really good questions!

Glamour: Finally, what more can you tell us about the rest of Awkward this season and what else is coming up for you?

Beau: We're in our senior year on Awkward. It's that transient stage where society still deems you a child, but you see yourself as an adult, so it's this limbo stage of your life. And all the pressures that ensue from getting into college. I also have a movie coming out called Poker Night. I'm the lead with Giancarlo Esposito; it's a thriller. I play five different characters. I got to do a lot of police ride-alongs because of this movie, and it was so eye-opening. I also did a play called Orphans, about two orphan brothers. It's so sad some of the systems we have in place. So many people want to do good, but they don't have the resources. I donate as much as I can, but I want to be more involved.

You can follow Beau on Twitter and Instagram. An all-new episode of Awkward airs tonight on MTV.

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