How do I end a parenthesis with an emoticon?

A :)

But I do alot of programming so maybe it looks better for me ;)

B

But I try my best not to. I usually just end up skipping the emoticon :/

D) other

I don’t use parenthetical emoticons. (And if I were to use them, I’d put them on the outside of the parentheses.) :]

D. If I want to end something in parentheses with an emoticon, I use [...] instead of (...).

Idk.

D ^_^ )

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Wow. I’m usually an A-person myself, but i see that there are alot of varying solutions here.

I use B, but I prefer to skip either the emoticon or the parentheses, if possible.

A
O:-) Angel
X-( Angry

B
~:0 Baby
:-# Braces
</3 Broken Heart

C
=^.^= Cat
:O) Clown
O.o Confused
:-S Confused
B-) Cool
:_( Crying
:’( Crying
|_P Cup of Coffee

D
- Dazed
:o3 Dog
#-o Doh!
:*) Drunk

E
//_^ Emo
— Eyeglasses

F
<>< Fish
() Football
:-( Frown
:( Frown
:-( Frowning
=P Frustrated
:-P Frustrated

G
8—) Glasses
$_$ Greedy
:-> Grin

H
=) Happy
:-) Happy
<3 Heart
{ } Hug

I
:-| Indifferent

J
X-p Joking

K
\VVV/ King
:-)* Kiss
:-* Kiss
(}{) Kissing

L
=D Laughing Out Loud
)-: Left-handed Sad Face
(-: Left-handed Smiley Face
<3 Love

M
=/ Mad
:)(: Married
<:3 )~ Mouse
<:3)~ Mouse

N
~,~ Napping
:-B Nerd

O
^_^ Overjoyed

P
<l:0 Partying
:-/ Perplexed
=8) Pig
\&&&/ Princess

Q
\%%%/ Queen

R
@~)~~~~ Rose

S
=( Sad
:-( Sad
:( Sad
:-7 Sarcastic
:-@ Screaming
=O Shocked
:-o Shocked
O-\-<]: Skateboarder
:-) Smile
:-Q Smoking
:> Smug
:P Sticking Tongue Out
:o Surprised

T
:-{ } Talking
(:| Tired
:-J Tongue in Cheek
:-& Tongue-tied

U
=-O Uh-oh
:-\ Undecided
**== United States Flag

V
:-E Vampire
=D Very Happy

W
;-) Winking
;) Winking

X
|-O Yawn

Y
:-* Yuck
Z
Z Zorro

(｡◕‿‿◕｡)

In this case, I would go with D, and use a verticon without parentheses.
^.^
ToT
o.O
Of course, I never use emoticons anyway, so . . .

I would trust my language to portray the emotion. If I have to use an emoticon then I go back and check my word choices. That’s just me being a fuddy-duddy though.

If I did use them, I would put them outside the parenthesis.

I’ve always had trouble with that; I do B.

D.
I usually use brackets as my smiles, or frowns, in the first place. (So I don’t really see a problem there. =])