There is nothing worse than sending a caring text message to a friend and not getting a response. Thoughts that run through your mind. ~ Am I not important to you anymore. ~ Do you not respect me. ~ I know you have your phone with you every where you go. ~ What did I do to make you upset with me. ~ Are you playing mind games with me. ~ Oh, alright, you think you are better than me, do ya. Well, two can play this game. ~ Friends off, I hate you, my ego has been tarnished by this lack of timely respect. I now declare a text message war on against you. ~ I forgive you, but I never forget. I think the sad part is that we are all guilty of this lapse in communication judgment, so why do we react so harshly when it happens to us. Slowly we detach from traditional forms of communication, such as face to face dialogue, and we let our emoticons and exclamation points relay our thoughts and ideas. It no wonder we get lost in translation. Yes, you are guilty of the same irrational thought process. Take the high road out of this childish banter and separate yourself from the reactionary ego-charged behavior. This is usually an excuse……go back to reason number 5. This is the worst feeling ever and really makes you look at yourself as a super self-centered individual, realizing that you are the only one to blame for getting all upset over nothing. Which one of these apply to you. Well neither did I, and of them I lived with for far too long. October 22, 2013 1 Author I used to hate when people ignored my test messages. Almost everyone keeps there phone with them throughout the day. The start, because like it or not, thats how we communicate now. Being busy is the lamest excuse in the world because I am as busy as anyone else…7 days a week and I still manage to check my phone and answer people. Answering clients 2 or 3 days later is absolutely unacceptable. But even regardless of this, on a casual level, friends or dating, its still bogus for people to get defensive because someone gets annoyed at their delayed or no responses. Calling and being stuck on the phone is way more work than texting. I think its just another outlet in our society for people to be inconsiderate. If I can do it, everyone can do it. It is one of the main ways that people communicate these days. How often did you not answer you landline back in the day??. And when we finally got answering machines, how often did you ignore the message. Perhaps I want to give or share something with them that they thoroughly enjoy in their lives. I tried to test someone out by sharing something positive about myself and he still ignored my message and not replied. Then the next day he sends me a bible scripture and never answered what I told him. As if you read my text message, swiftly responded, dropped your phone and then ran away. The intent was there but the energy lacked and won. So… Damn… Texting has way too much power. The excuses are just that—excuses. They want you to return their texts instantly when they need something, but they also want to be free to ignore your texts otherwise. She did it to all her friends in college I remember reading a wall post she got of her friend asking if she gave her the right number ignoring messages on facebook she tried contacting her over break and never heard back. Sometimes she will ignore my texts for weeks and months and sometimes she just never responds. We have a mutual friend and she has complained to me of the same thing happening. But as well to there other friends. I have a friend who does that. It is hurtful and she does it to others as well. Her excuses are she left her phone in the car, battery died, busy, sick, etc. We have two Mutual friends and I found out they get the same treatment. Facebook was easier to get through to her but only if I sent message to inbox. She seems like she is always needing approval and idolizes others too much. Maybe she is jealous too. I love her dearly but her behavior has definitely broken down the relationship quite a bit. But there would never be a response to that unless I again question the disconnect at another time. My sister is in a group text about a new baby coming. Actually I believe in many cases, the people who do this tend to be narcissists. Anyone that does question that is bang out of order for doing so, as soon as I get a message I will reply, or if busy I say I will reply asap and why. In this day and age, it is sad that can be misunderstood. There are quite a lot of people who cannot have their personal phones on them at work. I replied and received no answer to my message and it is now two days later. We all need to stop playing games, stop overthinking. A real person has the maturity to carry on conversation, message back when they can etc etc. We live in a dumbed down world and this is the fall out from people growing backwards. For it to survive, he will have to carry his end or it dies. I once told my brother once he is my only sibling. I have started to drop people who act like this — who needs it!. I am not a phone person and texting takes longer than calls. Especially ignoring messages on facebook days when most people have a bluetooth of some sort. I can here texts through my bluetooth, but cannot respond. If I ignoring messages on facebook busy say… just driving illegal to txt and drive btw your txt can wait until I am finished. But if you call, I can press the button on my headset and converse. If you need to have an important conversation, call or talk in person. God bless you i thought i was the onlyone with the. I have decided if so called friends vant take the to invest the same enrgy in me that i invest in them i have. Revaluated the friendship and demoted them to associates. He would have to stop, put all his stuff away in case it gets stolen, and then walk down a building, likely without Elevators, avoiding trios, slips, and falls, akd avoid hurting other Contractors… then walk to a safe area, catch his breath and make the call. People are so inconsiderate and lazy. A bold, brave person, should totally call them out on ignoring messages on facebook. Find a better one that responds, remove the toxicity. Texting only takes a short amount of time, its not a phone call. I wish it was the old days and people would just use the freakin landline. So I miss aloooot of texts, but not on purpose. But then I feel like people take forever to get me back. I mostly use my cellphone just for car emergencies but for other people itks their life. Its starting to
