The Jumping Off Point

Textual Etiquette

I dont like to seem needy, clingy, or desperate… so when I get a text that I am excited for, I will intentionally wait between 11 and 14 minutes before replying so that I can conveniently lie and say something like, “Oh sry was making dinner” or “Oh sry was taking a shower” or “Oh sry was just killing a hooker”. 

Texting is a viable and often the most popular form of communication nowadays. With Facebook and Twitter accessible from most phones (don’t worry, if your phone doesn’t ‘update’ or ‘tweet’ you’re not alone… but you may need to die soon), we’ve all become addicted to the devices glued to our hands. So naturally, we tend to be alerted to the receipt of a text message almost instantaneously; don’t lie. 

So here’s my gripe: people who just STOP replying… I mean, I can understand if the conversation is getting lame. I mean, seriously, you’re not busy; so, stop faking it Bro. But when you are having a serious convo about, oh idk, planning dinner or getting boned, don’t just stop texting and ignore every attempt to hail you for several hours or days… honestly, when you just stop mid-convo, that means you’re not interested; but when you then pick up again several hours later with a “what are you wearing?” or “hey sexy” it’s so inappropriate and misleading!! OMG!

If you want to space out your replies so it doesn’t seem like you’re hanging on ever sexy word a certain hot man sends you, stick with the 11-14 minute delay time. It works. But don’t go too long… it could give a totally different message like you’re not interested.