Just because anyone can instantaneously demand my attention doesn’t mean I owe it to them.
1.I just dont have the mental capacity and energy to devote so you can respond appropriately.
Id rather ignore it until Im in a better place to answer than send a thumbs up or something.
Clay Banks
2.I sometimes dont know how to respond.
I like to keep conversations going, so I really dislike sending back one word answers.
3.Im fucking busy, man.
Non-urgent messages dont take priority.
4.Because Im tired of being a landfill for their problems.
Im not a therapist.
5.Because my mood is already crappy from some other unrelated occurrence.
6.Im in a crappy mood and dont want to be rude.
7.Its something I dont know how to respond to or I just find it pointless to reply to.
8.My family is fairly large and very, umm,spiritedin expressing strongly held opinions.
They also areless than enthusiasticabout viewpoints that disagree with them.
Do I love my family?
Would I give any of them one of my kidneys to save a life?
9.Depression punch in situation usually.
I do this to my brother all the time.
Its nothing personal at all, its like I cant even with life right now.
Just because anyone can instantaneously demand my attention doesnt mean I owe it to them.
12.Social interactions can be exhausting.
15.Because sometimes its something completely meaningless and I dont think I actually have to answer.
16.Thats the best part of text messages: plausible deniability.
you might pretend you didnt see it for awhile, and no one can prove you didnt.
I use that all the time.
18.People will call if they need to get hold of you urgently.
Text messages are not urgent, under any circumstances.
Either call me, or accept that I will read my messages when at a time that suits me.
And that may take a while…
19.Too anxious to reply.
So I bury my head in the sand.
I just dont want to do anything.
Dont want to talk, be social, etc.
However if its something that requires an urgent response I will respond within the hour.
23.Because Im fucking exhausted and I cant stand even an ounce of human interaction right now.
24.Sometimes life is overwhelming and being able to ignore a few messages feels like a mental break.
26.I get distracted while deciding what response to go with and end up not texting back.
28.Im pretty selective with whom I message.
30.Sometimes I just dont have the energy to converse with someone.
I just dont feel like maintaining a conversation at that moment.
