Relationship Text Etiquette

[MemoriesDust]

Here's a question for you...

 

If you send your partner a message sometime in the afternoon and they haven't responded by late into the evening, would you initiate contact again to say good night or would you just wait till they replied to your afternoon text?

 

M&D

[bijoux27]

It depends if the text was important or not. But regardless I'd still say goodnight, because I do every night.

[D_Lish]

Wait until they replied..

[AntiLove_SuperStar]

I just wait until he gets home and make him take out the trash or clean the bathroom.

 

But if we weren't cohabiting, I wouldn't reply until he did. Dignity and all.

[chocolate-cake]

If bf doesnt reply me within like 2hrs and i know hes not busy i txt saying something like "thanks for replying my txt!!!!!" or watever n he replies saying oh sorry was ...., if he didnt reply after that i would wait till like 12am and call to say night and why didnt u txt me today. If he didnt pick up i would leave it till he replied.

[MemoriesDust]

I'm certain my other half (it's a girl) does it on purpose. It's a little control thing. I texted her yesterday to say good morn, she replies with "good morn, whatcha up to.." kinda thing... I take several hours to get back to her because I'm looking after my goddaughter, but I do mid-afternoon. Then it's all silent, no reply to my text till I get one at 10:30am this morning asking how my weekend is. I reply, and well, here we are 6 hours later.

 

I suspect she'll say goodnight, but that'll be it. I wouldn't know if she's busy or not, and I have this feeling she's actually trying to make me feel insecure. I'm going to stick to what I'm doing though, waiting for her to reply before I text again and enjoying my lovely weekend.

 

M&D

[havefaith]

Sounds like too much work to me, M&D. Been down this road before, it's all just too much game playing ... it shouldn't really even be one of those things you have to think about, it's "if i want to call/txt, i do it". But to me, someone in a healthy relationship shouldn't feel like someone is being cold on purpose. If she i legitimately busy that's one thing, but otherwise, it's just inconsiderate, and says a lot about how much she wants to talk.

 

Just speaking from my experience. When I finally had a person come into my life who really treated me right, he never made me feel like I was hanging or whatever. As for prior boyfriends, it was the norm and look where those relationships ended up!