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Seems like when a person e-mails a friend with some personal questions or telling the person some personal news the other person would at least be polite and respond in some way. My experience has been the opposite. I have some friends that I could e-mail them and say I am about to kill myself (I'm not) and I would not get a response. Even though I always respond to their e-mails.
I don't expect a response. If I get one, ok...if not, ok. People have lives and are busy and have other things to do besides monitor email accounts all day. Some days they may not even get on the computer at all. If I had something I needed to discuss and I definitely needed feedback or a response I would just call them - but then you may get voice mail and no response. In the event of no response then...maybe your friend is just dodging you.
I rarely use email these days. I have one out-of-state friend, and we correspond a couple of times a month using email, but everybody else either texts or calls.
If I was in immediate trouble, that's the last way I would reach out for help.
Depends. I read every email my friends send me, but I don't respond to all of them because I don't always feel like it. Same the other way around. If it's someone who never responds to your emails but you actively speak to them otherwise, they may just not be "email" people, even if they sometimes send you one.
I have a friend who claims to read e-mail but never, ever responds. I don't get it. It's unfortunate because we live in different states and it would be an easy way to communicate across time zones.
I started using email back in 1993. It took a while for my friends to even get an internet connect, much less start using email. I used it for business back then and even businesses were slow to get on the bandwagon.
Once 2000 hit, more folks were on board with email, but since then . . . texting has become the best way to communicate with people (especially friends and family.
I have a few "stragglers" who still email me . . . they are folks over 55 and they didn't get into emailing til late in the game and they just don't get that most of us use email for business only these days. Even with good spam filters, so much crap gets into my box -- if I don't recognize an email addy or am in a hurry -- I dont' even bother with non-business emails for days. Maybe once a week I will try to skim over and make sure I didn't miss out on some invitation (people do still use email for invites, it seems) or that rare email from a friend.
Try explaining this to people who only got on email in the last few years. They dont' get it. They are still passing around jokes and cartoons -- something most of us gave up back in the 90s.
Don't be insulted if someone is not answering your emails. They may not be seeing them (maybe they are going into a spam folder). Maybe they rarely use email for personal communication.
Perhaps a phone call to "catch up" would be a better idea . . . and you can always mention that you had sent emails and assumed they went into a "spam" folder. Ask them if there is a better way to contact them than email. If they don't offer info re: texting, then maybe they aren't that interested in staying in touch (other than the occasional phone call).
Last edited by brokensky; 03-06-2014 at 01:16 PM..
Once 2000 hit, more folks were on board with email, but since then . . . texting has become the best way to communicate with people (especially friends and family.
I disagree. Texting is the best way to let someone know what time you are arriving, or that you'll be bringing the dessert, or that you need to reschedule.
It is not the best way to let someone know what is going on with their lives. I do miss the days of letter writing (and I am under 40). When I would get a letter in the mail, I loved openeing it up and finding out the comings and goings and personal thoughts of a good friend. I still appreciate that via email........
I prefer email to texting. I work for someone who loves to text me about jobs. Drives me nuts as I get my email on the phone as well, and I can't flag a text as important.
That said, at times I get an email from a friend that I mean to answer, but never get around to it. I do better if I respond right away, rather than wait until I "have more time".
I'm on the older side and still use emails mostly to communicate with some of my long distance friends. One of my buddies had her email hacked so now exclusively texts. I've slowly lost contact with her.
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