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it doesn't bother me at all, although I would like to hear from him every day......I just find it funny - it's like he's holding himself back from texting me every day and deliberately sending one every other day.
If it truly did not bother you at all you would not have started a thread about it and you would not have stated "although I would like to hear from him every day".....
Mr. CSD doesn't call for a couple days when he is traveling at times, it depends on where he is, what he is doing and how good cell service is.
Unless he is fishing for the weekend or in Canada, then I don't hear from him from Friday around noon until Monday morning.
I am having that with a girl I met from online dating. Been on 2 dates, and texting me 6 times a day. I dont want to be rude, but come on. I work. Its annoying.
I agree.....I so much prefer texts to phone calls. Heck...I finally have my 73 year old mother texting and she's amazed at how convenient it iseems for some things . If my husband or daughter actually call the first thing do is panic and think 'what is wrong?' as we have mostly texted for over 15 years.
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For better or worse, that's pretty much how most people communicate nowadays.
Not me. And I'm not a Baby Boomer.
Texting is for "train is running late, be there in 10 minutes" or "at the grocery, need me to pick up anything?" NOT carrying on relationships, sorting out issues, or inferring a whole heck of a lot other than level of neediness--as in, if you bombard me with texts, you're going to come off as clingy on one hand, unable to think on your feet in a real conversation on the other, and I'm not going to engage it anyway, so don't do it. (And I tell people that, too. If they want a text buddy or someone who is okay with them constantly interrupting their day and demanding attention to prattle on about absolutely nothing of consequence, they need to find someone with less going on in her brain, work, and life than I have.)
The guy in question sounds like he has it about right, the occasional, casual message to let her know he thought of her, with the real communication going on in person on dates. That's how it should be.
it doesn't bother me at all, although I would like to hear from him every day......I just find it funny - it's like he's holding himself back from texting me every day and deliberately sending one every other day.
If you'd like to hear from him every day then why don't you text him on the days he doesn't? Simple as that. Get tired of it always being up to the guy to initiate everything.
Not me. And I'm not a Baby Boomer.
Texting is for "train is running late, be there in 10 minutes" or "at the grocery, need me to pick up anything?" NOT carrying on relationships, sorting out issues, or inferring a whole heck of a lot other than level of neediness--as in, if you bombard me with texts, you're going to come off as clingy on one hand, unable to think on your feet in a real conversation on the other, and I'm not going to engage it anyway, so don't do it. (And I tell people that, too. If they want a text buddy or someone who is okay with them constantly interrupting their day and demanding attention to prattle on about absolutely nothing of consequence, they need to find someone with less going on in her brain, work, and life than I have.)
The guy in question sounds like he has it about right, the occasional, casual message to let her know he thought of her, with the real communication going on in person on dates. That's how it should be.
I use texting a lot. You aren't always in a position where you can talk on the phone. For instance, down time at wor, waiting in line, on the train, in a noisy area, etc.
Who's the child here? Who even notices how much time it takes for someone to text back?
Really. Or even thinks that someone should just drop what they're doing to answer, "hi, how r u?" or look at a picture of whatever the person is having for lunch. How narcissistic do you have to be to think that nonsense is interesting to someone else?
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I use texting a lot. You aren't always in a position where you can talk on the phone. For instance, down time at wor, waiting in line, on the train, in a noisy area, etc.
So then you wait until you are, when you can actually be engaged in a conversation. Are people really so scatterbrained that they need to be entertained and get attention every waking minute? They can't just stand on a line and look at the world, or sit on a train and read or listen to music? They need someone paying attention to them? Please. Call me after dinner and tell me about your day when your day is over and you have something to share, and I'll tell you about my day, too. I don't need the play-by-play of every burp and fart someone makes. It's tedious.
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