Texting Etiquette

if someone texts me it's going to be a looooong time until I respond. no cell service where I live. unless I drive like 25 miles either direction I don't get service on my phone. so your text might hit my phone but I won't see it until I randomly get into a service area and have the phone with me. hope that message wasn't time sensitive. i'm in the mountains so things are sporadic.

when I do check my phone I find I have tons of voice mails from some 55+ community in Florida (i'm in nh) that gives me random updates. fluffy the cat is loose (again...that cat is an escape artist!), pools open/closed, visitor parking..all sorts of news. it's a robo call that never gives the name of the place so I can't call them back to get off the list ...and hitting redial doesn't work because it's a robo call. every few days like clock work..fluffy the cat updates. otherwise the phone never gets used.

so if you ever need to know what's up with fluffy, text me, but you will need to wait for a response...

I am going to steal @Theorectical way of answering your questions.

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Originally Posted by Sisabel Do you think it’s rude not to respond to a text message? I have noticed that some people are a bit demanding and expect me to respond to their texts yet they don’t respond very often to mine.

I think it's rude if you do not respond at all. Everyone has time for "I am in the middle of something I'll get back to you". But I do not think its rude to not want to go back and forth on text.

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Do you think it’s rude if people text you but rarely or never have time for a phone conversation with you?

Absolutely. I do not text with people I wouldn't talk to unless its an rsvp(to my daughter's sweet 16) or a business or person asks for a quick text question.

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Do you think it’s rude if people want to talk by text but never invite you to do anything while they have groups of friends they often get together with?

I think its rude to keep in contact with any friend and not invite them out for get togethers. I do not think this is limited to text messaging.

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Maybe my idea of manners and etiquette are old fashioned. I don’t want to have “conversations” by text and if people don’t want to spend time with me I have started to ignore their texts. I feel rude when I blow off texts though...

I do not think you are old fashioned. Its not like you are not functional with a phone. Its because you want to convey your thoughts like a human, you know, with your actual voice. Especially if something major is going on. I had a random fight with my brother last week. I casually mentioned something and he blind-sided blasted me on text. I told him I wouldnt go back and forth and we should talk in person. So last thursday I went and met him at my mothers.

I’m very selective on who I respond to right away be it text or call. Anyway my Husband or Daughter try me I immediately respond or answer the call.

Friends ? It just really depends on what I’m doing and how I’m feeling mentally and physically. I try not to leave people hanging but sometimes it will take me a day or 5 to respond, sometimes I start to reply to a text and my pot is boiling over on the stove, and I forget to go back to it and hit send , any hundreds of reasons can be the reason I don’t reply.

Same as on here.... (I doubt I’m alone in this ) sometimes I don’t want to respond to a PM or answer a question someone left for me on a check in thread... I just want to lurk and there’s nothing wrong with it.

I can be randomly scrolling on Facebook for 3 hours and get 10 texts and not open a single one all the way.

I’m not selfish even tho some might think so , I just have to be very proactive with my self care. Tomorrow I might text 1 person or 20 ..