Texting doesn't need to be so complicated - Rant.

Okay, I need to get this off my chest. Sorry if this is a bit ranty. Recently there's been a few threads about texting, and I've not always agreed with the things people are saying. Firstly, everybody is different. People text differently, they have different behaviour/attitudes to texting. There are no "rules" that apply to everyone and every situation. I have a handful of people who I text. A couple of them I text every day. A couple of others we text every few days. And there's a few others who I text not very regularly, perhaps once a month or less than that. There are no particular rules or guideless for how long people should take to text each other! If someone doesn't reply to you within a day, it doesn't mean they hate you! Honestly, I used to be a terrible texter. I used to leave my phone in my blazer pocket and sometimes I wouldn't respond to texts for several days! It didn't mean I didn't like the people who texted me, I just wasn't someone who sat by their phone waiting for texts! I'm much better at it now, I check every few hours. Just because someone takes a few days to reply, doesn't mean they don't like you or you shouldn't bother them with them. If I believed that, I wouldn't have any friends! Some people, believe it or not, don't feel like they have to be glued to their phone. I have conversations with people that have 3/4 days between texts! I don't know how normal that is, apparently not very by The Student Room standards, but it works for us. The people I text don't feel like we need to be constantly texting back and forth - a text every few days within the same conversation is fine. We have other things going on in our lives than to text constantly. I personally think there's something more valuable in those texts anyway, because they're often longer and not just pointless small talk. If you are texting someone who takes a while to reply, and when they do reply their texts are very abrupt or seem "uninterested", then yes maybe you should consider your friendship with them. But still, even then, maybe they just don't like texting, doesn't necessarily mean they don't like you personally. Obviously it depends how close you are to the people you are texting. One of my friends always has her phone on her so we text each other quite a lot. But that doesn't mean my other friends aren't "as good friends" in comparison, we just have different texting habits. >takes breath< So what I'm just trying to say through all my rambling, is that everyone has different ways of texting, there is no right or wrong way to do it. It's silly to believe there are strict guidelines for whole long people should take to text you, and if they don't do it like everybody else says they should then you just eject them from your friends list! It depends on the people and the friendship they have, plus their individual interest in texting and how lazy they are. Just because someone might take a day or two to reply doesn't mean they're not worth having as a friend! Sheeesh. Rant over! Please stop worrying about texts, people!

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