Published on 12, July, 2020
I used to be worse with this, but it's interesting how sending follow-up emails is a generally more accepted activity than follow-up texts.
Okay, they are extremely different and come with different levels of expectation, but I think it was always difficult for me to read whether it's acceptable or not.
I don't always know if someone has genuinely forgotten to reply, or they really don't want to. I did used to message quite repeatedly and within a short space of time which I wouldn't do now.
There has been a few cases where, through not responding, the other person didn't feel like they wanted to be friends anymore and it took me raising it. But I think that's more down to something lacking between us two where the other person didn't feel comfortable speaking up.
It's difficult when you really do need a response because you're planning something and you need to buy tickets or whatever so it's a tricky balance.
I had a few online acquaintances who I used to speak to regularly and then they vanished. It was a bit saddening.