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When did we start measuring how good a friend someone is or how important we are to them by their response time to texts and messages?

We are the most connected society in history although superficially, I would argue and every day each of us are bombarded with communication from businesses, work, family and friends.

We keep pushing our limits wanting to do more and more.

But, in the end, we feel guilty for not accomplishing everything we wanted. No matter how hard we try, we are just stretching ourselves too thin.

There is no disputing that there are a lot of messages sent and received between all of us every day.

We often take brief moments throughout our day to check these messages and then go back to the demands of our life.

It might be while waiting in line at the grocery store or the pause between finishing dinner and starting our evening routine.

We take these moments to check our messages but we don’t always have the time to respond.

I was recently enlightened to just this — this change in some people’s thinking.

A friend and I had had a brief texting conversation on a Friday about each of our upcoming weekend plans. The last text they sent had said, “Have fun this weekend!” I had received the message in a moment I took from the busyness and did not respond.

Early the following week they followed up with a quote from the internet that stated “People text, call and reply to people they want to talk to. Never believe anyone who says they’re too busy.”

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Thank you …. I immediately felt bad, as I hadn’t realized this person was expecting to hear anything from me since that day.

And there was a time not so long a time ago that this was acceptable — to receive a message from someone without the expectation of a response being sent as soon as it was received.

It was a time when we mailed letters to people or left phone messages when someone was too busy to answer and we waited for their reply.

It was a time when it was acceptable for the recipient to read their letter or listen to their message and then go back to their busy schedule to respond later at a time that was convenient for them.

However as our society has been evolving with the increased ability to send communication so quickly it seems there has also been a change in the expectation of how quickly it is responded to.

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I was recently enlightened to just this — this change in some people’s thinking. A friend and I had had a brief texting conversation on a Friday about each of our upcoming weekend plans.

The last text they sent had said, “Have fun this weekend!” I had received the message in a moment I took from the busyness and did not respond.

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When someone loves you, and I mean truly loves you, they’ll make you a priority. When someone wants to be with you, they’ll put you first and they’ll never treat you as an option.

They’ll make you feel special, they’ll do sweet gestures, and they’ll put effort into every little thing that they do for you.

In a nutshell, they’ll not only try to win your heart and gain your love and affection, but they’ll work hard to maintain it when their love for you is real.

But when someone tells you that they’re too busy, or when they make excuses for why they can’t spend time with you or see you enough, it makes us wonder how much that person really love us.

I mean after all, when someone really loves you, they not only want to see you and spend time with you, but they’ll go completely out of their way for you, and make the ti

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