A Texting Tale of Misadventure

Relationships misunderstood based on gender roles and texting etiquette

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Kiki Grimes, Staff Writer

Imagine this, ladies.

I have been texting this really cute guy that I recently met at, let’s say, Dairy Queen.

Everything has been going great for the past few hours.  I texted him, he responds back in, at tops, five minutes. Then, all of a sudden, I send him another text, and he doesn’t reply back.

At first, I think it’s no big deal.

I think to myself, ‘Oh, he will text me back in a little while. Why wouldn’t he?

He responded to all of my previous texts before, so why not this one?

I waited another five minutes and didn’t think anything of it. Then another 20 minutes passes and I start to get a little worried, but not to the point of freaking out.

Twenty minutes later, then another 20, and an hour goes by.

By this point, I am freaking out.

Why won’t he text me back?

Is he ok?

Did he die, or is he hurt?

Did I say something to make him not want to text me back?

WHY WON’T HE TEXT ME BACK!!!

I want to text him at this point and ask him if he’s okay, but I don’t want to sound too desperate or clingy, so I don’t.

Finally, six hours of anxious waiting later, he texted me back with something along the lines of, ‘Hey, sorry, I was at football practice. Then I had to do homework. How are you?’

I was relieved, but also severely pissed off.

Why did he leave me hanging for so long?

Could he have not texted me back sooner just to ensure that everything was okay?

And the most important question of all, why does he, and all boys, struggle texting?

Yes, girls, we have all been there and experienced similar situations to the one I experienced.

So, why do all teenage guys seem to be so bad at texting?

“Boys are kind of bad at conversations as a whole,” said senior Kim Moir. “Girls tend to like communicating, and boys are less interested in it.”

Or, maybe, they’re just busy.

“Guys forget to text back because they are doing something else, like homework,” said senior T.J. Davis.

Is there a deeper meaning? Possibly.

“He probably fell asleep and he just doesn’t like you,” senior Jaret Totev bluntly stated.

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