Top 10 Texting Pet Peeves
Just because someone doesn't respond within a minute doesn't mean you should start spamming them. They could be busy. Some people need to understand that they're really not the most important thing in the world.
I've lost count of how many times my so-called "friends" have done this to me. It's not that hard to take two seconds out of your life to tell the person you're texting that you have to go, so they don't have to sit there for ten minutes waiting for a response.
I don't mind the occasional typo, especially if English isn't your first language, but if it takes me ten minutes to understand what you're saying, then you really need a dictionary.
Once, I was randomly added to a group chat with people from my city who shared my first name (which is quite uncommon). I didn't know anyone in it or who created it.
I was in a group chat and made some jokes, and next thing I knew, I was in a chat for people who ship. *Facepalm*
It's not that hard to tell the person trying to reach you that you don't want to talk, or, if they did something wrong, let them know what it was so they can fix it instead of acting like a child about it.
This is my biggest texting pet peeve.
If you're going to pick fights over some hot guy who doesn't even know you exist, please do it in DMs. Not everyone wants their phone blowing up.
One time, I was on a group chat, and the members got into a heated argument. It was so bad that my friend removed me from the chat.
Yes! Especially teenage group chats with their pettiness and immaturity.
You may as well be honest about it.
I understand that it's fun to use these, but when it's every single sentence, it becomes a game of Sherlock Holmes. These phrases are overused to the point that they don't even form complete sentences. Most phones have the option to click suggested words, making these abbreviations slightly obsolete.
Sometimes, it'd be nice to have a real conversation and not just one-word answers. This shows me that I'm not even worth the two seconds it would take you to write these words out.
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If your message has more emojis than words, I'm not even going to bother reading it.
I didn't just write an entire paragraph for you to say "k."
Ugh! My dad always does this. Why does he need to know who I'm texting?
Appropriate times to text "Hi":
- If a friend comes online and you want to get their attention and/or start a conversation
- If somebody texts "hi"
And that's pretty much it. You don't need to randomly enter a chat and text "hi" just because no one sent a message in the past few hours.
Please, just say what you need to say. Don't make me decode it.