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I've always been the type of person who prefers to text or email over phone calls or in-person conversation. Maybe it's my natural inclination to be introverted, or my unfortunate degree of social anxiety. Nonetheless, despite my preference of texting to vocal conversation, I am honestly the worst person to text, like ever.

And, trust me, I'm completely aware of it. I will forget to answer someone's text for hours, days, even weeks at a time. I'll forget to the point where responding two weeks later is just pointless.

And when I do remember to text back, my messages are so sporadic and all over the place that my conversations are just tiring for all parties involved.

1. You say "I'll answer that in a minute" when a notification pops up, but hours (or even days) pass and you have yet to answer the message.


I do this so often that it's borderline rude. Sometimes I don't even notice the notification because I get distracted so easily.

2. You interrupt a group chat's conversation to talk about something completely unrelated that only really concerns you personally.


My friends and I do this so often in our group-chat that we've begun to announce when we are doing it to avoid the inconvenience that it causes.

3. Instead of sending one, concise message - you send multiple short texts that ultimately tell a story, but in a really annoying fashion.


This might just be a style of conversation, but I send probably 15 short, fragmented texts rather than one cohesive message just to tell a story about the coffee I made.

4. You ignore phone calls, even watching it ring, only to text "what's up?" after the call ends.

4. You type out a long, deep message, only to delete it and send something lame like "omg" instead.

This happens when my friends and I are engaged in deep, emotional conversations and I type out a long, sensitive message that is honestly just me oversharing. So after forcing everyone to stare at that thought bubble for 10 minutes, I end up responding with an emoji or something useless.

So, are you the worst person to text or are you an absolutely normal, polite, and entertaining person to hold a conversation with? Let's talk about it, but I probably won't get back to you for another week, at least.

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