It may be your friend or boyfriend or even family member. No matter what it kind of sucks not getting a text back... or getting a text back several hours later. When people don’t text you back it might be easy to be insecure and think they aren’t responding because they don’t want to talk to you or that they just don’t care.

While sadly this might be the case sometimes it isn’t always. For example, if everyone in this person’s life finds it hard to get quick responses back from them… it’s probably not you, it’s them. So here are some things I’ve learned about when people don’t text back quickly.

1. You don't have to constantly be texting

Personally, I would kind of hate continuously talking to someone all day. I would run out of things to say. Not to mention it will kill your phone battery and distract you from work or class.

2. Try calling them

If I need an answer from them within the next few hours I normally call. It’s a much safer bet that they will hear the continuous buzzing than a little notification they can swipe away. I know that some people really dislike talking on the phone, I’m not one of those people.

3. No texting = better conversation

Another great thing is that since I haven’t been talking to this person all day when we do see each other that means we actually have more things to talk about. This makes it so we don’t spend all of our time talking about useless stuff and you can actually give details or context that you wouldn’t over text.

4. Quality time is quality

While they may suck at texting back it is probably because they just aren’t on their phone a lot. This means that when they are with you, they are with you. They aren’t constantly checking their phone or scrolling through social media.

While as frustrating as it is sometime to not have people text back I have come to appreciate it some of the time. It is always nice to have people’s full attention instead of them checking their phone in the middle of conversations. So, for those people in your life that don’t text back quickly, give them a break, I’m sure they will respond eventually.