Why won't my partner respond?

[emmie12]

me and my partner text over the phone a lot but i always notice ill send things and they won't ever respond and when i bring it up they said they had to do something. its quite confuseing because they never tell me they gtg and when i text them again to add to my first text they respond right away is there a reason for this. by the way on a side note ussually they just stop responding after random texts i send like hi i missed you. am i missing something or do they just not wanna talk to me... im confused on this.

[SteveSmith1985]

This is difficult to answer without more details.

It depends if this is a change, or if this is something you've noticed since the beginning?

How long have they been your partner?

Does this always happen randomly? (not about the same topics, or anything like that)

How often does it happen?

It really comes down to "how much" this is happening.

On the one hand, it makes sense in some cases (depending on what it is) to not bring up the last thing you texted them, if there's a break in the conversation. Other things, its obvious that it needs to be continued next conversation.

It make sense that sometimes conversations die randomly without g2g. It's just if he's busy for a bit (a half hour, or 8 hours) and didn't realize the conversation was going to be interrupted. Or assumed that you knew that and didn't need a g2g.

On the other hand, it could possibly be someone not wanting to talk to you... but it's impossible to say from what you wrote here.

The texting back immidiately after you send a second text to add to one that wasn't answered I would say more or less the same thing. It depends on how much.

So the second text is going to be an extra push to get back to you, insofar as you're double texting them (which is fine). They are getting back to you, when they get that second text. It's a matter of how often that first one goes unanswered.

I just noticed something upon re-reading this (more than once). You said "I'll send things"

What do you mean by "things" exactly? I'm assuming you mean "messages with words"... I just realized you might be talking about memes or some bullshit like that. That would actually change everything. That would make more sense. But what do you mean by "things"?

[emmie12]

just words and mabie some photos of me reading or a selfie

[SteveSmith1985]

What I was worried about was this; if you were sending pictures or memes or something other than words, I can imagine a guy not responding. Just because I can see a guy not knowing what to say if he got a selfie from you. The first couple of times, a guy might comment. But how many different reactions can someone give to a picture. So it doesn't surprise me if those messages end up being responded to less... than a word message telling him something (or asking something).

Now, please take this with a huge grain of salt. I do not know this to be right, I don't really send or receive pictures regularly. I'm just basing it on a general knowledge of guys. It's just a random suggestion that might not apply at all to your situation.

The more important thing is probably the sense you get from him. Do you feel like he's doing it because he doesn't want to talk to you?

[Nikki1989]

Still don't get it, huh?

This is so sad.

[mysterygyal2828]

I don’t want to come off too harsh, but if they are consistently not responding to you after saying things like you missed them and such, it’s likely you are more into them then they are into you. Were they like this in the beginning of the relationship? If they used to tell you they missed you back and are all the sudden not, then they likely have other priorities, those priorities not including you.