I only delay if I'm worried to answer way too quickly, so I try to play it cool and wait a few minutes.
If I am late at replying it's usually because I'm doing other things, I haven't noticed it or something alike.
It can happen though I have read it, don't know how to answer, and let it sit for far too long.
Or I can forget that I didn't reply.
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Depends on the person. Usually in the beginning I'll try to act cool and not answer too quick because I don't want to seem annoying, but if you have to wait over an hour for every answer you get... Maybe they're not that interested anymore
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I want guys to earn my trust and attention by investing in me - in a first conversation - I might discontinue the connection after 2-4 texts - after a few weeks - we can text for an hour - after a few months we can text for several hours - Its not purely intentional - strangers bore me because I don't have a mental connection to them and people I don't bond with emotionally bore me - I don't mind talking for 10 minutes but I am not going to have a long conversation with somebody who means nothing to me
Yes & yes to what everyone else said. There could be a ton of unique/personal reasons why she’s delayed but they are all secondary to “priorities”. My phone is always in my hand, and I pick where my attention goes based on whatever order I choose to give attention to.
I. E I know I need to reply to my grandmother’s text but I’m answering a stranger online.
Be patient, the more you two talk or spend time together, you’ll become more of a priority. And if she doesn’t eventually see you as one, keep it moving !I don’t think girls do that deliberately. Yeah it’s a possibility that she’s not interested, but speaking for myself I’m not the kind of person that’s always in one place. Life gets busy and there are times when I’ll go an entire day without texting or talking. I don’t do it on purpose, but I get preoccupied with my own life and I forget, or can’t do it right away.
It can swing both ways... I could delay a reply on purpose / because I'm not interested.. or it could simply be that I'm busy and haven't looked at my phone, or I woke up to a lot of notifications and cleared them all, or I saw the message and replied mentally and thought I actually replied.
I think you are thinking into it too much... I've had guys message like 20 times within the span of me showering and that just comes across as obsessive and desperate especially when they are asking where I am gone etc.
Just think of it like this, do you reply IMMEDIATELY to every message or do you sometimes have work/school or any other activity on?Define delayed replies. We get busy, thus on occasion we'll not always be able to answer immediately. You might have to wait a few hours up to a day. However, if she's making you wait 2+ days regularly, she's not interested.
Its a trade secret that sometimes we will leave you unread for a while or on read for a minute to make it seem like we don't care as much as we do.
If I don’t respond I’m not interested, and just because I read your message and didn’t respond doesn’t mean I’m playing games
We don’t want it to seem like us waiting for your reply is the most important thing in our lives so we might not open the message for a bit.
I am a quick reply unless I am busy... Or I can't answer the question...
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