Guys, why do you reply to a girl's text 2 days later when you have the time to check her Instagram stories?

[Anonymous]

My ex and I broke up 1.5 years ago because I moved country. I did not chase, plead or beg. I cared a lot about him but my ego kicked in. He has not missed a single story I uploaded since. I have watched a handful of his. He has been in a rebound relationship and I did not go crazy on him about it either. After almost a year of no contact, he wished me a happy birthday late at night out of the blue. I thanked him the next day but the convo stopped there. 4 days after that he started liking my pictures again. I wished him a happy birthday some time later and he asked how I was doing. I replied and asked him how he was doing. He answered and the convo stopped there. The likes kept coming for the last 7 months. Recently, I needed his help with something, so since he has wished me a happy birthday and consistently liked my stuff for around 9 months, I figured it was ok to ask him for this favor (I am bad at calculation and he is great at it). I texted and he opened my message around an hour or two later but replied the next day. He said that he will help me. I replied the day after thanking him for his help. He opened my message two days later and since I was less busy on Friday I replied within the day. He has not opened my last message yet but I saw he checked my first Instagram story around 20min after I uploaded it. He also came back to watch the second story I uploaded (some time after the first). Can someone explain the dynamic? I am confused

[simonqq]

I honestly don't think you should read into this or get hopes for anything. If you really want to rekindle and get back together then you need to test the waters but I wouldn't have expectations and also think about why it ended in the first place.

It's impossible to read into this and you shouldn't either but like I said think about what you feel and want and act accordingly but don't have expectations or hopes.

[spartan55]

Do you girls understand how little effort and caring it takes to look at your dumb "stories?"
Little to none is the answer, but you can't/won't understand this for some reason.
"But why does he even bother looking then?"...🤦‍♂️
Answer: to see if you posted a bikini shot instead of another picture of what you had for dinner.. trust me it isn't any more complicated than that.

[theboybobby1]

Checking a story is something that someone can do so quick, with such little effort. Hell, people can check others stories passively when they're bored without even realizing it. If a guy doesn't respond to you in 2 days, he's clearly not interested.

[thicrob]

The reason is to make a seem like you're not special when you're realy areto make u call back