RECEIVED an apologetic text from a friend explaining why they didn’t respond sooner? Ignore their lies. These are the real reasons people are slow to reply.

There was nothing left to say

Read through your previous messages again. Had you finished discussing the topic at hand or finalised making your plans? It’s not a cruel snub to not send a wholly unnecessary text. You don’t go to Tesco then text them when you’re eating the pepperoni pizza. Go outside or doomscroll for three hours instead if you’re bored.

Doing anything else was more fun

Staying on top of your text messages can feel like a full-time job. Especially if you’ve got friends as needy as you. They may try to protect your feelings by saying they ran out of battery or they’ve only just seen your reply, but in reality they

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