Probably, an ounce of EGO I
guess. Or at least, something worthier enough than to revert to the person
who might be waiting out there for that one “TEXT” back.
In this generation of texting and
multi-media we have somehow managed to put those good old post-mails and
telegrams out of service. We did succumb to this texting and SMSing game quite
shamelessly and apologetically. And in the midst of all that, we did realized that
our value in some other’s perception is based on the amount of ignorance we
throw to them by not responding to a message-
like a girl to that
“friend-zoned” guy
like a guy to that “annoying” cousin or WORSE
like a
grand-son to his needy folks
Everyone has their side of story
to tell. They say they were too busy to respond but weren’t busy enough to
unlock their phones, then checking the person who sent it, reading that message to
the whole and then deciding to not reply back.
Sure, the message wasn’t
important enough to reply back to the person or at least asking them to wait for a
response in a while. But in the end, they expect them to understand the situation
even if it would have taken just a minute of their time to revert back or
simply tell them, “I am busy. Let’s talk later.
Now, every person’s self-analysis
suggest that maybe their act of not responding back will show how well they are
occupied in their own skin or how much busy they are with their life to respond
to a simple text. And this issue is not limited to a certain age-group.
“TEXT-ZONED’ is for real and exists along every person out there. Probably, you
are now enjoying that guilty pleasure of not messaging someone back but next
thing you know, you are falling a victim to it. And not trying to be mean, but
let’s just admit it,
A PERSON IS PRONE TO JUSTIFY HIS/HER
SELF-RESPECT TODAY BY IGNORING THE OTHER PERSON ON THE MESSAGING FRONT.
These topic is neither thought-provoking,
nor any kind of first-world problem, but the way social media has taken a storm
in our lives, I guess friendships, relationships are all held together by this
tender thread of communication, which we keep together by communicating or tend
to break it up with no response on a deliberate basis. This resulted in me
losing around a dozen of contacts last year.
This blog has nothing to be
called as an example but just to get a clarity on what runs into the mind of
the person behind the screen. I am just addressing this because, just like
myself, a friend found it hard to accept that people’s bewilderment is superior
to the interest in responding back.
No one’s asking for a reply back.
But just don’t be that oblivious person. Just tell them you’re not interested or
talking to them is not worth your time. Simply, they wouldn’t be ever left with
a question that why on earth that person would ignore them and stop bothering
you from the day after.
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