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You ever reach out to a friend and they don't even bother to respond?
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:49 pm
This has happened to me twice in the last couple of months.
Occasion 1: We were going to Atlanta to catch a Braves game a few months ago and my wife and a close friend of hers who lives in Atlanta had discussed us going together multiple times. They decided that me and her husband should coordinate buying tickets together. I text him, no response for a few days, then e-mail him, again no response. Trip is upon us, so we buy our tickets and they end up ghosting us. I've known this guy for 15 years, albeit mainly through our wives, but he didn't even bother to reply.
Occasion 2: My wife's lifelong best friend and her do a weekend girl's trip every couple of years. My wife has a big birthday coming up so I shot her friend an e-mail to let her know about the party I'm planning for her and to propose that her and I surprise my wife with their next girl trip. I offer to book/pay for hotel and everything. They talk almost daily and ideas for their next trip together have been coming up a lot lately. E-mailed her 6 days ago and crickets. Nada.
Anyone else experiencing this? Am I an a-hole for expecting common courtesy? CSB, I know.
Occasion 1: We were going to Atlanta to catch a Braves game a few months ago and my wife and a close friend of hers who lives in Atlanta had discussed us going together multiple times. They decided that me and her husband should coordinate buying tickets together. I text him, no response for a few days, then e-mail him, again no response. Trip is upon us, so we buy our tickets and they end up ghosting us. I've known this guy for 15 years, albeit mainly through our wives, but he didn't even bother to reply.
Occasion 2: My wife's lifelong best friend and her do a weekend girl's trip every couple of years. My wife has a big birthday coming up so I shot her friend an e-mail to let her know about the party I'm planning for her and to propose that her and I surprise my wife with their next girl trip. I offer to book/pay for hotel and everything. They talk almost daily and ideas for their next trip together have been coming up a lot lately. E-mailed her 6 days ago and crickets. Nada.
Anyone else experiencing this? Am I an a-hole for expecting common courtesy? CSB, I know.
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Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:52 pm to Costanza
I don't respond to texts all the time.
I'm not stopping whatever I'm doing to engage with your needy arse. By the time I could eventually get to it, it's not worth responding to anymore anyway.
Stop texting, unless it's important.
What's are you, a 15 year old girl?
I'm not stopping whatever I'm doing to engage with your needy arse. By the time I could eventually get to it, it's not worth responding to anymore anyway.
Stop texting, unless it's important.
What's are you, a 15 year old girl?
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:52 pm to Costanza
All the time.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:52 pm to Costanza
I’d just call. If they don’t return a call or voicemail I would just put them on my shitlist.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:53 pm to Costanza
Maybe you should stop emailing your friends. I have never once emailed my friends. That's just weird. Email is for work or communications with business entities.
Did you try to CALL him like a real man?
Did you try to CALL him like a real man?
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:54 pm to Costanza
Sometimes I’m busy then forget. Most of the time it’s someone I dont wanna talk to.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:54 pm to Smeg
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What's are you, a 15 year old girl?
Nah just a normal adult male with manners. Hard to come by lately, apparently
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:54 pm to Costanza
I'd say it's more normal than not, especially if living in different states. Also, depending on how old you are. The older you get, the more long distance friendships fade. Out of sight, out of mind.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:54 pm to Costanza
Just call
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:54 pm to Smeg
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Stop texting, unless it's important. What's are you, a 15 year old girl?
Pretty sure he specifically mentioned emails... At least twice.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 12:59 pm to Costanza
Is email a normal form of communication between you and wife's best friend? Someone who doesn't work a white collar job (or doesn't work at all) probably doesn't check their email much.
No idea on situation #1 though.
No idea on situation #1 though.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 1:02 pm to Costanza
Occasion 1 - They knew the plans, so it was on them.
Occasion 2 - if email is the only way you've tried to contact her, I'd try something else.
Although I do think at least one phonecall/voicemail should be attempted in situations like these.
Occasion 2 - if email is the only way you've tried to contact her, I'd try something else.
Although I do think at least one phonecall/voicemail should be attempted in situations like these.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 1:04 pm to LouisianaLady
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Is email a normal form of communication between you and wife's best friend? Someone who doesn't work a white collar job (or doesn't work at all) probably doesn't check their email much.
No idea on situation #1 though.
Fair question. I don't usually talk with her one on one as her and my wife talk constantly. Since this was kind of specific and a longer message, e-mail felt more appropriate than a text. I'll give her a call
Posted on 10/10/22 at 1:07 pm to Costanza
For me its only ex-friends who do this...
Posted on 10/10/22 at 1:07 pm to Master of Sinanju
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Occasion 2 - if email is the only way you've tried to contact her, I'd try something else.
Yeah, my wife and I email while at work all the time and sometimes our emails don't get delivered or get sent to a spam folder. I would try a different means for occasion 2. Occasion 1 seems like they don't want to meet up, but are too scared to tell you.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 1:10 pm to Costanza
Your wife's friend and her husband think you're a piece of shite.
Posted on 10/10/22 at 1:12 pm to tiggerthetooth
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Your wife's friend and her husband think you're a piece of shite.
They must!
Posted on 10/10/22 at 1:12 pm to Costanza
be the kind of friend that grants others grace... time flies by, people get distracted (and then stressed that so much time has passed)
if you truly attribute malice to their lack of response, they aren't really your friend
if you truly attribute malice to their lack of response, they aren't really your friend
Posted on 10/10/22 at 1:17 pm to Costanza
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I text him, no response
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then e-mail him, again no response
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I shot her friend an e-mail
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E-mailed her 6 days ago and crickets. Nada.
Do you see, what I see here?
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They talk almost daily
That same device that you are using to text/email has another pretty cool feature.
Call them
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