How to Deal with Dry Texters
Every reply from them is "lol", "yeah", "nice", or "haha". You're carrying the entire conversation.
“lol yeah”
“so what else is going on? how was your day? did you do anything fun?”
Bombarding with questions when they're giving nothing. You're chasing.
“lol”
Match their energy. If they care, they'll step up. If not, you saved your dignity.
“you're coming to [place] saturday btw”
Skip texting, go straight to plans. Some people are just bad texters but great in person.
“you're a terrible texter and i respect it”
Calls it out with humor. Breaks the pattern without being confrontational.
- 1.Stop asking questions — make statements instead
- 2.Some people text dry but are interested. Suggest meeting up to find out.
- 3.Match their energy for 2-3 messages. If they don't escalate, they're not interested.
- 4.Never write paragraphs to someone giving you one word.
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