Comments on: Birds of a feather

By: vivlai

vivlai — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:27:25 +0000

i know you want to stand up for the boy…but i don’t think he typed a massive gigantic-o text message and mine split it into nine texts. i’ve gotten those before too, and it splits the sentences/words/ across the messages. and even tho i wrote “in a row” there was a few minutes in between, sometimes 5-15…like he put down his chopsticks as was chewing it over in his brain, THEN started texting all over again.

but drinking out of a open container and walking is difficult for me without a straw, so i’ll forgive the redundancy.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:43:30 +0000

His or your phone probably only allows so many characters per message. If he sent all nine “in a row”, the chances are that he was just typing and sending and typing and sending in an effort to get his whole message out. I would have been more concerned if you got 9 texts “throughout the day” rather than all in a row. Really, you should consider it just one, long, ranting text. Now you still may think it was weird, but at least that gets rid of the 9-texts-in-a-row REASON for considering it weird. Oh, and you can also excuse the redundancy because as he typed each next sentence (next text), he had already hit SEND on the previous sentence, and thus couldn’t as easily notice what he had already said.

i agree though that the “hates America” thing alone is enough to move on. Good luck.

By: vivlai

vivlai — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:46:41 +0000

yes nicole, just a little bit odd. only because this multiple text type of behavior is typically associated with girls! i’m hyper aware of how many phone calls + text messages i send without a reply on the other party’s side…even if it’s a easy breezy “hello, what are you up to?” message. i wait at least 4hrs to send another one because i hypothesize he’ll be in a different “space” then.

By: sunsurfer

sunsurfer — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:05:39 +0000

Yowza! It looks like you had him pegged the first time around. I agree. One or two messages is ok, but 9 is a bit over the edge.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:35:36 +0000

That is really weird. I give him credit for wanting to be open-minded (though he loses some points for not being self-aware enough to realize how he turns people off with his abrasive attitude), but you never, ever send 9 text messages. 1 or maybe 2 if the message is that important.

Congrats to you, though, for ending it quickly, politely, and early.