Weird obsessive tendencies with text.

Aarxnw · 2017-10-20T04:16:07+00:00

Be honest, how many girls are you in contact with right now?

This is usually something that happens when you are either too invested, or dont have anything better to occupy your time so these conversations become top priority.

I broke a similar habit just by forcing myself to leave girls' (and even friends') messages an entire day before responding. With little effort, I quickly realised that people are more interested in talking after you've been gone for an extended period of time. I also realised how easy it was to not care what people had to say. I also found that as a side effect, I started to reply to less messages in general, even after opening them. Cause, honestly? They're just not that interesting lol.

I know this all sounds quite arrogant, but trust me, your life outside of that little screen is way more important and interesting than a girls snapchat message could ever be.

Edit: formatting

Terdmuffin · 2017-10-20T06:25:09+00:00

I started keeping my phone on silent all the time a couple years ago and also when I put my phone down I almost always keep it face down. It takes a while but eventually you lose the urge to check your phone all the time. You never feel "false vibrations" because if you do, you know it wasn't your phone because it's on silent.

And don't keep pushing for a response. That's extremely needy. Extremely needy and unattractive. Odds are they either a) saw it and purposely aren't responding in which case pestering them into a response is going to help nothing or b) they are busy and doing something more important than messaging you. If you have something important to talk about then call them or make sure they know it's urgent, otherwise why are you wasting your time messaging?

zuhbooze · 2017-10-20T10:18:09+00:00

Im sure you're not only messaging women. Whether it's family, friends, coworkers- once you've sent the message, put the phone down and forget about it. Try this with all of your contacts, not just women.

As mentioned, turning off notifications helps along with silent mode. However the silent mode may not be applicable to your situation if you use said phone for business.

Beauty of texting is you send, walk away, come back later and resume.

Title	Weird obsessive tendencies with text.
Author	beefstew32
Upvotes	1
Comments	6
Date	October 20, 2017 3:54 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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