Currently have two consistent plates and a few others that pop up intermittently: One of my plates I actually like quite a lot but I end up running a lot of dread on her.

One example is through texting, she can see when it’s read and so can I. Tonight she texts me that’d she’d love to hang out with me and I was busy out so I opened it and never replied. I figured at this hour it’s best to wait until tomorrow now but I see she’s posting these subtle emotional quotes on Instagram about being someone’s priority etc.

I do it often too if i am too busy to respond at the moment or id rather think a little more before I reply. But it ends up seeming as I am ignoring her or consider myself too important to reply to her when I open it.

She’s a good girl and behaves so I don’t like doing that. Should I explain that I was out and sorry for not replying right away or is this stepping into a landmine?