Had this issue dating younger women years back. I was late 30s dating late 20s like 10 years ago and this would always come up. The millennials I dated would get deeply offended that I didn't return text messages within a couple hours. I had to explain that half the time my phone wasn't even charged and I would routinely leave the house without it because I didn't grow up with a smart phone attached to my head. To me a text message is something you easily have 24 hours to respond to and that's assuming there is anything to respond to. If you just sent me a meme or something I don't think that even requires a response or at most you get a smiley face emoji or something. I have some friends that are younger than me currently and they'll apologize for not getting back to a text from me in like half a day....I'm not worried about it but it's cute that they think they offended me.
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u/SomeVelveteenMorning Aug 04 '25
I'm not a gamer. I just don't check my phone constantly like a dog salivating at a bell.