#notserious post
I really feel like a lot of people don’t take time to reply to stuff. I’d like to think I reply to people, and its probably because I hate not receiving a reply. And I have a decent reserve of manners, someone people however seem to ignore the “reply” I’m not sure if they just don’t realise it or they just don’t care!
Could be anything, but I know this, when someone sends you something, no matter how little it would be nice to give a reply, even if its just a smiley face. You never know maybe the other person on the other end is really hoping you’ll reply. Could make or break their day. Always best to be considerate.
There was one time I received a message, and I replied because I had my phone and the person was really polite and very talkative, I was really busy at the time but I didn’t want to hurt the persons feelings, I didn’t know if I would, but I just didn’t want to risk it, and a while past and that same person messaged me, but I didn’t have my phone then, so I must have replied about 3/4 days late : I apologised for the late reply and the person said they thought I was ignoring them, that made me feel bad, because I had genuinely not seen their message. <<
Situations like these are what I think some people need to consider, and I know this person must be kind of needy, but don’t think about “this person is bugging me” think “This person is being polite and kind to me, will it hurt to give them the same merry and cheerful treatment?” no it doesn’t hurt a bit. So why not?
You could easily say “if I ignore messages online like katalk or something I’m being safe” and yeah you would be right, if the message is of an uncomfortable nature like “Hey where do you live? Can I have your picture” that is totally invasive and very unsafe don’t send your picture, don’t tell them where you live just go ahead and not reply, in fact I would report them, then block them! You should not reply to invasive messages at all ~ you come first and your safety is important. However a message like “Hey [insert your name] I just wanted to say I really really love [insert whatever they could love about u] and can I message you sometimes?” what’s invasive about that? They know your name, and if you have an online presence and they know what it is they are probably harmless.
And simple “Hi” messages, I know they can get tedious, I understand that, but typing “Hi! :)” doesn’t take you more than 10seconds! Be polite and say hi, you never know they could become your best friends as time goes by. I know I have quite a few friends on kakao that I have come to really really like, as in I am close to them because all they sent me was a “Hi!” and I gave them a chance, I didn’t blow them off to talk only to people I “knew” like my best friends or anything.
I just feel like we should be polite to everyone, and only draw the line if we are uncomfortable. Getting to know new and interesting people is fun, so why not just enjoy yourself. Make a new friend, who knows what it’ll bring to your life. (:
Decided to make this an open thread, so feel free to leave a comment on anything and everything, ever had a moment when someone just didn’t reply to you. Or have anything else to ask/say even if its not post relevant go ahead <3 go cwazy 😀