To text or not to text
That is the million dollar question
It sounds so elementary.
I’m a fully functioning adult in their late 30s. My stomach should not go to knots at the decision or indecision over texts.
And yet, when faced with a new crush, I feel like a helpless teenager again.
Secure behavior: Texting with good friends
This is my healthy example. With close friends whom I feel completely secure in the relationship, I don’t obsess over timing, frequency, or content of a text. If I think of something I want to tell them over text, I send it.
I know they will not judge me for it. I know they will respond in their own time.
Yes, I don’t expect them to reply to me right away. Or even today.
I believe that life is stressful enough as is, and we don’t need to feel the pressure of responding to texts in a timely manner in a friendship.
Insecure behavior: Texting with a new crush
Everything changes now, since I don’t have the same security in the relationship.
Can texting out of blue seem too needy? Too attentive? Too interested?