A while ago, I had a male acquaintance who took quite a while to text me back. I found myself making excuses for him- “maybe he’s busy, maybe he meant to text back, etc.” Now, I don’t do that, and I wish I hadn’t engaged with him in the first place. If he wanted to text back promptly, he would’ve. If he had had a good excuse for the waits and if he were genuinely respectful and mature, he would’ve explained them to me. I caught myself making excuses. (Thank goodness I stopped) Hopefully this was a gentle reminder to anyone who needed it.
P.S. I have also decided to start my own blog! It’s stil just in development and right now is just my previous forum posts, but if you’re interested feel free to check it out here: https://femcurrent2.wordpress.com