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So I met my friend through work about a year ago, and we’ve since become very close. We hang out every Wednesday for socially distanced trivia and have a lot in common. Besides the fact that he loves to text and will text me CONSTANTLY. This is where the issue comes in.
Sometimes the stuff he texts is valid, to which I will reply, but most of it is absolutely inconsequential. One day he texted me that he got a new speaker and was going to try it out but spread it out into like 6 different texts about this speaker. He will text me 6 or 7 times before 7:30 AM, which wakes me up in the morning. He texts me random thoughts spread out into several messages and then suddenly changes the topic and sends another round of texts about a different topic. Sometimes I get overwhelmed and just can’t reply to everything so I don’t, and it makes me feel awful.
Now I understand that some people are like that, they like to over-communicate. But I am not that way, nor do I enjoy texting at all. I have never been a texting person, even my family recognizes this. I’m just not sure how to let him know and approach the situation in a way that won’t hurt our relationship.
I very much value him as a friend and enjoy hanging out, I just don’t necessarily want to be informed about everything he does/buys or everything that he’s thinking. How do I let him know in a way that doesn’t hurt his feelings?
TL;DR: My friend texts me constantly about everything happening in his life and I don’t know how to tell him to tone it down without hurting his feeling or our relationship.
Submitted January 23, 2021 at 11:49AM by Tigolbittiesfoeva https://ift.tt/3iJ6YaH
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