Does anyone else notice guys can only respond to 1 question even if you ask him 2-3 questions in a text?

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Does anyone else notice guys can only respond to 1 question even if you ask him 2-3 questions in a text?

Why do a lot of them do this? Does your OH / DH do this?

& I don't even mean shady awkward questions where they don't wanna answer but literally follow-up questions to what they asked (and they weren't questions which would require more than a few words to answer)

Um, nope.

I can't say I've particularly noticed this, but like any conversation, sometimes one question gets the focus, you discuss that, then you come back to the others.

I don't know why a lot of guys do this, but it might simply be that they are doing something else at the same time, and choose to quickly respond to the most important question.

So, I may do this sometimes, and so may my DW, but I don't see it as a big deal.

That's three questions you asked, and I've attempted an answer at all three. How's that for a guy?

No

nope, you are wrong...

now, what else did you say?!

Yes!! Read the whole bloody text! And don't go off on a tangent!

I do this according to DH. It's not on purpose.

No, he answers all questions, although not always in the correct way

My dp does this ALL THE TIME

Although at least he answers :/ I currently have around 60 unread messages between texts and FB messenger.

Yes.

And several hours on when he has given his minimal and often one-word answer, I end up having to go back to remind my brain what it was all about anyway.

Messages are purely functional and minimalist in this household!

Weirdly, I was thinking about similar just yesterday. I’m a PA for three people, two men and a lady, and all three of them tend to do this, I have to go back and forth a few times before I manage to get all my answers. My mum also often does this when I text her, half the time I end up just ringing. But my DP answers everything. So I don’t think it’s necessary a man thing so much as people just not reading their messages properly. Annoying though!

My other half does this all the time! Its got to the point where I only ask one question per text but he still manages to ignore the question sometimes! My daughter is the same so its not just a man thing!

Just scrolled through me and DH’s WhatsApp messages and it seems he is capable of answering more than one question at a time!

I have female friends that do this. DH is hit and miss.

I have noticed this but not just with men. It drives me up the wall.

3 questions in an email and the recipient replies to 1 or if you're lucky 2.

The woman who managed a house rental for me was guilty of this. In the end I just used to bullet point the questions to make it clear!

My feeble male brain struggles with it, but I try and answer everything. But if I'm posed one question it'll get a detailed answer, the more I'm asked the briefer the answers will be.

Plus sometimes it's a question of one stealing the focus. I mean if I'm asked "heading to the shop, do we need milk? Oh and how do you feel about trying for another baby?" then I might forget about the milk.

Thanks everyone - doesn't seem to be as common as I thought.. I did come across something on twitter from someone who seems to have noticed the same thing that I did:
twitter.com/kaitvallo/status/813561882485420032?lang=en

Oh my yes. Drives me mad. So now I only ask one. Wait for an answer. And then ask another. Then he says I’m sending a lot of texts. I wouldn’t have to if he just would answer all the questions on one text

Just talk to one another if you have multiple questions. HTH.