Do you use ellipses?

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I absolutely bristle at ellipses.
I find it hard to see any justification for adults using these. Sure, there is a place for them in primary school suspense writing, but I fail to see how they in any way enhance adult written communication. At best, they leave something implied, rather than clearly expressed and suggest you have to 'figure it out'. At worst, they are passive aggressive.
I have a friend who uses them so weirdly, it makes everything seem like a subtle come-on: "Perhaps you could come over for a cup of tea..." or "I'm free all day tomorrow..." or "I'd go for the blue, it looks pretty on you..."
One parent on school SM group always seems to use them instead of full stops, each sentence punctuated by ellipses. Like a kind of stream of consciousness rather than actual communication: "Mr T mentioned it this morning... I think it could have been handled better... At least now, we'll all be on the same page... I'll see what George says about it later..."
I fail to see the appeal. Do you use them and if so, what do you think they add to what you are hoping to say?

Yes I do...

Sometimes...

Frequently...I have a thing about foci...

Did you know that there is a pedants' corner on MN where you can froth about punctuation with like-minded...people?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pedants_corner

I like them for some reason ...

But sometimes I put too many ........

I’ve never heard of them!

Not really seeing the problem...

Sometimes my phones puts in extra full stops, so it looks like I am when I'm not...

My mum uses them to be passive aggressive. Very annoying. Eg "yes I suppose this afternoon could work..." or "he's doing fine thanks for asking...". So annoying.

I use them all the time ... like a little pause for time in a sentence. I find them less wanky than a semi colon, which gives me the rage.

I also use em dashes, not en dashes, liberally.

I love an ellipse. It's usually expressing where I would pause in conversation, indicating that I am not being entirely serious, or sometimes indicating that I am suggesting an idea but it's a 'maybe' or a musing.

Yes, but in appropriate places, not as all-purpose punctuation.

They are awesome.for passive aggressive texting family members. Really? You thought this was appropriate ....
So you're going to be late, again .......
No homework? ......

I had a boss who loved them. It always made me feel like I was missing something with whatever he was asking me to do. Just spit it out!

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist!
I don't think I'm frothing, Flibberty, it's not really a grammar thing, and I am not saying that anyone is misusing ellipses, just that I don't get the point. As in how they trump an unambiguous, satisfying full stop.
Cormorant, I use semicolons occasionally, do you think they're seriously wanky? Damn.

I don't but DD loves them! However, she is only 6 in yr2 so is right in the middle of your primary school exception.

@CormoranStrike

I use them all the time ... like a little pause for time in a sentence. I find them less wanky than a semi colon, which gives me the rage.

I also use em dashes, not en dashes, liberally.

A semi-colon has a different function in a sentence to ellipses. The fact many people don’t know how to use a semi-colon correctly means it’s likely it will drop out of use in time; I expect you’ll be pleased about that.

They are uber Pass-Agg. Can’t stand them.
I’m sure some people think they are fine...

I use them a lot but not in any of the contexts of your OP and certainly not as a passive-aggressive tool.

Yes...

I use them now everyone is wfh and we're communicating by chat rather than talking. I find them very useful for communicating how I feel without actually writing something that I would have previously only said verbally.

Like 'hopefully we'll get official guidance later today...'

Which everyone knows means 'I seriously doubt we'll hear anything today, as we've been asking X for weeks and still not heard anything. Despite knowing they have the information so there's no excuse. I'm pissed off about it and I know you all are too.'

But having a moan about X to people who can't do any more about it than I can, and in writing so it could end up anywhere, just isn't a good idea.

I also use smileys. Particularly this one 🙄

They are uber Pass-Agg.

I love ellipses...but I only use them in writing...if I'm emulating...Captain Kirk

Cormorant, I use semicolons occasionally, do you think they're seriously wanky? Damn.

Nah OP. We don't use enough semi colons in my opinion!

All the time...

I do not however, use expressions such as 'uber Pass-Agg'. Thankfully.