who in your life does this?? aarrgghhhh

[ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba]

DH has such form for sending several messages in quick succession, instead of just one.
I hate the constant pinging, especially when I'm doing something else and a string of messages every 2 secs keep interrupting me.

He's just taken DS3 for an ear check up, then sent 5 messages within 1 min:
"just been seen"
"ear's fine"
"drum healed"
"all good"
"coming shortly"

🙄 is it hard to combine those words in one message?
I guess action speaks louder than asking again to stop so I sent this back.
🤣

tell me, who else does this?

This seems to be a teenager thing, I see it on Twitter and Discord and it drives me nuts.

next time I'll send this photo with the text: "here are your words back. now use them in a sentence"

OTOH My mum doesn't have a smartphone and uses a PAYG Nokia. She still gets charged per text and goes to the other extreme: text speak and as few spaces as possible to cram as much content in as she can.

Text speak eh, remember that? Twenty years ago columnists everywhere clutching their pearls about how it was ruining language and children would forget how to spell. And now it seems like the most old fashioned thing ever.

Me. I do. 😬

In my own defence I do write a couple of sentences. Then think of something else to add and the next message will be another tiny paragraph. Then maybe a little bit later I’ll think of something else to add.

If I waited to write the whole response I’d have forgotten the first two parts which are just as important as the third.

Fuck it. I’ll carry on.

My gif game is also strong.

I do this

I just don't think it all through.

Also do it with emails at work where I have to say 'sorry to follow up so quickly...'

Ooooh annoying.

I'd have to kill him.

And I do it on here where I click send then think of something else life changing I need to add

A bit like I just did there

Shit. I do this. Type something. Hit send. Think of some more. Hit send. Then think of some more... Etc etc etc. Can go on... Hit send... Add some xxxxxs.
How should I atone?

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@EveningOverRooftops

I wouldn't mind if there was breathing space between messages. you know, 2 mins here, 5 mins there, 10mins everywhere.

What I'm baffled by is the quick successions of so few words.
I get the punctuation problem, but sending a message with a new line for every thought would be just as comprehensible as a string of them

he could've sent:
"done now
ear fine
eardrum healed
all good"

then:
"coming soon"

see what I mean?
anyway, not trying to change you or anyone here. people operate how it's most practical for them. I guess it just feels like death by a thousand papercuts to me🤣

My friends and I all do this. Not exactly word by word but one short message after another. I like it because I hate just sitting waiting, staring at the ‘…’ icon as they type out War and Peace.

I’ve never considered that it’s annoying because I’ve always done it and so have they.

@znaika

Shit. I do this. Type something. Hit send. Think of some more. Hit send. Then think of some more... Etc etc etc. Can go on... Hit send... Add some xxxxxs. How should I atone?

.

I think it is to do with having high intelligence and a creative spirit myself

I have a friend that does this - it’s like she’s excited to get her words out, and it comes as a stream of consciousness in about 10 messages at a time - I find it funny!

Nope could not be doing with that.

My sister sends a email and 5 minutes later texts the same content then after another 5 minutes phones to tell you the same thing.
It. Drives. Me. Potty. 😡

I do this... And its because I'm always doing a million things at once and remember half of what I want to say after

Yes, I do!

Definitely an ADHD thing, there are memes for this everywhere in ADHD groups

Yes, DD does this. I always know its her messaging me as all I can hear coming from my handbag is: ding ding ding ding ding.

I do this 🙈

My DS1 does this, he presses send instead of full stop.

My phone goes fwing! I think ooh, who's sent me a message?

It goes fwing! fwing! fwing! I think aah DS1 contacting the mothership.

OTOH My mum doesn't have a smartphone and uses a PAYG Nokia. She still gets charged per text and goes to the other extreme: text speak and as few spaces as possible to cram as much content in as she can.

I think part of the problem with the multiple texters is that most people these days have unlimited texts as part of their contract or bundle. When it was 10p a text people were a little more careful.

I don't think I know anyone who does this (Thank god).

I do this because I’m in middle of something - probably wrangling small child - but want the other person to know, as quickly as possible, the result of whatever I’ve been doing. I feel like I only have capacity to send very short messages. And / or want you to get the gist of whatever’s going on very quickly, in case I don’t have a chance to send a further message after the initial 2 words. I would probably have sent exactly the same messages in same scenario as your DH, sorry!
In my defence, I think my DH does same to me. Though maybe he’s got it from me…

I thought it was just my DH! He’s the only one I know that can send 10 messages like that in a row. I HATE it, drives me crazy. He’s the kind of person that can have full conversations by text when I’d just prefer a 3 minute call and get everything said at once.

My boss does this on IM. I'll get a message saying ' just thought you'd like to know' (type type type) 'that big boss thought' (type type type) your idea you put through last week' (type type type) 'was crap' (or similar) drives me bloody spare!

DH used to do this a lot until one particular day when he sent me a string of utter nonsense messages that made no sense at all. Turns out that his Samsung and my iPhone don't communicate with one another all that well, and most of his messages arrived out of the order he sent them in. He didn't believe me till I showed him.

A few people I know do this.

10.10 a.m: 'have you you watched episode 8 of Squid Game yet?'
10.10.a.m. and 15 seconds: ... 'You saw the one with the Cookies yeah?'
10.10 a.m and 30 seconds: 'Or was the one with the glass bridge the last one you watched?'
10.11. a.m. 'Can't remember which episode the glass bridge one was.'

ARGH! Just send it all in one message.

Annoyingly, half the messages come through as I am trying to reply to the other half!

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba YANBU. It's infuriating! I know several people who do it!