To expect some sort of communication?

[tittietinsel]

Earlier today, mid small text convo (think 6/7 all in all) I sent a pic to my cousin of her present and quickly followed with a 'this is yours' text. We are fairly close, have the same group of friends and often go away together or to shows etc with them. I got her tickets to see a west end show so had no physical present, hence the text.

She has replied NOTHING. Absolutely nothing.

I'm sat scratching my head a bit.

I know I can text her, but honestly, she should have at least acknowledged it right?

Maybe she's busy?

She might be busy as it's Xmas day?

She had her phone in her hand when I sent it, 14 hours ago.

I get that people are busy, but that's a bit of a lame excuse here!

How do you know the phone was in her hand if she wasn't with you?

Because as I said in my OP I sent it in the middle of a text conversation.

Dead battery?

I'm sure she would just charge her phone.

If it's in a group chat she might have just missed it, I do sometimes. I hate this whole "WHY DIDNT SHE REPLY TO MY TEXT??!!" thing that people do now, and I hate the assumption that "she can't be THAT busy!" even more. I frequently am busy enough for it to not be convenient to reply to a text, especially if I want to think out what to say. Just because there is physically time in the day to reply to a message doesn't mean one HAS to reply to a message. Other things in life can and do take priority.

Yeah that's a bit over an over reaction to my minor query that perhaps she should have at least acknowledged it. I NEVER care about messages and replies, and yes she could have been busy but FFS I did expect that she at least say something. She isn't that busy. No kids, lives at home, was literally posting on Facebook and insta throughout the day. I wasn't for a minute expecting to be a priority In her life, but we are close enough that I know she could reply to a message.

I didn't post because I was screaming upset that she didn't make me her one and only. I posted because I was a bit baffled that she hadn't replied.

I don't know how she could miss a text message. It's not a group chat, simple iMessage. In a convo with a few messages exchanged both before and after that one. It was a picture and a text.

The only reason I even said she wasn't that busy was because someone said she might have been. I was just replying that she wasn't. It was hardly an 'OMG WHY DID SHE NOT ANSWER ME, SHE ISNT EVEN BUSY'

If it was a picture and a text then the picture might not have arrived, iMessage is responsible for a now difficult relationship between me and an ex colleague after none of her messages arrived to me (despite them being on her phone so she was unaware) during my maternity leave. Message again and ask if the photo part of your message arrived and just say it's showing as unsent. You'll soon know what the situation is.