To think that if someone says 'bye for now' they are ending a conversation?

[nevergettingbacktogether]

Bloke I've been seeing will often end messages with 'bye for now' Aibu to interpret this as him telling me the messaging conversation is over?

Not sure how else it could be interpreted?

You have to ask?

What else could it mean?

Sorry I haven't explained very well!

Does it mean bye for now as in now I have to wait for him to contact me?

Is 'now' for e.g. the nothing or until further notice?

So eg

Me: hey did you have a good night last night?'

Him: yes it was great, we went to that restaurant you recommended. Thanks for the heads up, hope you had a good night. Bye for now.

How long is 'now'?

maybe he's busy right now but will chat to you later?

I would find that a bit dismissive. I’d leave it and see how long it takes him to contact you again.

Yep sounds disinterested and like he's trying to avoid a conversation to me. Most people would politely return the query ime so the fact he hasn't means not only does he not want to talk at that moment he's also not keen enough to even be politely curious in return... probably not that into you!

Bye for now just means see you later, as in I need to go now as I'm busy but you know, see you/talk to you in a bit and I guess in a bit is just "later" confusing myself explaining yet I understand what I mean

Yes I’d take it as him ending the chat. Does he initiate conversations with you?

You dont have to wait for him to contact you, it probably just means he is a bit busy at the moment. Contact him when you have something to say

Sweeping assumption on my part I know but life's too short to be playing the begging for attention/does he, doesn't he game! Fuck him, his loss eh! 🙂

I often end a text like that, or take care we'll be in contact soon if it is going back and forth.
Especially with people who keep replying it would be never ending otherwise.

I think it definitely means that he doesn’t want/have time for any further chat at that moment. You could say that’s a bit rude and dismissive.

On the other hand though, if he was busy when you texted he could have just ignored the message if he didn’t have time to chat, but he didn’t- he replied to you quite politely and answered your question, but also let you know that he’s not in a position for a long chat right now.

It'a not the most graceful way to end a conversation. My daughter is online dating at the moment and I think she would give him the side eye at that one.

I should have said that I don't think it's him saying "don't contact me, I'll contact you". It's just a way of saying that he is too busy or not inclined to talk now.

Is it the end of a long stream of messages? Does he contact you first sometimes? Is contact mutual or is there definitely one of you who starts the conversation first? Needs the bigger picture really.

Sorry, just seen your other posts op.

Is that it? You ask a question and he replied with that? He doesn't sound all that interested. Have you been talking for a while now or is this a brand new match?

There was more in his message but I didn't add it in case it was outing. He said some nice things, that it was lovely to see me the other day.

I've just replied

"Glad you had a good night.

Bye for now"

How childish am I 😬

@ScottIansEyebrows

I would find that a bit dismissive. I’d leave it and see how long it takes him to contact you again.

This is how I read it.

If I said this to someone and they thought about it in as much detail as you have, I would be

Your reply was brilliant

I read his text as weirdly dismissive ...who says bye on text it may just be that he texts in that way. Be interesting to see how he responds to yours.

I'm not sure you can usefully read into it, OP. It sounds a bit to me like the equivalent of signing off your name at the end of a text which some people I know do as standard but for me feels quite formal. Perhaps he's in that category or perhaps he was busy. I'd just text again whenever you have something else to say - I wouldn't force it either way.

To those who have asked it is usually me who initiates conversation by text. I don't think he is much of a messager.

He is lovely in person, though, goes out of this way to do very kind things for me.

It's a bit of a long distance relationship which is why I think I feel more invested in messaging.