‘Let’s try and keep in touch’

[Theeamonandruthshow]

If someone ended their WhatsApp chat like this to you, what would you think?
What does this sentence mean to you?

Depending on how close you are to your sister, it might mean different things.

Not close - I'm not bothered if I see you again or not
Close - I'm sick of being the one always messaging, you message me for a change.

But without context it's impossible to say.

Sounds like some of the distance speak I use to people i dont want to see.

Ill leave it with you then (fuck off)

Im not offering any appointments at this time (fuck off)

Its not my policy to give my number to random people (fuck off)

She's not a random person, she's her sister!

I last texted her last year, I texted once and had no reply, texted again, still no reply.
Texted last week, had a reply, she ended it with this. Just felt like a smack in the mouth to me. We’re not massively close, but did see each other every year or two (we live at a distance) and kept in touch through texts.

I’m just trying to understand if her saying that meant we’ve been rubbish and should try to keep in touch more or something else…especially considering she didn’t reply to my previous two texts

I’d take it at face value then. She’ll probably be a bit rubbish and not manage it, but right now she wants to stay in touch. Or is telling you that she wants at least.

You almost definitely will never hear from them again.

This thread started as annoying and ended disappointingly.

I assume it means simply that they'd like to keep in touch but IME those who are the most effusive actually do nothing about it. They're just meaningless words. Even if you make an effort they often don't reciprocate. But don't despair if you hear this as life is full of surprises.

@IIeflottante Read something else then. This is a real thing in my life and something I worry over. Sorry if that’s a disappointment to you.

[quote Theeamonandruthshow]@Lipz Do you think so? So it’s a positive as in, let’s make more effort?[/quote]
nope....its a politish brush off

" I'm sorry we've not been in touch very often, lets do better as I really like you".

  Not ascribing blame to either party.

The problem with text is that you have no tone of voice to indicate the meaning. If you're not close but there's no animosity, I would agree that she's saying you both need to make more effort to speak more. Not blaming you, not accepting blame herself. I don't think it has a bad connotation.

My sister and I are very close and dhe might say this to me as a dig as I can go off the radar. Hehe. I wouldn't take offence though. And I don't think you should take offence here. Sounds like she wants and has the intention to communicate more (but maybe the reality will be different!)

It’s a fob off. She thinks you should make effort to chase around after her but she thinks she is too busy / important to do the same. I had a similar experience with a friend

It’s pretty wishy washy. Unless you’ve previously lost touch and they’re trying to suggest you don’t let it happen again, I’d be inclined to see it as a brush off.

Well, now you have finally given the context, I'd say it means exactly what it says "Let's try and keep in touch" .

It's an acknowledgement that - for whatever reason - a single text once a year isn't exactly connecting with your own sister, and she wants to try and improve a bit on that.

Yes if it’s your sister and in the given context, I would say that she means literally that- let’s try and stay in touch. As in let’s start doing a better job of staying in touch.

I wouldn’t say it’s any kind of dig at you, she probably feels bad that she never got round to answering some of your previous messages and it’s her way of saying that she’ll try and make more effort to respond in future.

@Theeamonandruthshow

I last texted her last year, I texted once and had no reply, texted again, still no reply. Texted last week, had a reply, she ended it with this. Just felt like a smack in the mouth to me. We’re not massively close, but did see each other every year or two (we live at a distance) and kept in touch through texts.

It's either "shit, it's been a year. I'm sorry. Let's be better at this" or "I'm not interested, but I can't say that".

It'll be obvious quite quickly which it is, but I would brace yourself for it being the not interested variety.