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What would your thoughts be if you received this text message?

485 replies

Cantsleep1234 · 08/09/2023 01:12

For context I have been messaging this person and sometimes I don’t reply quickly due to working or other things and this is what he says. Top message supposed to say ‘at messaging’ I’m guessing..I’m mid twenties and he is mid thirties.

What would your thoughts be if you received this text message?
OP posts:
GigiAnnna · 08/09/2023 08:10

SoupDragon · 08/09/2023 08:01

The replies here are classic MN. If he hadn't replied promptly to her texts it would be a red flag and she would be perfectly entitled to be annoyed/call him out on it. Here he is being controlling. 😂 Plus the grammatical errors from people sneering at his "illiteracy"...

That said, I don't think you can really judge someone on just those two isolated, out of context texts. It very much depends on what his usual conversational style is, his personality, how you usually banter. However, this is MN so get out your red bunting and run for the hills!

If you don't see it as just a joke/banter than he isn't the man for you though.

Let me guess, you're a bloke. Some of us just don't have incredibly low standards.

INeedAnotherName · 08/09/2023 08:11

No thank you. Even if you ignore the age gap.

He is saying his time is worth more than yours and you should be dropping everything to attend to his needs. He's starting to get cross because you aren't hence the smack bum comment.

He's testing your boundaries here, to see what you are willing to accept. Are you going to comply or run?

diddl · 08/09/2023 08:13

Is there an etiquette for messaging back?

Is it supposed to be within a certain time frame?

Surely it's only matters if there's an immediate answer required?

If you want to chat then you phone instead?

Do some people see them as the same?

dramadealings · 08/09/2023 08:15

He doesn't know the difference between you're and your, so that would be a no from me.

I know that wasn't the question...😂

fortheloveofflowers · 08/09/2023 08:15

In my twenties I probably would have found that funny and then I grew up and realised the controlling aspects behind this kind of speak.

Gives you the ‘the ick’. Run!

SoupDragon · 08/09/2023 08:17

GigiAnnna · 08/09/2023 08:10

Let me guess, you're a bloke. Some of us just don't have incredibly low standards.

Nope, you guessed wrong. It's nothing to do with low standards. Clearly you have literacy problems if you can't understand my post though.

cleanthetable · 08/09/2023 08:17

I wouldn't message back. It's a bit weird isn't it. No need to engage with someone weird when you are likely looking for someone not weird.

Clefable · 08/09/2023 08:17

I'd be gone at the 'lol' at the end of both sentences never mind the rest of it.

PerspiringElizabeth · 08/09/2023 08:18

'Need a smak bum' is gross and barely literate so I'd think he's a total idiot and bin him off. Too much energy wasted! MID THIRTIES! Can't believe it.

SoupDragon · 08/09/2023 08:18

I mean, there are people going on about the age gap and how that gives the "ick" about the man, ignoring the fact that the OP is happy with that age gap.

Cucucucu · 08/09/2023 08:20

Unless your previous messages involved sexual innuendoes similar to that and you joined in that sort of conversation then I would find it very creepy

EL8888 · 08/09/2023 08:22

Topseyt123 · 08/09/2023 01:22

I'd think it must have been written by an illiterate thicko.

Exactly this. Massive turn off

madamehooch · 08/09/2023 08:23

The content would put me right off but my husband is severely dyslexic and, yes, sends many messages to me incorrectly spelt. I don't think you should judge him on that.

DrSbaitso · 08/09/2023 08:24

Are there no men your age who know how to court and flirt? I'll give the spelling a pass if he's dyslexic or something.

Even if you're into a bit of spanking, this isn't how you do it.

Chippy4me · 08/09/2023 08:26

EL8888 · 08/09/2023 08:22

Exactly this. Massive turn off

Bloody hell 😳

FelicityFlops · 08/09/2023 08:28

Do you know him in real life? I hope not! I would do as others suggest, block and look for someone with manners and intelligence.

Endlesssummerof76 · 08/09/2023 08:29

There's more to choosing a partner than them just being a good person though. Most people want somebody of a similar intelligence level and illiteracy giving the ick is completely understandable.

Completely agree. There are far too many other men out there to waste time on this one.

Snugglemonkey · 08/09/2023 08:29

Raisinnola · 08/09/2023 05:48

I would actually assume he’s testing the water to see if you’d be open to a bit of bedroom related spanking. I can almost guarantee.

This was what I thought too.

Deathbyfluffy · 08/09/2023 08:31

Jesus, that’s some illiteracy right there.
No thank you

Proudgypsy · 08/09/2023 08:38

I think "smak bum" has been my introduction to the ick.

Editing to add:
No problems with people not being able to spell, a lot of nasty people on here. If spelled correctly I'd feel the same.

IdoIdoIpoo · 08/09/2023 08:40

Dump

Danikm151 · 08/09/2023 08:40

Get rid. He used “your” instead of “you’re”

NeverDropYourMooncup · 08/09/2023 08:43

Let me guess, he likes a woman to dress as a lady (stockings, suspenders...), can't cook, is 'looking for friendship, maybe more', has photos of cars on his profile and thinks Jeremy Clarkson should be Chancellor with Boris back as PM because he was 'stiched (sic) up by mainstream media'. Oh, and he's frequently watching pornography on his phone during his lunchbreak and is going to expect you to let him stay over on your first date.

Block block block.

summersun29 · 08/09/2023 08:43

Ick, find someone younger and less needy!

Alwayswonderedwhy · 08/09/2023 08:44

I'd think it's no wonder he's single.

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