Do men wait to be texted?

[EmmashouldI]

So I met a guy went on 5 dates in two weeks things were going great. He last text Thursday I just responded with a few words didn’t give him anything to come back to.

I haven’t heard from him since but I haven’t text him either.

I just wondered do men, like some of us women wait to be texted first?

I’m wondering if I’m being ghosted or coming across like I just don’t care and that’s why he hasn’t text. I do like him but could go either way tbh. I just know if I text him and he doesn’t respond then I’ll probably like him more and feel rejected. The old want what you can’t have.

So basically do some men want to be texted first?

Point is, if you want something, you go after it.

Well precisely. OP didn’t ‘go after’ him, so maybe he thinks she didn’t want him. And perhaps he’s moved onto someone who does want him. Which would be understandable.

"so maybe he thinks she didn’t want him. And perhaps he’s moved onto someone who does want him."

Could be.

And if he's moved on, then he doesn't want her anymore. Which is my point all along. If he wants you, he's going to be there.

Anyway again, OP, whatever his reason is, he's not there anymore. So don't analyze this to death. Women beat themselves up for this crap all the time. Most men don't and just move on.

When I met OH we did text. But also spoke on the phone at least once a day. For the life of me I cannot fathom why adults have text relationships. Texting only is too impersonal and there's too much potential for misunderstanding of intention and interest when dealing solely with words on a screen.

I'd met men in the past who favoured texting over calling, and my interest drifted. Neitht of you can be bothered to text each other, you can't even pick up the phone to hear each other"s voices yet you're supposedly dating?

That's not a relationship and youd be best off moving on really.

FFS do people not speak anymore? this thing about txting is just an avoidance technique.