Would you be annoyed if a guy you're seeing didn't reply for nearly 3 days?

[Situationship101]

Just wondering if you would be annoyed or feel disrespected if the guy you're seeing ignored your message with a question in it for nearly 3 days and then gets back in touch like nothing happened.

If he doesn't reply in three days, I wouldn't bother any longer with him. That screams lack of interest and effort.

I'm old, what on earth is a situationship.

If it's what I'd call a fuck buddy/fwb, then you aren't dating, aren't in a relationship, so nope, wouldn't bother me to have a delayed response. It's just sex on tap when you both want it

If 'situationship' means you are an affair partner, I guess he wasn't able to sneak away, and you should have higher standards for your behaviour.

I must be 'needy' and 'demanding' too OP, because I would also think that was rude. 3 days being left on read. Yeah I have a higher standard than that.
leave him on read... permanently.

Yeah don't give him another chance. It'll only get worse.

Sounds par for the course with a situationship surely. It's a casual fling where you're not invested in anything serious and aren't expected to be in daily contact.

Unless you asked him a direct question (in which case a three-day delayed response with no apology would piss me off from anyone).

Ah missed that it was a very vague question. Yeah sorry but for something so casual I wouldn't have expected to BE expected to reply promptly to that.

In a budding or established relationship I would expect them to be keen and for contact to be more consistent.

However it's a situationship because there isn't the mutual enthusiasm or availability for that.

Either accept that for what it is, intermittent and casual, or find someone for a full relationship. You can't be getting offended because a casual fling is treating things casually. Or if you want to start a conversation, ask something substantive.

Is a situationship shorthand for a casual fwb relationship? If it is, then I'd expect the same behaviour from him as I would a casual friend - would I be dumping a friend because they had ignored a general text? Probably not but I would be backing off a bit. Perhaps he wants it to be more casual than you do?

He doesn't care.

You do.

You are going to get hurt.

This

I first heard the term situationship from reality TV. Two contestants form a pseudo-romantic relationship because they are both locked up in the Big Brother house and as soon as the situation is over, so is the romance.

YANBU. It’s fcking rude. I don’t expect people to drop everything to text me and I get that we are all busy and I am too but 3 DAYS? Nah. No one is that busy that they can’t reply to a question in 3 days. Texting takes like 30 seconds!! I would assume there is no interest there and ignore.

Life is too short to put up with this nonsense.

The time taken to respond (to anyone) is mostly proportional to how much you care about them (would he take 3 days responding to his boss?).

He couldn't care less about you and you should return the sentiment.