Why are some of us so bad at replying to our WhatsApp and social media messages? And what does it say about us as people? Stylist’s Lauren Geall investigates.
, the story is the same – long lists of ‘unread’ messages waiting for me to open. I am, for want of a better phrase, a ‘bad replier’.out-of-office
And without fail, I always end up back in the same place, hastily typing a “so sorry I’ve only just seen this” or “shit, saw this and forgot to reply” a week later in an attempt to not look like a completely horrible person.digital editor-at-large Kayleigh Dray is also afflicted by this confusing struggle.
“To any friends and family reading this, please know that when I tell you that ‘I’m so sorry, I meant to reply to this ages ago,’ I 100% mean it from the bottom of my heart. Because I don’t like being this way. I hate picking up the days-old threads of an old conversation and trying to wrangle them back into something fresh and exciting. I hate the idea that someone, anyone would ever be sat waiting for a message from me and feeling weird about it .
– the pressure of knowing what to say on the spot and feeling obliged to start a conversation without warning is strangely triggering to me. But on the other hand, part of me thinks my shit replying is part of who I am – that, as I said before, there are two types of people in this world, and no matter how hard you try, you are what you are.
“In order to overcome anything, we first need to be motivated enough to want that change,” she explains. “You need to acknowledge that you don’t like how you currently manage your interactions. Connect to your values, and whether you want to be someone who is responsive and reliable.”
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