I struggle with texting a lot, and a problem I run into sometimes is sending a hard to reply text. They usually take a lot longer to respond (if at all), I was just wondering if there were good ways to re-engage after bad texts. (I know to “obviously” send better texts but for the times I do slip)

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  2. If you notice that you slip up offer them an out? Like “so anyway, [either change topic or ask an easy to answer question that is relevant to what you previously said]” this is like offering them the chance to ignore your difficult message without cutting communication, or gives them a starting point to reply with

    Practice brevity, if you can take out unnecessary words and shorten the length (if that’s your problem) it will be easier for them to stay engaged n not feel overwhelmed by the text

    Also agree if it’s a difficult subject that you need to talk about, in person is probably better. It might help to check if they are in the space to talk about difficult things before you unload them, eg “are you busy rn? I’d like to talk to you about x”

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