In a perfect world, texting someone you lot like would be elementary. You lot recollect of something funny or sweet or interesting to say—picking the perfect emojis to go with your message of grade—you text them, and they text back a infinitesimal or two later. You know, like an actual conversation.

Instead, what sometimes happens is that your text might become unanswered for awhile... or they might text back right away, and then fall off the face of the Earth for the next 48 hours...or you might get your friends' help crafting a text that incorporates a GIF practically made for that moment, only to get no response at all. What gives?

Luckily, Reddit's AskMen forum has they answered. There, guys sounded off on how they text. Some don't put much thought into information technology, but others employ their response time to send a clear bulletin about their feelings for the recipient.

The bottom line: if you lot're driving yourself crazy attempting to analyze how someone really feels near you based on their response fourth dimension, relax. Sure, they might be sending subliminal messages...or that 12-hour time gap just might mean they were busy doing something else. If it really bothers you, he might not be the correct guy for you.

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It really depends on what they're doing in the moment.

one. "I'll reply when I tin. I'm usually in the middle of homework/sports and so any adventure to respond is a good fourth dimension." —PancakesAndPunk

two. "Could be a infinitesimal or two, could be never. Simply depends on my mood." —

three. "Between twenty seconds and five days. There are so many variables when information technology comes to texts. What am I doing at the moment? Am I even holding my phone? If non, where is it? Who texted? How important is their text? Do I need to discover out something subsequently and reply with that? Will I forget to text them after I find out the reply since it's been a few hours already? All things considered, I try to answer as quickly as possible. So, if I'm belongings my phone and it's someone I really don't mind talking to, my replies will be instant." — ChuckZombie

4. "If the telephone is in my hands, I'll answer almost right away, depending on the person. If not, then who knows when I'll reply. My life doesn't revolve around my telephone."- zackaria1991

5. "Somewhere between 10 seconds and 48 hours. Text communication says to me, 'Here'southward some information/a question that can expect until it's convenient for y'all to get to it.' If you demand something right now, phone call me." — Byizo

half-dozen. "Depends. I don't e'er run around with a telephone."— lastrada2

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Some people are really calculating — and their response time depends on how they experience well-nigh the person.

7. "Usually as soon every bit I tin compose a good response. If I only started talking to a girl, I might expect 10-20 minutes and so I don't seem overly eager." —izlude7027

8. "Not immediately, non even close. it takes me a while...But in a relationship usually pretty quickly." —aepure

nine. "If someone takes forever to answer to my texts for no reason, I expect exactly how long they take to respond to my texts." — scraynes

10. "If it's a friend, I reply immediately. If it'southward someone I'm dating or something I usually exit around x minutes betwixt receiving the bulletin and reading and answering. In my experience, if I ever reply immediately when I receive a bulletin, they lose involvement because I come off as needy or something? Since I've learned to 'incorporate' myself and almost always wait a few minutes before replying, the other person's involvement doesn't fade nearly as quickly anymore. Now, merely when I'm in a human relationship with someone do I respond immediately when I meet information technology." — PowerPeels

xi. "If it's someone I similar, 30 seconds. If information technology'south someone who usually spreads drama... well, I have a message I still haven't read considering I don't care for her at all. Got information technology three days ago." — ObviouslyNotAMoose

And some people pretty much always text back right away.

12. "I respond immediately, why wouldn't I?" —PrintError

thirteen. "I'm pretty fast about it when I notice. Around a minute if I see/hear my phone. If I'm in the shower or something then like 15 or then mins subsequently. If my phone is not about me though information technology might take upwards of a few hours." — KingoPants

fourteen. "I have my phone on me at pretty much all times, so rarely more than five minutes." -ThinkerTanker

15. "Usually as shortly as I observe it in my inbox." — bored-data