I want you to be honest with yourself: Do you sometimes have texting anxiety? It’s totally okay if you do! In fact, I’d say most of us do.
While texting is nice because it gives you the time to really think about what you want to say, it can be challenging to decide what the right thing to say is. We all know it’s so easy to misconstrue the meaning of a text, and we don’t want someone to misunderstand our intent.
Let’s Play a Game!
So how can we address this problem and minimize anxiety? I’m glad you asked! We’re going to play a little game I like to call “This or That”. I’m going to give you some common text situations I know we all might find ourselves in and a couple of responses. We will then decide which is the healthiest text response to send. For these situations, I’m defining a healthy text message as one that conveys the most emotion, clearest intention, and understanding.
These examples will give you some ideas on how to confidently craft that text the next time you’re unsure of how to respond.
Scenario 1
You messaged your partner asking if they want to get dinner the following night. They respond that they have a work event and are super busy the rest of the week, but that they’d love to find a different night. How do you respond?
Would you say this: But tomorrow night is my only free night. Can’t you skip it?
Or that? No worries! Let me know which days work for you next week
