To All The People Who Have Read Receipts On Their Phone
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To All The People Who Have Read Receipts On Their Phone

Dude, I saw that read receipt for the fifth time. I'm triggered.

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To All The People Who Have Read Receipts On Their Phone
Priscilla Du Preez

Staring at my phone screen with the "read" receipt option is something I see most often during my everyday life. Does anyone else feel frustrated like me? Well, I am too sure we all suffer from that. There are just so many communicating options out there and your phone system not working is just one of many.

And that problem is getting ignored by your friends and your family. It isn't a norm and it isn't very nice to ignore those who matter, but people do it anyways. On the other hand, you expected a text to come flooding through the screen, but it never does happen, now, does it?

Yeah, that's a major killing factor of your iPhone.

Grrrr... it is that READ RECEIPT. Something that makes you worry more than when you fail your next college exam.


It probably happened to you. Or maybe, your friend ignored you by mistake... or even on purpose. I believe in promptly responding to those close to you. Those petty people, on the other hand, ignore it or, who knows... are too annoyed to respond to your herd of messages rampantly coming at them in intervals.

"Should I think positive or negative?"

Well, perhaps it is easier to think about the negative rather than the positive. You might feel they are ignoring you on purpose or just think of you as an invisible and meaningless object. I mean, I go through these feelings all the time.

When I feel like messaging my friends and family about my feelings on texts, it gets worrisome up to the point where a feeling of getting ignored ruins my otherwise lovely day. I bet you try these things all the time and get mad over it all.

For example, I ask my "friends" a question about what I missed in class. I get ignored. When I try to tell them "let's meet tomorrow," they don't respond. I tell them my stress factors in my daily life and I never, yes, like seriously, never get a " da-ding" sound on my phone. That sound only vibrates through your phone when people send you a message.

In my life, that rarely happens.

Suddenly, you feel like an empty box shoved into the drawer as a keepsake, pushed deeply into the reality of doom. So, what should you do? It is super easy to blame them instead of keeping calm. Bottling up your feelings and being depend on people, so I've learned, isn't the way to go on about your problems.

What you should do is inherently dependent on making good choices. Forget those lazy texters, those cheaters, people who are immune to your feelings, and move on. Yeah, really, take it with a grain of salt and punch the pillow to fight your stress. Don't message them. Yeah... but at the end of the day, such things lead you to thinking negatively about your folks. Good ol' folks, hm?

That isn't always the case, though. Think positive, people! What would happen if you find out that their phone froze for a while or that they are in some big trouble? I mean, they could be sick, texting another person, or just might have ignored your message.

Your message isn't beautiful, PEOPLE. You are.

The main star and effective communicator is you. Just don't put yourself down for a couple of unread messages that seep the soul out of ya. Relax, mate. It isn't the end of the world, as cliché as that sounds. You have a mind; a mind that comes up with potential alternatives to solve the problem at hand. You can do it.

Believe me, I suffer from a case of ignora-phobia all the time. Yes, I invented that for all of you pessimistic cry-babies. Now that I come to think about it, I am not the only one alone in our trials.

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