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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“I don’t get it. One of them “loved” my text but the other didn’t reply. ”

It would not dawn on me that I would need to reply to your “that was fun; hope we can do it again sometime” post necessarily. [/quote]

Most grown-ups know how to use their words and maintain a dialogue by the time they're hosting pkaydates. Or so I thought?[/quote]

Here's part of the problem.  Your note was not the start of or part of a dialogue.  Your comment was a "thank you for inviting me" which didn't ordinarily warrant a response.  Sounds like you had a healthy dialogue during the playdate; where it was appropriate to maintain the dialogue.  After the playdate via text?  No.

If you think that your text was the start of a dialogue, then you are one of those people with whom messages never end.  If you say "thank you" and they say "You're welcome" do you automatically have to say something else?  Are there comments that someone would make to you that you don't feel warrants a response?  I hate these text message chains that never end.  Sometimes to make the end, I just will not respond.  I already spend more time than I should on my phone for things I can't avoid (work messages, messages where I'm the organizer of something, and direct questions) and my kids are often asking me to put down the phone.  I sure as heck don't need or want to have text chains that won't end.[/quote]

Right.  People are not required to say thank you to a thank you.  [/quote]

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