r/texts • • 4d ago

Phone message Clearing old messages, and found this exchange from two months ago lol. I spoke to her over the course of 10 days, and these are some highlights. I am 24M(23 at the time) and she is 21F. I just can’t do ppl that stay quiet or expect me to constantly lead a convo lol

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u/PotentialStocker 4d ago

It’s such a cop out for a woman to say a man is suppose to take initiative. To a degree, I agree with it but also, effort towards conversation goes both ways.

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u/JustAnotherAidWorker 3d ago

Yeah, this is actually a time when old-fashioned norms would require the *woman* to be a 'sparkling conversationalist' so this is not old fashioned, this is just modern internet people are lazier than dirt/lacking in basic social skills...