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Please, Don't Text Me Back

On bringing back the casual phone call.

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Hannah Baxter
Aug 24, 2025
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I’ve always prided myself on being an excellent texter, and when I’ve seen friends’ or lovers’ iMessages with 20, 30, 50+ unread messages it gives me a serious eye twitch. Like, I know you’re looking at your phone at some point during the day and you see the little red notification bubbling up. Just… respond? It irks me to no end. But something has happ…

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