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Posted by Effervescent
No. It's not mean. It's straightforward and dry.

Girl you need to stop texting him. Lmfao.
Haha. I got the message. I am just curious about how people perceive the tone of the voice.

Thanks! I think there is a fine line between being direct and being mean-spirited. Therefore, this thread. Thank you for your response ๐Ÿ™‚
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Posted by justagirl
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Stop texting him.



Wtf how can that not be clear to you?

Lmao
I was not asking what the meaning of the message is.

I was asking if it sounds mean. Do you think it is mean? ๐Ÿ˜„
Nope.

He was direct and to the point so there would be no misunderstanding at all.
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Thanks! It is good to know.

I think it is always a good thing when people are being direct, but I don't like it when people are being mean spirited.
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Stop texting him.



Wtf how can that not be clear to you?

Lmao
I was not asking what the meaning of the message is.

I was asking if it sounds mean. Do you think it is mean? ๐Ÿ˜„
Nope.

He was direct and to the point so there would be no misunderstanding at all.
Thanks! It is good to know.

I think it is always a good thing when people are being direct, but I don't like it when people are being mean spirited.
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Doubly post fail.
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Posted by justagirl
Stop texting him.



Wtf how can that not be clear to you?

Lmao
I was not asking what the meaning of the message is.

I was asking if it sounds mean. Do you think it is mean? ๐Ÿ˜„
Nope.

He was direct and to the point so there would be no misunderstanding at all.
Thanks! It is good to know.

I think it is always a good thing when people are being direct, but I don't like it when people are being mean spirited.
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The message wasn't mean spirited at all.

I mean he could have just blocked you. He could have said "look, stop texting me."

The dude said please and told you to take care of yourself.. lol it's very polite in my world.
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i don't think it is mean. i mean, it even had a "please" in it.
And a Take care of yourself.
Do you think in this context, "take care of yourself" really means "take care of yourself", or it actually means "mind your own business"โ€” ๐Ÿ˜•
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Omg really?

You are just going to over analyze this to death eh?



I'm Out lol
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Posted by justagirl
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Posted by justagirl
Stop texting him.



Wtf how can that not be clear to you?

Lmao
I was not asking what the meaning of the message is.

I was asking if it sounds mean. Do you think it is mean? ๐Ÿ˜„
Nope.

He was direct and to the point so there would be no misunderstanding at all.
Thanks! It is good to know.

I think it is always a good thing when people are being direct, but I don't like it when people are being mean spirited.
The message wasn't mean spirited at all.

I mean he could have just blocked you. He could have said "look, stop texting me."

The dude said please and told you to take care of yourself.. lol it's very polite in my world.
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That's a good point lol

I guess I should give him some credits for telling me instead of leaving me completely in the dark lol
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i don't think it is mean. i mean, it even had a "please" in it.
Hmmm. Are you saying, if it was "stop texting me", it's like yelling; but "please stop texting me" is more just a direct reqeust? ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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no, i just think if he had called you a name and started swearing then you could say it was said with some raised emotion. this sounds more like resignation.
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Posted by tiziani
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The take care of yourself is unnecessary but the rest is ok.
Why do you think the take care of yourself is unnecessary? Do you think it means "if you have too much time, why don't you take care of yourself?"โ€”?? ๐Ÿ˜•
Unnecessary because it gives the person an opening to text back.
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Thanks... but I thought take care of yourself means "good bye"?

How does it give the person an opening to text back?

I mean, in a typical situation, when someone gets a "take care of yourself", is there anything the recepient of the message can say, other than "goodbye to you too"? ๐Ÿ˜„
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i don't think it is mean. i mean, it even had a "please" in it.
Hmmm. Are you saying, if it was "stop texting me", it's like yelling; but "please stop texting me" is more just a direct reqeust? ๐Ÿ˜Ž
no, i just think if he had called you a name and started swearing then you could say it was said with some raised emotion. this sounds more like resignation.
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Gotcha haha. Now I feel relieved that I didn't text anything rude back lol
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Posted by tiziani
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The take care of yourself is unnecessary but the rest is ok.
Why do you think the take care of yourself is unnecessary? Do you think it means "if you have too much time, why don't you take care of yourself?"โ€”?? ๐Ÿ˜•
Unnecessary because it gives the person an opening to text back.
Thanks... but I thought take care of yourself means "good bye"?

How does it give the person an opening to text back?

I mean, in a typical situation, when someone gets a "take care of yourself", is there anything the recepient of the message can say, other than "goodbye to you too"? ๐Ÿ˜„


Yeah but that's still a reply.

Are you feeling manic because you received this text? Otherwise I don't understand the questioning it

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I see. Yea, I got the text a week ago and I am still deciding if it was rude/mean or if it was just a direct response :p
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Posted by nikkistar
JFC

The fact that you had to make a thread about this, then further analyze the wording of it, shows why you received this text in the first place.

You're exhausting to deal with.

What makes it even worse, is you have been analyzing this text fot a week too.

Good god.
Don't you think it is better use of my time to analyze the tone of the text than to text him? ๐Ÿ˜„
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JFC

The fact that you had to make a thread about this, then further analyze the wording of it, shows why you received this text in the first place.

You're exhausting to deal with.

What makes it even worse, is you have been analyzing this text fot a week too.

Good god.
Don't you think it is better use of my time to analyze the tone of the text than to text him? ๐Ÿ˜„
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God. I feel sorry for any guy that you text.
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"There is no other way to say this: Please stop texting me. I cannot maintain this level of commnication. Take care of yourself dot dot dot"
Yes this text is mean.

Is that what you want to hear/read?
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I thought it was mean, but I am curious about what others think because I have a tendency of overreacting ๐Ÿ˜„

I didn't text anything mean back, but my usual self would. So far, based on people's comments, if I had texted anything mean back, this could have been another incidence of me overracting :p
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Posted by nikkistar
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JFC

The fact that you had to make a thread about this, then further analyze the wording of it, shows why you received this text in the first place.

You're exhausting to deal with.

What makes it even worse, is you have been analyzing this text fot a week too.

Good god.
Don't you think it is better use of my time to analyze the tone of the text than to text him? ๐Ÿ˜„
God. I feel sorry for any guy that you text.

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You can pray for them ๐Ÿ™‚
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"There is no other way to say this: Please stop texting me. I cannot maintain this level of commnication. Take care of yourself dot dot dot"
Mean, no; however, the 'dot dot dot' implies that you do, in fact, have more to say which kind of contradicts the statement (in a way).
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Yea, I didn't get the dot dot dot, either. I am surprised you noticed that too. It is weird because usually people don't have more to say after saying take care of yourself. to me, take care of yourself means good bye.
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??

tip: mirror ppls text habits
Haha. Thanks for the tip. The thing is, I noticed that when I text something short and rude back to people, they usually don't like it too much ๐Ÿ˜„
yeah, but better that than to have them feel overwhelmed by you

think feisty, not needy and not rude

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Good point. I can see how people get overwhelmed when they get a novel haha.
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"There is no other way to say this: Please stop texting me. I cannot maintain this level of commnication. Take care of yourself dot dot dot"
Mean, no; however, the 'dot dot dot' implies that you do, in fact, have more to say which kind of contradicts the statement (in a way).
idk sometimes i use dot dot dot to make ppl get the big picture like dot dot dot is me looking at you telling you to get the point dot dot dot leave me the fuck alone type of thing

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I see. Dot dot dot for the censored words ๐Ÿ˜‰
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Posted by GC02
As a cancer I prefer the ghosting method. I'd prefer to ignore them till I'm over it and feel like talking again if ever & the lie about why I never responded lol ?

Naughty then nice ??
I am more used to the ghosting method as well. If I text someone and doesn't get a repsonse for more than 1 day or 2, I think it means not interested, vise versa. I guess that's why I am not sure if the text message is mean or not because I don't usually say it this way or get anything like that.
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The take care of yourself is unnecessary but the rest is ok.
Nope it's necessary. It says "I'm out completely, now and forever".
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That's what I thought too. I think without this sentence, there'd be room left for the recipient to ask why (e.g. "Why can't you maintain the communication? What's wrong?"). But anyways, when I saw it, it meant "good bye", signaling the end of the conversation.
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He sounds annoyed but like he's trying to be civil.

If he was being mean he'd be calling you crazy or accusatory.
This is helpful. I think you are right. He didn't use the You statements (e.g. "You are annoying af").


To be fair I see why you'd wanna react. If I got a text like that I'd probably have a gut level reaction that they were being mean.

Then like an hour later I'd think they'd suck.

Then an hour after that I'd realize I was just being rediculous and they're completely entitled to not wanna hear from me.

Then an hour after that I'd realize if I was that anxious over a text that we weren't that great for each other or too compatible if minor communication was that upsetting to me lol.
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You totally read my mind!! That's the cycle I have been going through, I mean, my thought process.

Are you also a scorpio? What is your sign?
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As a cancer I prefer the ghosting method. I'd prefer to ignore them till I'm over it and feel like talking again if ever & the lie about why I never responded lol ?

Naughty then nice ??
I am more used to the ghosting method as well. If I text someone and doesn't get a repsonse for more than 1 day or 2, I think it means not interested, vise versa. I guess that's why I am not sure if the text message is mean or not because I don't usually say it this way or get anything like that.
I feel ya. Are you a water sign also? We don't need to use words in order to communicate.
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Yes, I am a Scorpio sun, Cancer rising. I agree. It's interesting that sometimes non-verbal communication or behaviors get to me easier than words. I think words sometimes can be more abstract and open to interpretation.
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He sounds annoyed but like he's trying to be civil.

If he was being mean he'd be calling you crazy or accusatory.
This is helpful. I think you are right. He didn't use the You statements (e.g. "You are annoying af").


To be fair I see why you'd wanna react. If I got a text like that I'd probably have a gut level reaction that they were being mean.

Then like an hour later I'd think they'd suck.

Then an hour after that I'd realize I was just being rediculous and they're completely entitled to not wanna hear from me.

Then an hour after that I'd realize if I was that anxious over a text that we weren't that great for each other or too compatible if minor communication was that upsetting to me lol.
You totally read my mind!! That's the cycle I have been going through, I mean, my thought process.

Are you also a scorpio? What is your sign?
Lmao. Yeah. Scorpio Sun/Cancer Moon. Taking rejection way too personally has been a talent of mine for quite some time. ?

Its become better over time for me. Especially as I've worked on some personal underlying anxiety. Plus I had a habit of taking stress from other areas of my life and applying it to my love life, by making a bigger deal out of the pointless things so I can handle the more difficult ones. Weird anxiety transference. That's prob just me tho lol
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That explains!! I have anxiety issues as well. I tend to think people are going to judge me. I tend to take things personally. What you wrote describes how I feel better than I ever can! ๐Ÿค—
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Why do you think he told you that though? Does he have a gf or something?
That I don't know. I wish I knew. Personally, I'd perfer the person to just tell me he's seeing someone else (not interested) than to tell me he cannot maintain this level of communication. Regardless of what the udnerlying reason is, I do get what "please stop texting me" means ๐Ÿ˜†
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Why do you think he told you that though? Does he have a gf or something?
That I don't know. I wish I knew. Personally, I'd perfer the person to just tell me he's seeing someone else (not interested) than to tell me he cannot maintain this level of communication. Regardless of what the udnerlying reason is, I do get what "please stop texting me" means ๐Ÿ˜†
Yep ??

If he was like I have a gf we can't talk anymore, I would have been like I'm glad your happy ?

Bam clap back โ€”โ€”?
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Exactly! hahaha
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"There is no other way to say this: Please stop texting me. I cannot maintain this level of commnication. Take care of yourself dot dot dot"
Mean, no; however, the 'dot dot dot' implies that you do, in fact, have more to say which kind of contradicts the statement (in a way).
idk sometimes i use dot dot dot to make ppl get the big picture like dot dot dot is me looking at you telling you to get the point dot dot dot leave me the fuck alone type of thing


If you were to write 'dot dot dot leave me the fuck alone' how you defined it would be how I'd interpret it; however, if you were to say 'Leave me the fuck alone dot dot dot' I'd see it more in the way of awkward tension. Kind of like you're waiting for me to say something in return, or you had more you wanted to say, but just refrained for whatever reason. It just leaves it in a weird place to me.


no, i meant 'dot dot dot' implies an annoyed feeling im conveying thru using the dots or like dot dot dot = 'i can't believe you're not taking the hint', without actually saying all of that

some ppl youve establish an understanding with would pick up on it as oppose to strangers but again it depends how well the two knew each other

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This is good to know actually. I can see that if I had asked him what dot dot dot meant, he'd be pissed ๐Ÿ˜†
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"There is no other way to say this: Please stop texting me. I cannot maintain this level of commnication. Take care of yourself dot dot dot"
Mean, no; however, the 'dot dot dot' implies that you do, in fact, have more to say which kind of contradicts the statement (in a way).
idk sometimes i use dot dot dot to make ppl get the big picture like dot dot dot is me looking at you telling you to get the point dot dot dot leave me the fuck alone type of thing


If you were to write 'dot dot dot leave me the fuck alone' how you defined it would be how I'd interpret it; however, if you were to say 'Leave me the fuck alone dot dot dot' I'd see it more in the way of awkward tension. Kind of like you're waiting for me to say something in return, or you had more you wanted to say, but just refrained for whatever reason. It just leaves it in a weird place to me.


no, i meant 'dot dot dot' implies an annoyed feeling im conveying thru using the dots or like dot dot dot = 'i can't believe you're not taking the hint', without actually saying all of that

some ppl youve establish an understanding with would pick up on it as oppose to strangers but again it depends how well the two knew each other

i should probably stop using the...


Don't change how you do you just because there may be confusion. I mean... we have different views on things and that's okay. These differences are what have opened up this very dialogue that's given us both some knowledge about how others may perceive us and/or our message/text. Who's to say that your usage of ... in the future may not do the exact same thing. You'd not want to miss out on that, would you, dot dot dot? (haha forgive me, I had to put that there)
yeah, of course im never actually going to stop using the dot dot dots especially now that you verified that it arises confusion... it is a more ideal dot dot dot... ?

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espeically if you want to get into someone's head... ๐Ÿ˜„
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