perverseangelic
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Joined: 2/2/2004 From: Davis, Ca Status: offline
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I'm guilty of walking away when in IM conversations with individuals. Often, I will appear to be online (logged on) to IM, but away from my computer. I usually go idle, but my cats hop on the keyboard and bring me back. People message me and I don't respond. They then proceed to call me all kinds of names because I didn't answer. When I get back, I nearly always send a nice message saying I was away, but my cats tripped the mouse. Mostly, people respond positivly to that. NOt all do. :( (last night, someone called all manner of unseemly names 'cause I explained I wasn't around. ~shrug~). Also. My partner is my first priority. If I'm in an IM conversation, and he asks for me, I go to him. Generally I say something about the fact that I"m leaving, but it's nearly always abrupt. This, too, has garnered me some horrid insults. Regardless, he's -flesh and blood- and important to me, and if he wants my attention he gets it. This is neither here nor there. Just saying that, even in IM, there are often very good reasons someone didn't respond, or responded slowly, or juststopped talking mid-conversation. If they never resume contact, well, you can assume that s/he wasn't a match for you anyway, no? Why stress about it?
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