Texting your friends should be easy because you just type something and press send. But somehow, a few people manage to make it weirdly annoying—it’s not on purpose, yet they have some habits that make every conversation feel mildly exhausting. Here are eleven texting habits that annoy friends. If any of these sound familiar to you, well…oops. You may want to change that.
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Sending Random Voice Notes Without Saying Why
Getting a voice note with zero warning is rather annoying because it’s not clear if you’re supposed to stop everything & listen right now. Is it a rant? A grocery list? Nobody wants to gamble on that during their lunch break, especially if they’re in public or don’t have headphones. It’s a lot easier to reply to a text, and people just want a heads-up so they know if it’s urgent or something that can wait.
Repeating “LOL” in Almost Every Message
One “LOL” is a laugh, but after receiving three in a row, your friend starts wondering if you’re okay—“LOL I know LOL same LOL it’s wild” makes it stop feeling like laughter and more like your thumb got stuck. Unless you were actually laughing, maybe you should ease up before it becomes a nervous-texting reflex, or it starts to sound like filler. It’s the texting version of saying “um” out loud and after a while, it’s hard to tell if anything is actually funny.
Following Up Too Fast With “???” Or “You There?”
Some people send a message, and five minutes later, they’ll send “???” or “You there?” because they don’t understand that other people have things going on, like work or naps. Nobody enjoys being told they’ve done something wrong because they didn’t respond in 12 minutes and it makes people feel rushed or like they’re being watched. Getting swamped with follow-ups doesn’t exactly make texting more fun.
Always Responding With a Photo
When you ask a question like, “How’s your day going?” instead of a caption or a real response, they give you a blurry pic of someone’s shoe—you’re not sure if they’re okay or if their message is meant to be fashion-related. Getting photos isn’t bad, but it sure is confusing when they replace literally every answer and you have no idea what they’re saying. It’s hard to know if you’re supposed to laugh or worry or just say “nice.”
Sending 5 Separate Messages
Some people text way too much, in the sense that they’ll send a million messages rather than a single one. “So.” buzz “I was thinking.” buzz “About that thing.” buzz “You know.” buzz “Maybe we should go?” It ends up being five “dings” in 30 seconds and everyone appreciates getting full thoughts in one go, perhaps just two texts. Any messages that need five pieces probably just need one actual sentence and that’s a lot easier to understand.
That Giant Paragraph Nobody Wants to Read
Likewise, someone who sends a full essay in one block of text—no breaks—is just as bad as someone who sends a bunch of short texts. Your brain gives up halfway through and it’s a real shame because if they broke up the message a little, you’d read the whole thing, but when it looks like a wall, your eyes glaze over. You should add a line break or two to make it feel like a conversation again, rather than just a giant pile of thoughts squished into one.
Sending Vague Messages Like “We Need To Talk”
There’s no good reason to send messages like “Can we talk later?” with zero information because it makes it sound like you’re mad or that someone died. Don’t give people a heart attack for fun, especially when it’s hours before the actual “talk” happens—it leaves the other person wondering if they did something wrong. Give them a hint next time so they’re on the same page as you and don’t have to worry.
The One-Word Wonder
Every message you send gets hit back with a “yep” or “cool”—that’s it, over and over, with no follow-up or questions. After a while, you stop bothering, because why would you want to keep texting someone who doesn’t seem to care at all? Sometimes it’s not even a real word and you’ll just get “k,” even though it doesn’t take much to keep a conversation going, just a little more than a single syllable now and then.
Ghosting Like It’s Nothing
They vanish mid-conversation and then show up three days later like, “haha true,” never saying a word about going MIA or giving a fake excuse. They’re just straight back into the conversation like it’s been five minutes and the weird part is, the longer they’re gone, the more awkward it gets—but they never seem to notice. Sending a message like “hey, catching up now” goes a long way to not making it weird.
Typing a Reply and Forgetting to Send It
Similarly, a bad texter swears they meant to reply and will say, “Oh nooo I had it all typed out!” and, sure, once or twice, fine—but when it keeps happening, you start feeling like they’re ignoring you. Perhaps they live life with a bunch of unsent texts on their phone, but either way, the conversation ends and it always feels kind of unfinished. It gets even more confusing when they suddenly reply to something from four days ago without context.
Constant Emoji Reactions
After you send a whole message, you get a heart reaction or the little “haha” bubble, without any words or actual replies. Doing so is fine sometimes, but when that’s all they ever do, it’s hard not to feel brushed off and as though they couldn’t care less about what you have to say. It doesn’t kill the conversation, yet it sure doesn’t help it go anywhere either.
Disclaimer: This list is solely the author’s opinion based on research and publicly available information.
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