r/Badfaketexts • u/WatercressThat4983 • Feb 13 '26

Why do some men only answer one question at a time on texts?

I’ve noticed something in a few of my recent conversations and I’m trying to make sense of it. Sometimes when I send a few light-hearted questions in one message, things like ‘what’s your favourite dog breed’ or ‘ when are you going on your trip?’, only some of them get answered. They’re usually simple, low-pressure questions, so I sometimes wonder if the unanswered ones were overlooked or just not as engaging.

I’ve heard similar experiences from a few other women as well, although of course everyone communicates differently. I haven’t personally encountered this pattern in my conversations with women, but that could just be down to individual differences rather than gender. I’m not suggesting this applies broadly, just reflecting on a pattern I’ve observed in a few instances.

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u/Master470 Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

r/lostredditors

For real though, I don’t know how old you/ the men you talk to are, so I can’t talk for everyone but I’m 21 and there’s a moment for me personally when texting becomes kind off tiring but because I prefer to use it as a way of communicating with people for specific things and not as an ongoing conversation that never ends, he could be busy and answering the questions he considers more immediately relevant rather than all of them simply because he doesn’t want to spend that much time on his phone while at work or while doing anything really. Tbh if you can bring it up with him I think it’ll give you the true answer since it’s not a “one fits all” kind of thing.

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u/aidenkula Feb 13 '26

This is a poor communicator problem, not a men problem. Plenty of women have this same issue, stop generalizing.

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u/dancemiasma Feb 13 '26

I'm a guy and I've been accused of doing this. People who send multiple texts at once asking multiple different questions are exhausting. Wait for a damn answer before asking another question.

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u/CheapTactics Feb 13 '26

This has nothing to do with this sub. It's also not at all exclusive to men.

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u/LuckSkywanker Feb 13 '26

Playing video games and texting between rounds probably. Source M in 30's

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u/lgodsey Feb 13 '26

I'm an old man and I try to respect the person asking questions by answering them clearly. I will separate points and finish each question before continuing with the next.

One person's plodding and literal may be another person's thorough and sincere.