hannah400•1mo agoMost Upvoted

Hit my 40th birthday and finally stopped faking the group chat enthusiasm

Turned 40 last month and my phone blew up with the usual 'happy birthday' texts from friends I haven't seen in 2 years. I replied with the same smiley emojis and thanks, but that night I actually counted how many of those people I'd talked to in the last year. It was 4 out of 23, and that number caught me off guard. What made me change my mind was realizing I was spending more energy pretending to be excited for their life updates than actually reaching out to the ones I missed. Has anyone else hit a milestone age and just wanted to delete half their contact list instead of keeping up the act?

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elizabethmason1mo ago

Quit acting like those texts are a burden when half those folks probably feel the same way.

michaeld481mo ago

Honestly never thought about it that way, but you're right. I used to just see the texts as piling up, but now I realize most people are probably just as unsure how to answer.

nathan9011mo ago

Man, people really overthink a simple text message these days.