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80 Reasons Why He Hasn’t Texted You Back Yet

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Maryland chapter.

 

In life there are always those types of guys that are trying to slide into your DM’s and those guys that are almost impossible to get in touch with- usually the ones you’re interested in. Where could he be? What is he doing? Did he die or something? Well, here are 80 possibilities to calm you down to why he may not be responding.

1.         Because you also Facebook messaged, Skyped, emailed, and Elms messaged him.

2.         He dropped his phone in the toilet.

3.         He’s busy watching a sports game.

4.          He’s pledging (enough said).

5.         His phone died and he’s too lazy to go get his charger from across the room.

6.          He pulled down your message so it wouldn’t be marked as read and then forgot about it.

7.          He’s too drunk.

8.          He got too drunk and lost his phone.

9.          He’s hungover.

10.        He forgot to call his mom back so she shut off his phone line.

11.        It’s BPL night- duh. (beer pong league)

12.        He’s learning a semesters worth of material in one night. For his final tomorrow.

13.        He’s into freshmen.

14.        He’s on a plane to Africa.

15.        He’s a little busy on Soundcloud updating his postgame playlist.

16.        He got freaked out when he found your sticky bra stuck to the floor.

17.        He’s having a “guys night.”

18.        He didn’t think your text needed a response. After all, you didn’t ask him a question.

19.        He’s deleting all of his Aunt Sally’s comments from his Facebook pictures.

20.        He got angry and threw his phone at the wall.

 

21.        He’s watching Breaking Bad for the third time.

22.        He’s waiting until midnight so he doesn’t have to talk to you sober.

23.        He found out you’re also texting half of his fraternity.

24.        Someone who was jealous deleted the text before he saw it.

25.        He’s trying to convince Jimmy John’s delivery to deliver him Chipotle for a large tip.

26.        Your text got lost in space and never got delivered.

27.        Maybe he’s just not that into you- sorry ):

28.        His phone is in the couch somewhere mixed in with chip crumbs and pennies.

29.        He’s your manager and doesn’t want to get fired.

30.        He’s in the middle of a game of super smash bros and it’s intense.

31.        He’s in class!!

32.        He’s at the gym getting swole for you ;)

33.        There is a TV on. Somewhere.

34.        The ice cream truck came.

35.        He turned off his cellular data when he left his place because he didn’t want to go over.

36.        He was too busy playing with the new Snapchat effects.

37.        He thought Snapchat counted as a substitution for texting.

38.        He realized it’s way too close to Valentine’s Day.

39.        He realized it’s way too close to your birthday.

40.         He forgot to press send so now his text is just sitting there.

41.        He believes that texting you back will somehow lead to him having to spend money on you.

42.        He heard you already have a toaster.

43.        He left his phone in an Uber.

44.        He’s trying out CP lanes.

45.        He’s out of witty responses to your “what’s up” text.

46.        He got some signals that you wanted something more and he doesn’t like it.

47.        He’s busy painting a cooler. LOL just kidding.

48.        He’s at work and doesn’t have his phone on him.

49.        He’s at a brotherhood event and they’re camping.

50.        He ate a bad burger. Or steak. Any kind of meat. Guys like meat.

 

51.        Your texts were novel length.

52.        He’s bitter that you didn’t get him a shirt from your formal— how could you?!

53.        He’s driving and is a law abiding citizen.

54.        He turned on the drunk dial app last night and forgot the password.

55.        He doesn’t understand that we like to text even when we have nothing to say.

56.        He’s talking to one of his guys about you right now.

57.        He’s stuck in an elevator and there’s no service.

58.        Two words. Mind games.

59.        He’s eating. Or preparing what he’s about to eat.

60.        You freaked him out when you referenced the girl in his picture from 3 years ago.

61.        He’s a nice guy and is attending church.

62.        He already has an away weekend date and doesn’t want to lead you on.

63.        He has a girlfriend and is busy hiding his phone from her.

64.        He’s swiping right on Tinder or Jswipe.

65.        He’s just in the shower.

66.        He’s not interested in talking about your diet. Maybe he likes bread.

67.        He blocked your number awhile ago after you were upset he didn’t like your Instagram.

68.        His GroupMe is blowing up and he’s trying to keep up.

69.        He volunteered for skit and now he’s gotta learn it.

70.        He realized his friend likes you so he can’t text you now.

71.        You texted the wrong number.

72.        He doesn’t have service in his chapter house basement.

73.        He’s your TA.

74.        He heard you’re a sweet, classy girl and he’s not looking for that at this time.

75.        He thought it was a one night stand but now you keep texting him.

76.        He forgot his iPhone password.

77.        His ex put his number on craigslist so your text got mixed in with those.

78.        He gave up texting/social media for lent obviously.

79.        He Forgot.

80.        You literally just texted him 10 seconds ago. Calm down, take a deep breath, and know that you don’t need a man!