1. His phone is dead
2. He’s in jail
3. He went over his data allowance
4. He had a family emergency
5. He’s watching the big football game
6. He’s with another girl
7. He’s driving and actually following that law that says we can’t text and drive
8. He forgot who you are
9. He lost all his contacts
10. He doesn’t get your humor so now he feels dumb
11. He actually has a girlfriend
12. He’s upset you made the first move and feels defeated
13. He’s working out
14. He’s not sober enough to text
15. He thinks you’re not a good kisser
16. Someone opened the message on his phone and he hasn’t seen it yet
17. He realized he’s hooked up with your best friend before
18. He’s realized you’ve hooked up with his best friend before
19. He’s a pledge of a frat
20. He’s actually just ~busy~
21. He’s writing that 10 page research paper he forgot about
22. He’s sober now and questions his drunk decisions
23. You just texted him five minutes ago and he hasn’t seen it yet
24. He’s on the phone with his grandparents
25. He’s at church
26. You also sent him three Snapchats and liked his Tweet within the past hour
27. He’s actually your RA
28. He’s in class and surprisingly paying attention like a good student
29. He’s waiting longer to reply so he doesn’t seem too desperate
30. He prefers talking on the phone
31. He stalked your Facebook and changed his mind about you
32. He doesn’t know how to text girls
33. He doesn’t know how to reply because you sent a weird emoji again
34. He heard you’re also talking to three of his friends
35. He lost his phone charger
36. He’s playing the new “Call of Duty” game and hasn’t taken his eyes off the screen for four hours straight
37. He’s asleep
38. He’s just shy
39. The text got lost in cyber space and he never got it
40. He blocked your number
41. Someone stole his phone last night
42. He lost his contact lenses so he can’t even see his phone
43. He got kidnapped
44. His ex-girlfriend got mad at him for talking to a new girl
45. He broke his hand so he can’t type
46. He’s on a plane so he has no service
47. He got norovirus and is too sick to do anything
48. He dropped his phone under the seat of his car and can’t reach it
49. He has bad news for you and he can’t figure out how to tell you
50. He’s just not that into you (sorry about it)