What to text her

The moments where conversations die

Every one of these is a real point where a thread stalls. What is actually happening, the message that moves it forward, and the ones that end it.

She's seen your message and hasn't answered for a day or more.

It was going fine, then nothing — and your message was the last one.

One word, no hook, and the whole conversation is yours to make.

Every message you send comes back as three characters.

Early, unprompted, before you've really spoken.

He came up in conversation and now you have to say something.

Asked directly, usually earlier than you expected.

Not a no, not a yes, and no date in it.

You proposed something and got a calendar instead of an answer.

Plans were set and the message came in just before you left.