My old person trait is that I think 'ghosting' is completely unacceptable and you owe the other person a face-to-face conversation.
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I DO NOT owe you a text back. If I'm not physically w you, I owe you very little in terms of interaction. I come home, throw my phone under the bed, and ignore till morning, and I prob won't answer you then either. It's not personal...usually.
I feel like old people take most offense to being ignored in that case.
Yep, my son and I have that dynamic going on.
Bothers the hell out of me when he doesn't reply and to him he can't understand why he should reply to me in a timely manner.
I think it just comes down to our generation was trained it's rude to ignore someone, where the newer generations think it's totally okay to ghost someone temporarily.
Socially I just can't wrap my head around that, but sure why not, 21st century etc. etc.
Probably much older than your son, but I do the same. I don't view an instant message as a call to action, if it's indeed urgent, just call me.