As a super fast texter/WhatsApper, this writer has often faced imagined rejection from “slow texters”—the ones who reply four days later, with a “Sorry, I missed this”, or a completely nonchalant “Hey, how are you?” But, like it or not, the cult of slow texters has gained more followers, especially after the ghastly 
year we have been through, which is repeating itself like the days in  Groundhog Day. 

But, slow texting, which according to Urban Dictionary, is a practice that involves deliberately waiting an unnecessary amount of time (anywhere from over six hours to days) before responding to a text message, is the way the world seems to be working these days. The pressures of being available for work every single day (as WFH lines get blurred), being around for friends who are venting/facing anxiety, or just playing catch up with a potential date, has resulted in many of us resorting to slow texting to keep ourselves sane.