Recently had three situations where I was waiting on replies from others and was reminded of the importance of giving said others the benefit of the doubt. With the first one, we had been texting — I had been asking questions and she had been replying and then she stopped. About five days later she finished replying as if no time had passed. With the second one, I sent an email and learned two weeks later that he didn’t get my message. With the third, I sent him a text about a week and a half ago and I happened to see him in passing this evening and he broached the topic saying he was working on my request. In his case, he’s my landlord and, technically, I first made this request about two years ago and just became more insistent about it in my last text😬What did I re-learn from all of this? I say “re-learn” because I’ve been taught this through experience before😬. 1) Still the temptation to jump to conclusions regarding why I haven’t heard back from someone, 2) If I started with a text or an email, give it a week or so and, if possible, follow up in person—going into it without assuming the lack of a reply is personal or deliberate. I mean, it could turn out that it was. But it could also not 😬😉