likeniobe:

likeniobe:

just my unsolicited advice but possibly the worst conversation ender out there is “I’ll stop bothering you now” and you should never use it for any reason in any context ever 

alternatives if you are in fact very clearly keeping a person from work that they are doing during a conversation in real life

• I’ll let you get back to work now
• I’ll get back to you at a better time

alternatives if you just say this out of habit as a nicety either irl or in text

• I have things I need to do but I’ll talk to you later
• basically any “I have a reason to be ending this conversation” + “I enjoyed talking to you or would love to continue talking later”

I realized the original post sounds kind of accusatory but understand that I had to learn the hard way that acting as though you’re annoying to talk to is a self-fulfilling prophecy and it’s a very good habit to break. also keep in mind that in no case when texting are you keeping a person from doing anything, if they don’t want to talk to you they don’t have to and are free to stop replying at any time – if they’re engaging with you it’s most likely because they want to