Too busy..
Too tired..
Either busy or tired...
She doesn't text back for days on end and when she does, she says "Sorry, I've been a little occupied lately." If she was avoiding him then she should be upright about it.
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"Hey" She texted.
"Hey you"
"How are you?" He replied
Two hours later.
"I'm okay"
"You?" She replied.
"I'm cool"
"What's going on with you?"He messaged.
An hour later.
"Nothing. Just busy with stuff"
"What about you?" she messaged back
"Nothing much. Same old"
"Hey. Can we hang out this weekend?" He's waiting
The message remains unseen.
Max has stopped waiting for her to text back. He believes she's avoiding him for some unknown reason. No, she's not seeing someone else; he can actually sense how strenuous her daily life has become but she had always tried texting him back before. Now, she doesn't. She used to at least text a few times a day. Now if she even sends a message once a day, he thanks the lucky stars.
It all started quite slowly. Her new job; she said it was quite demanding; work at odd hours at times. Almost everyday she slumps on the bed right after she gets back home and wakes up past midnight. Max is usually asleep after she wakes up and gets up when she's asleep. Timing is so wrong between them and their conversation is dying down bit by bit. Their communication has reduced to just greetings.
Sheila isn't sure of what she wants; she has her priority set in front of her. There are things that she needs to do, goals to achieve. The only person she wants to be dependent on is herself. It's becoming tough on her to stay in touch with Max; she's not sure how to deal with him. Yes, her work has become hectic but also she doesn't know what else to talk to him about. She doesn't want to keep nagging about her job all day; especially not after she's done for the day. Max wants her attention, he deserves it but she's somewhat reluctant. Not only there's nothing much to talk in between them, she dreads what more she can say. She doesn't know what else she could write to him to carry out a conversation, hence she sometimes leaves his messages unread. She's not just overtired, it's almost as if writing to him is going to tire her more. Often she feels she could just do anything else but talk, not just him but everybody. Whatever was between them, feels dead to her. It is true, she's planning big for her life but she doesn't even know when she lost all interest in talking to him. She's meeting new people and building new connections. No, she's not avoiding Max for someone else; she just doesn't want to talk to him and she has no justified reason.
Anyone can have a long schedule and get weary and unwilling to talk; often they label their reluctance as tiredness. It's said that no one is ever that busy, it's just about priorities. And just sometimes that priority is yourself. We can't often make others understand what we are going through and time and time again we're too unwilling to talk about the same thing over and over again. That beeping of the keypads even annoys us; a phone call just appears to be too much of a drag. We're willing to understand it when it happens to us but we can't be open minded about it when it happens to someone we're close to. When someone else is going through something like this, we usually start doubting ourselves but we fail to realize that it's not about us.
Too busy is a myth or maybe it isn't. There are many contributing factors; I have merely pictured a small scale scenario of a bigger canvas. It's unfortunate that nowadays people lose interest so easily and a fast paced life is a contributing factor among other facts. The world is getting smaller and our desire seems out of bounds; we want more than what life is offering at present and overlook what we have at the moment and people around us feel taken granted for. Why human beings have to be this complex, I can't answer that; I myself have no answer. I get it you're busy; dude I'm not less busy nor I have all the time in my hand. I too have been in both positions. Yes, I have told my friends I'm very occupied; I was occupied and reluctant to talk at the same time. Even I have been told the same. Excuses pile up and soon enough you're not in touch with those who you talk to frequently. I wonder if it has become too common.
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