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He isn't paying attention to me. Should I do it to him?

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Question - (2 June 2008) 4 Answers - (Newest, 7 June 2008)
A female United States age 30-35, *appybunny_xoxo writes:

My crush and I talk on the phone daily.Every time that I call him he sounds busy so I ask him "are you busy?" and he replies "no" but then in less than a minute he says "I'll call you back in a minute" which turns out to be hours later.Every time that we talk I stay quiet because I could tell that he isn't paying attention to me.I think this because while me and him are on the phone he talks to his dad or brother like if I wasn't on the phone.Also he is always putting me on hold which is getting pretty annoying.Its weird also because he says that he is wide awake but then in like 15 minutes he says "I'm tired I'll let you go".I don't know what I should do about this or if I should even worry about this.Should I talk to him about this? OR should I do the same thing to him so that way he knows what it feels like??

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A female reader, atarisrocks United Kingdom +, writes (7 June 2008):

atarisrocks agony auntbe carful i had a bf like that and found out why he was always distacted he was online to another of his gf and when he had to go all a sudden his live in gf came home took me 4 months to find out about the other girls

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A female reader, Laura1318 Malaysia +, writes (2 June 2008):

Laura1318 agony auntIt is no more fun when it becomes a duty or a chore.

Be spontaneous and call him sparingly.

They become more precious that way.

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A female reader, hannah76 United Kingdom +, writes (2 June 2008):

hannah76 agony auntSounds like a load of games to me! don't put up with this rubbish. Don't call him anymore and see if he calls you and wants to talk. You respect him so why is he not respecting you. Let this go, you are worth more than putting up with his behaviour! H xx

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A female reader, Tisha-1 United States +, writes (2 June 2008):

Tisha-1 agony auntA woman I worked with years ago taught me a valuable lesson in phone etiquette. She would always ask when calling someone, "Is this a good time for you to talk?" before she started the conversation. This gives the other person a chance to say that he or she is busy and can't talk at the moment.

You might try this technique to give him a chance to be polite.

Sometimes giving people a taste of their own medicine only works if they are really paying attention, so I'd start off with the polite strategy first, before trying the medicine tactic.

It may be that he is not as interested in you as you are in him, so be prepared for that. Sorry if that's the case.

At any rate, give him a chance to call you for a change, so that he has some time to miss talking to you!

Good luck.

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