How do you handle boring sms from your friend?

@annierose (21571)
Philippines
February 10, 2011 4:15am CST
Did it ever happen in your life that you get to the point that you get annoyed by someone's sms? Sometimes, I get quite irritated if someone will send me sms about something of which I am not interested with. For example, if a person keeps on sending me pictures of his hobbies that I am not interested with, I feel somehow upset. If he sends it once, it is ok. However, if he keeps on sending same mms or sms over and over again, it is not ok. I do not know how to turn down his messages as I am afraid it will hurt him. He is my good friend and I do not want him to feel I am ignoring him. I just feel tired with his sms and mms? Do you have similar experience? How did you handle it?
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14 responses
• India
10 Feb 11
Yes I have had similar experience and I took a rather straight forward way to solve it. I replied to this friend of mine and told them that I want something funnier from him to cheer me up. I also added that the stuffs that he's sending are totally boring and making me more upset than cheerful. Now I don't think that should upset the friend. That would only give him a temporary feeling of embarrassment. After considering the whole thing he will try to overcome that embarrassment by trying to respond according to the expectations you've placed before him. Don't hesitate to be straight forward. If someone is upsetting you, you have every right to make him understand that. Always be clear to yourself as well as others to avoid bigger misunderstandings.
@annierose (21571)
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
hi getbiswa, You had a very good article on your blog that I visited last time. Well, sometimes, it is difficult to be straightforward especially when you are about to criticize a friend. Aside from that, sometimes, our friends are not that open minded. I think what you gave is a good suggestion. I have tried it on some friends only because some friends of mine are sensitive.
@dreamnishu (1247)
• China
10 Feb 11
hello friend! i do not feel boring when my friends give me sms.i love to read them.it is make me so much happy.if they give some irritating sms i also give back that kind of sms.but i not face that kind of situation so much. thank you.
@annierose (21571)
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
I am not much into texting. i just put a load on my phone whenever I have to contact somebody.That is why even I am irritated with some messages, I cannot reply back because most of the time, I got those stuff when I don't have a load.
• Malaysia
11 Feb 11
Simple don't reply any sms from friends or anybody you consider boring. If you want to be happy you have to believe in yourself,love yourself and do not have the mentality that if you do not satisfy your friends or people around they might be hurt. If it makes you happy do it, if it doesn't make you happy then don't do it.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
Well, I guess you only have to options. Either you ignore those messages and outright delete them or you tell your friend not to send those kind of messages anymore. Yeah, he'll get hurt if you say that but as his friend, you should tell him how you really feel about those SMS or MMS (Just try not to be too frank when you say it) Besides, if he's a real friend, he'll get over it in time.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
11 Feb 11
Hello annierose, I haven't been in that kind of situation, coz normally i am glad to see my friend's text message. I have installed an sms chatting software in my phone that is what actually makes my text conversation much more exciting that ever, anyways.. I haven't used mms much, but i would be irritated if i keep receiving them from the same person, over and over again. I don't know how i would react, i would certainly try not to be rude to her/him but i guess it's best to politely say that it is getting a little irritating to keep on receiving so and so about what you did and all. It's different if you receive some nice jokes or something that you can have fun to read, but constantly getting updates from someone, is actually boring unless he/she is a good friend of yours. So, my advice is that, try and be polite to him and tell him that his messages disturb you while you are at work, or doing something you are busy with. I hope your friend understands your message.
• China
10 Feb 11
Usually i feel good when my friends send me sms. But when i feel boring to get sms or feeling irritate then i just keep my mobile sms silent. Then i don't irritate and latter i delete all the sms without reading. It's just simple.
@annierose (21571)
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
Thanks dreamsharmin for responding. I do still read their sms or mms and then delete it afterwards especially if it makes no sense for "me".
@kewlme (163)
• Philippines
10 Feb 11
For me, I will just ignore it since I do not have the luxury of time to deal with it. Maybe if I will meet him then I will tell him straight that his messages are not interesting. I am a straightforward person therefore I just want to tell my side in order for him to be aware that I am not appreciating his actions. In my opinion, if I will not tell him the truth then he will not be aware of it and maybe he will conclude that this is okay for me which is not.
@sumanadep (1228)
• India
11 Feb 11
Yes I have a couple of friends who send SMS every now and then.. most of the messages are repeated or outdated...but the thing that annoys me is that it makes my inbox full and then I have to keep on deleting messages also that it could lead to missing out some important message... I still get the messages and I could do nothing about it...
• India
10 Feb 11
Never respond to the person when you find that his sms does not interest you. Then see for yourself that the other person stops sending. This is my personal experience. Later when they ask me why i do not reply for their sms I say that you should have understood it by now. Try this trick and then no more sms and mms. Happy mylotting.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
For me i will said it is boring don't do it again.
@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
10 Feb 11
Hi dear, Normally I just ignore the sms because I think the value of the same got over. But I used to get 5-6 sms every day from one of my friend, all are really worth reading and some time I used to not it down. But I a so lazy to read all. In the evening when I reach home, my son will read all sms loudly for all and we all will enjoy. Thank-s
@amelly (1554)
• Malaysia
11 Feb 11
sometimes it do happened to me..at times i was really sad or tired..some friend send me crap and it really piss me off..and to make thing worse..one of them like to make my blood rise up!!but then i just couldn't be bothered...hehe
@sajeevking (5073)
• Mumbai, India
10 Feb 11
Yes its quite boring and irritating when our friends keeps on texting useless message which we don't even like to read i usually delete them and i don't think if we tell them that the message s__k then they would get hurt as he is your friends he would understand and would stop sending useless message and disturbing you but other than that i don't think one would get hurt or anything and if he does its his problems not your
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
It's nice to be receiving SMS from friends once in a while.But when it comes to a point that it has been hampering what you are doing, then it's not good anymore. At that point, i simply would ignore the text. Two or more texts unanswered by me would mean i am uninterested already.