My boyfriend won't text me?

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So my boyfriend and I are long distance and have been for a little less than 2 years. Looking back now, he used to be pretty good about texting (sending good morning/goodnight texts, at a minimum) but lately he never texts me and I always have to text him first and it's so annoying. He's the kinda guy who hates his phone and literally never has it on him. He is 110% aware of how much it bothers me but he doesn't change much.. Like last night we were on the phone so I was like okay promise that you'll text me in the morning before school (he started, I haven't yet) and he was like ok ok I will and he didn't. So I texted him breaking his balls (being sarcastic obviously, we joke around all the time) and he read it and didn't reply. I'm just annoyed, because how hard is it to send a frickin text?? I don't get it

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Same shit happened with my ex. Everything was fine until he went to college 1 1/2 hours away, the first few days he said he was just busy going to the welcome events and stuff which I get, but once the second week rolled around of texts getting left on read and snapchats left opened and calls getting sent straight to voicemail "because I don't like talking on my phone with my roommates in the room" (because it's so difficult to stand outside for 10 minutes out of your day to talk to me) I finally told him to straight up tell me what was going on. He eventually came clean and told me he didn't love me enough to want to keep the relationship going, so we ended it.
Not trying to scare you or anything but maybe you should have a legit heart to heart with him about it-- without joking around and busting his balls. Tell him exactly how you're feeling and how it affects you and if he still does it consider ending things. It's a shitty feeling you're going through, trust me I know. But the most important/simple factor in maintaining a healthy long distance relationship is communication. If he can't even do that, it's an issue.

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Okay I guess I'm going to be the Devils advocate here.
Maybe he just genuinely forgets. I know plenty of guys who are horrible at texting. They always forget to reply, they never keep their phone around, half the time it's not even charged. Some people are just like that. It may not be that he intends to hurt you. It may just be a weird quirk of his.
I think a lot of people feel like they need to be connected all the time. I'm also in a LDR and while we're texting a lot of the time, sometimes we don't talk til the evening or we forget to text back for hours. It's not a big deal. We've both got our own things going on and we understand that. 
But I get that it may be a problem if you've fully communicated that it hurts you. Then it becomes less an issue of him not texting and more so of him knowingly doing something that upsets you. I think both of you need to talk and compromise on your expectations. Maybe he's just not the kind of guy who texts all day long but also maybe he should make an effort to at least check in with you.

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not a good sign for a LDR. if someone is slipping and not putting in effort then it's doomed pretty much

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I hate to say it but it sounds like he's trying to let you down slowly 😕

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Leaving texts on read is a big red flag. If he has enough time to open his phone and read your message, then he has enough time to send back a response. Ignoring your SO is one of the best disrespectful things you can do in my book, because there is absolutely no excuse for it (other than not caring). Present the issue to him in a serious manner so that he knows that it's a real problem.

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You're more patient than me because I probably woulda broke up with him already! I'm needy af and I need to know you care about me and that you wanna talk to me through out the day especially because you guys are long distance communication is key to that kind of relationship and if I have to second guess if you even wanna talk to me...? Lol no thanks. He should be sending you texts all through out the day to make you feel secure in the relationship. The relationship I'm in now, he wasn't much of a texted at all.. Like 1-5 texts a day from this dude.. And after a month of talking, he now texts me throughout the day and that's how I know his feelings for me have grown and I know he wants to talk to me!! 
I don't mean to be such a debby downer but I couldn't do it. I need your attention and I can't doubt us or I'm out!

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I have the same damn problem!

My boyfriend won't text me?

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