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I think it depends how long it’s been on delivered. If it’s recent, then yeah. But if we’re talking multiple days or something, it’s a more slow burn anxiety where you start to wonder if they’ll ever acknowledge your existence again, or if something happened to them. Especially if you start coming up on a week or so.
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Sounds like a 5 word story:

"Please stay safe" - Message Delivered >

“while you’re out getting cigarettes, can you pick up some milk?” - Message Delivered >

Oh, god, that one kinda hurt =( >

Because he didnt come home with the milk right? >

No, the guy is just lactose-intolerant >

I leave my mom on delivered when I don’t have time to respond because if she says I’ve read it she’ll just call me. >

Turn “read”-notification off. Dunno why people like to have it on. Let people read and reply when they want and let me do the same. >

I have mine turned off. I swear. I checked and rechecked but it still shows ppl when I read u might want to double check by sending a friend a msg. I found out when my mom was like u read my msg why not respond and. I’m like I did??? Now I realize there’s no way to turn it off on my phone. No Idea. Why I even took to apple store they said it should be working be careful lol >

There’s a master on/off and then you can choose for individuals. I’d bet your master is on, I’ve never had mine change on me. >

I have a bad habit of reading the notification, and forgetting to actually open the message. >

I hate that because my phone usually give me basic responses like "ok" so I press it and it goes through,  but the notif doesn't go away so either forget it's there and check an old message or I don't get anymore until I open it >

Man. I have 64 unread messages because I don’t want to fucking talk to anybody. >

I mean, left on delivered means at least they care enough about you to not leave you on read. >

Or they don’t even care enough to fully see what you have to say
Probably one of the two anyway >

It could be that but speaking from my side as someone who doesn't open messages from my good friends sometimes.
I actually have very low energy at the time or am going through a depressive time where I am not feeling myself and not able to do the things they may suggest even though I want to.
If you think of that person as a good friend chances are they think the same so don't take it personally >

I have “operating hours”. I will read and respond to messages between 9am and 7pm. The only times I don’t do this, are when I’m at work all day, or when it is close family. 
If I get a message at 9pm and I’m going to bed, I won’t read it until the next day (I can see most of the message in the notification though), because I don’t want to get into a convo when I’m about to sleep. >

At least I can be delusional when it’s left on delivered 😂 Maybe they are in a coma and can’t read it 😬 >

That’s the worst part though. Left on read you know after a few hours. Left on delivered you might cling to false hope for days. >

Lol! Good point. >

I'll take either one over a response that forces me to continue interacting on a personal level. >

Like reaction on messenger is the best lol >

Not really. Or at least I don't think so. If you get left on delivered, it most likely isn't because they don't bother getting their phone for that but because they can't use their phone at given moment. Lets say, they have to take a shit and forget the phone outside. Oh no you got left on delivered. Or maybe this was late in the evening and the person fell asleep. 
But when you get left on read, they fully know that you sent a message, and on purpose did not answer. Getting ether one is not bad if it has a reason. Not everybody can have their phone out 24 hours every day. But getting left on delivered has more possibilities that there is actually a reason rather than not bother answering.