I used to respond immediately because I&#x27;m not a fan of playing games but now I never do, mostly because nobody else does it either. But that is only when I text. I NEVER text these days. I&#x27;d rather call. I&#x27;m impatient and I&#x27;d rather have a short quick conversation than one uncomfortable one that stretches over days.<p>You can easily spot the fakers from the ones who are actually unavailable though. My ex before we broke up used to take days and days to respond but she was unemployed and had nothing going in her life, whereas I had super busy professors in big labs who for some reason respected my time enough to get back to me within 24 hours or 48 hours at most.