There’s a name for that: cricketing — when you read a text but don’t reply for way too long or not at all. Instead of getting a response, the poor person you’re communicating with waits and waits and waits to hear back from you. You know that obnoxious habit of waiting hours ― sometimes days on end ― to reply to a text? “Weekly I hear partners complain about communication problems in their relationships connected to texting. “We don’t expect to be treated this way by those we care about, so it’s all the more exasperating.”

Source: Huffington Post April 26, 2018 12:56 UTC