Lament #2 about what's happening to the latest generation.

[LAS14]

In the last few days I've gotten texts from each of my granddaughters, in reply to something I sent, that said "Loved your message " Their mother explained that they could set that to go out automatically if, for some reason, they couldn't/didn't want to respond to text messages. Perhaps they were in class or sick.

I can understand "Sorry, can't respond to texts right now." But to say "loved your message" just trashes real communication. It tells us not to believe anything they tell us. It can't be a good model. Right? Wrong?

[jcgoldie]

1. of all the things to get upset about...

Pretty sure text message auto-replies ranks several tens of thousands of issues down my list.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. It would be foolish to reject the possibility that they loved your messaqe, without asking them. nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. I'm guessing what they actually did was click the "heart" button on your message, which means they

saw it and appreciated it, similar to a "like" on a tweet or a DU upvote. And if you don't have an OS that displays that heart message on the text bubble, you will get a message that says " (name) loved your message."

Why do you think "loved your message" doesn't have real sentiment behind it just because they didn't type each letter out?

Many, many people would love to have that level of communication with their grandkids.

[ZonkerHarris]

12. this is the answer here

[MineralMan]

4. Well, it's not possible for everyone to meet every expectation, I guess.

[TuxedoKat]

5. At least it's a response

One of my nieces rarely responds to messages.

[RobinA]

6. Sorry This Happened

to you. It would make me feel crappy, too. They probably wouldn't be getting many messages from me after that.

[blm]

7. That means they clicked the heart ❤️ emoji.

That’s a good thing. Everyone on my family threads does it when a message touches their heart.

[question everything]

8. One can only hope that when they receive physical gifts, they do write a real thank yo

thanking for the book, for example. If they read.

I don't understand the belittling responses here. If one think it is unimportant why not just skip and move to the next thread?

[LAS14]

9. Thanks so much. nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Loved your post.

[BlackSkimmer]

11. Lol!