Anyone else get anxiety when waiting for communication on anything soft-planned? Spiraling and all that.
Especially if the person involved is late or didn’t respond. Ofc the reaction is to check in, that’s what I’d want someone else to do for me if I indicated I’d do something or message someone. However, that can be interpreted as being needy or clingy when really I just want to know the plan and not be left hanging.
Life happens ofc, people gotta cancel plans. But what really rubs things wrong is being left without information, that’s when the anxiety shoots. Do you wait for them, or go do something else? If you go do something else, what happens when they’re suddenly available? That’s not respecting my time, so it’s rude, but do you convey that??
Gah.
I guess /rant really.
I’ve honestly just stopped putting stock in people who are consistently unreliable with planning. Soft agreements stay soft and I’m always mentally prepared for a “oh I forgot, now it’s too late sorry”