I Say “I’ll Reply Later” and Forget for 3 Days
A small lie I keep telling myself — and somehow keep believing
I Say “I’ll Reply Later” and Forget for 3 Days
A small lie I keep telling myself — and somehow keep believing
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash
It happens almost every time.
I get a message. I read it. I even think about what I should reply. And then I tell myself, “I’ll reply later.”
At that moment, it feels like a normal thing to say. Like I’ve already taken care of it in my head.
So I close the app and move on.
Maybe I'll start watching something. Or I get busy with small random things. Or I just scroll a bit. Nothing important.
But the message? It just quietly disappears from my mind.
Not because I don’t care. It just… stops existing in the front of my thoughts.
And then later in the day, I remember it for a second. I even feel like replying right away. But then I think, “I’ll do it properly in a bit.”
And that “bit” never really comes.
The next day is the same. I see the message again in my mind, feel a small guilt, and still don’t reply. Not on purpose. Just delay.
After a few days, it becomes a strange situation where replying now feels “late,” so I delay it even more.
And somehow, the longer I wait, the harder it gets to reply normally.
The funny part is, I always think I’ll remember later. But I don’t. Unless I see the message again, it just sits quietly in the background like it never existed.
Then one day, I finally reply, trying to act as if no time had passed. A simple “hey” or “sorry, I was busy”, like everything is normal.
But inside, I know it’s been days.
I used to think this was just me being careless. But now I think it’s just how my mind works. If something doesn’t need immediate action, it slowly slips away.
Still, I keep saying it. “I’ll reply later.”
Even when I know what usually happens after that.
If you’ve done this too, don’t worry — you’re not ignoring people, you’re just competing with your own memory.
Story Edited by The KURIOUSK, Ph.D.
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