If you're in multiple text threads with different people in your life — your family, your partner, your kid's teacher — it can be hard to stay on top of your messages.
Who should you respond to first? How do you deal with a group chat that keeps popping off? What happens if you accidentally leave someone on read?
These texting situations can be tricky, but managing them is a lot more straightforward than you might think, says Nick Leighton, host of the etiquette and manners podcast Were You Raised by Wolves?.
"A lot of people forget that texting is just another form of communication," he says. "But the principles of 'let's not waste people's time' and 'let's be mindful of their feelings' have never changed."
