After months or years of being with your boyfriend/boy friend, you can already predict what his reply will be when you send him a message. Guys are not really very creative with their replies. That is if they reply at all. Here are the different replies of boys/men.
1. SKY PATROL reply
The SKY PATROL reply is sent to you when you send the text message "I'm here already. Where are you?" (Translation: D2 na me, wer na u?) The reply is like a report from the sky patroler of TV Patrol. "Traffic in EDSA is heavy. It's a bumper-to-bumper situation. There seems to have been an accident near the flyover. That's where the bottle neck is. (Translation: Masikip ang daloy ng trapiko sa kahabaan ng EDSA. Bumperrrr to bumperrr dito. Mukhang may nangyaring kalunos-lunos na banggaan sa may lugar papaakyat ng flyoverrrr. Doon nagkakabuhol-buhol.)
The traffic excuse is an overly used excuse. It is a convenient answer for guys. For them it is a good excuse because (a) it is always heavy traffic in Metro Manila so chances are you'll believe him and (b) girls won't spend/waste time to verify if there is really heavy traffic where he says there is -- or would you?
2. ON the WAY reply
This is still in response to the same question in number 1. "I'm on the way already." (Translation: Papunta na. A variation would be "nakasakay na.")
Do you think this gives a clear answer? NO? No, it does not. It could mean a lot like (a) I just left the house, (b) I just got on the bus, (c) I'm near, (d) I'm halfway there, (e) I'm just about to leave the house, etc.
Confusing reply, right? That is actually what guys want to achieve. They do not want to tell you something that you can later on question. You see, if he arrives long after you sent that message you cannot ask him the question "What took you so long? I thought you are already on the way." (Translation: O e akala ko ba on the way ka na e ba't ngayon ka lang dumating. Siguro dumaan ka pa sa ibang babae mo no? Siguro pumunta ka muna sa mga barkada mo no.") You can't do this with this kind of reply because he'll just tell you "I didn't say I was near already. "
3. SAFE reply
"I was on the bus. I had to keep my phone in my pocket to be safe." (Variations: I was on the jeepney. I was on the tricycle. I was on the MRT/LRT. I was waiting for the bus. I waiting for a jeepney.) This is a reply when you ask him why he didn't reply to your previous message/messages. Guys usually give this answer because if you nag him about it he has a ready reply. "I wanted to text you but you know how it is when you commute. There are a lot of snatchers out there. Do you want me to lose my phone? The more that I will not be able to text you if that happens." (Translations: nakaktakot mag text sa jeep. Alam mo naman maraming magnanakaw ngayon. [Lalo pa malapit na ang pasko - the Christmas season version.]. Gusto mo bang mawala ang phone ko? Paano pa kita ma-tetext kung wala na akong phone? [Thought bubble you can't read: "pwera na lang kung bibilhan mo ko ng bagong iphone ngayong pasko])
4. MR. CONGENIALITY reply
"I'm with my friends". This is a reply he gives after you've sent the message "Why aren't you replying?" several times. You might feel bad that he is prioritizing his friends over you but that's how it is with men. When a guy bonds with his friends, he really give his full attention to whatever they are doing. If this happens just once in a while then stop nagging. At least he is being honest with you. You can get mad if he is with his friends more often than he is with you.
5. Un-LOADED reply
"I ran out of load." This is a common reply to the questions "Why are you not texting me?". It is a lame excuse, I think, but many guys use it. If you know the guy has money and he still gives this kind of excuse, slap him on the face. Okay, that's bad. Just nag. That's more painful than a slap on both cheeks. I mean if he have money, getting load shouldn't be a problem. There are a lot of stores selling electronic load. And there are a lot of convenience stores where you can buy call cards. I think this excuse is only acceptable if your guy is just a boy who depends on his parents for his load budget. If that is the case, please be understanding. (Translation: send him load. lol)
6. GUILTY as CHARGED reply
"Low bat." "Empty bat" "I wasn't able to charge". This is also as common a reply as that of number 5. What does this tell you? Your guy is irresponsible. We should all keep our phones with enough battery charge. Be forward looking. Charge your phone if you know you'll be out long. If your guy is like this, think how irresponsible he could/would be with his other concerns.
7. ANTENNA reply
"There's no signal". Your guy thinks that he still lives during the time when cellphones need to have a retractable antenna to get a signal. (Translation: Lagyan mo ng tinidor yung antenna ng radyo para marinig mo si DJ Triggerman. - Did I translate it well? lol) Though there are still times when you can experience losing signal, they seldom last long. Just move a few steps away from where you are and voila, you have a signal.
8. SPELL STOP reply
"OK", "CGE", "=)". When your guys texts you these after exchanging texts message with you for a while, that means he wants the conversation to get. That means stop.
(Translation:
Teacher: Juan, spell STOP
Juan: STOP, O-K, STOP.
Teacher: Good! Juana, spell STOP.
Juana: Stop, C-G-E, STOP.)
Get the drift. Stop texting. If you insist, he might give in but just give you one-word answers and this might irritate you more. So remember, OK, CGE and =) reads STOP.
(Variations: "G'night" and "Luv u")
9. MISSENT reply
"I'll see you later, baby!" is a missent message if baby is not a term of endearment he uses. He is intending to send it to somebody else but he mistakenly sent it to you. (Translation: I am cheating on you and I hope you won't find out about it.) I know you'll get really, really mad. Who wouldn't be? But at least be happy because you're the one on his mind even while texting the other one.
10. NOT MISSENT MISSENT reply
Did that confuse you? Let's make it clear then. Read this message. This is a reply to whatever text you have sent. "Bro, I felt sad this morning. I thought it was going to make her happy but I think she didn't even appreciate it." Who is the message for? Is it really for 'bro'? The answer is a big NO! It is for YOU. He intended you to know what he was feeling - in this case he probably wants to tell you that he felt bad that you did not appreciate his effort to make you happy on your 11th monthssary celebration. He does not have the guts to tell you straight so he made it appear like a missent message. How do you distinguish it from a real missent message? A not missent missent reply is detailed. Reading would tell you right away that he is talking about you. It is written such that you would know what he means. A real missent reply usually doesn't tell you anything concrete yet it tells you a lot. Or at least you think it tells you a lot. It actually makes you speculate.
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