I got several texts while at Mr. OoT’s last weekend. I had my phone on silent the entire time as, although he claims otherwise, I believe that Mr. OoT is a bit jealous and paranoid. I didn’t want him to worry that every incoming text was from a guy.
They mainly were. I received a few text messages from Repo Man who happened to be spending the weekend in my all time favorite locale along with a few pics. And, might I say, he looked damn good. His messages were flirty. My responses were not.
I also received a message from Mr. English. Complete with emoticons. It was a nice message, hoping I was doing well, letting me know he’d be house-sitting for someone in my area and updating me on the project that he has been working on. I waffled back and forth on how to respond. He is a good guy, he’s just not MY good guy. I was going to send a bland ‘glad all is going well’ or an equally bland ‘thanks for letting me know’. I opted out of sending either and opted out of responding at all. I feel a bit bad about this, but also felt it was the right option.
The Life & Times of a 54 Year Old Online Dater 
Thanks for sharing, this was an interesting read.
You don’t owe him anything. If you want to be friends with him, great. If not, then peace out to him. Or “cheerio” as the Brits might say.
No response is response enough!
I agree. He’ll only view a response as interest/encouragement and not as mere politeness. Best leave that ship in the dock – dry dock!