Texting do’s and don’ts for 2024

Lizzie Post once sent a text message checking in on a friend with a new baby. The response came late — a full year later.

Would her great-great-grandmother, the prolific writer and titan of American etiquette Emily Post, be horrified? The younger Post says she doesn’t think so.

“I feel like her personality would have been one where if you weren’t offended by the disconnection, then of course you would welcome the reconnection,” the younger Post said. “If the disconnection offended you, then either don’t respond or let someone know it was a problem. Either take ownership of it or let it go.”