If you finally grew a pair and texted your crush...
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...but they haven't texted back, leaving you all like...
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...there's only one excuse they could possibly have.
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1. LITERALLY being on fire.
Don't pull the "I fell asleep" card.
Don't say that you were "out with your friends"...
...and got "too f*cked up."
Again.
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The only acceptable excuse for not answering a text...
...is actually having open flames consuming your body.
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So if your crush tells you they didn't text back because their phone was in the car...
...or that they left it at a bar...
Pants. On. Fire.
And if they're still playing games after they've put out whatever fire was preventing them from texting you back...
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Move on honey. Move. On.