Text message break up

Hey tech-savvy friends: What's the etiquette for texting?

I'm constantly annoyed by friends who don't respond for a day or two, or sometimes never at all! Sometimes a friend will text me with a question, I will respond and then nothing! Ahhhhh... YOU TEXTED ME! YOU TEXTED ME!

Do I just let it go? Or should I get new friends? I'm always wondering if my phone is not working. But then I remember that three out of six friends respond back reguarly. So should I just be satisfied with a 50% texting success rate? Does that mean that 50% of my friends are rude? I mean let's face it, it is usually the same 50%.

My girlfriend says I'm crazy and I should just let it go, and I shoot her a "don't be patronizing" look and then she shows me her boobs to try to distract me, but of course it doesn't work because I can't let things go just like she said earlier! I mean, duh! And thus the vicious cycle continues. I can't get past the rudeness of it all—from people who apparently like talking to me! Or do they? I mean don't they? So if you can help me or have any answers to this thing that plages me daily, please let me know. Otherwise I guess I'll just continue the way I have been dealing with this my whole life—well, since texting came around—deep breathing and lots of booze.

Addict

I'm addicted to my iPhone. We all saw this coming, perhaps you more than me. I always thought "nah, I won't be like them. I won't "check in". I won't Instagram every cool street sign or cute tchotchke sitting on a shelf. I won't post something then 10 minutes later check to see who "liked it" or who made a comment. And then 10 minutes after that check again. No, I thought I was better than all of you. Thought I would know how to behave, how to treat this technology with respect, or more accurately, respect others around me by engaging with them instead. But alas, no. So, now what? Where do I go from here? What do I do now that my life revolves around this tiny, pretty device? Do I need an intervention? Perhaps some sort of "iPhone patch"? Come on, there must be an app for that.