it is a dating chat room Most people are never far from their cell phone, so if you don?t reply within an hour or so, the other person will assume they?re being ignored. As a matter of fact, the biggest texting turn-off according to the AT&T survey was a slow response. If you don?t have time to answer, reply with something like ?Stuck in mtg. Will hit you soon!? If you can?t even do that, be sure to add ?Sorry! Just got this,? when you finally do text him or her back.