I think it is very important to set expectations about this with peers and friends. Texts and emails are asynchronous communications, but too often people forg

I think it is very important to set expectations about this with peers and friends. Texts and emails are asynchronous communications, but too often people forget that fact. I generally don't let texts break my workflow. People get pissed sometimes, but over the years my friends have learnt to expect reasonable delays in replies from me. :)