The nice thing about texting (which I hate are very rarely do) is that you can always "not get the message."
My daughter used to text me all the time and I rarely ever checked for texts because I'm old and texting is somewhat new to me. I told her, if you have something to say, pick up the phone and call me. I don't check for text messages.
Of course, I can always ignore the phone, too. LOL!