How to reply when he asks vague questions about your weekend

A vague "how was your weekend" can signal a few things. Sometimes it's just low stakes. He's texting you but hasn't decided yet if he wants to invest real effort. Sometimes it means he doesn't know you well enough to ask something specific. Sometimes he's testing the waters to see if you'll carry the conversation. The worst case is that he's keeping you warm while pursuing someone else.

The key detail is what he does with your answer. If you give him real material and he responds with another vague question or one-word replies, that tells you he's not actually trying. If he asks a follow-up question or references something you said, he was just being casual at first.

Give him something real but short. Don't write a paragraph about your weekend. Pick one thing that was worth doing and mention it with enough detail that he could ask about it if he wanted to. A place you went, something you saw, a person you hung out with, an activity. This does two things. It shows you have a life, which is attractive. It also puts the ball clearly in his court for the next move.

Then include a question back, but keep it light and not too personal yet. You're not trying to have a deep conversation. You're seeing if he can match the energy when you actually give him something to work with.

Send your reply within a few hours of getting his message. Not immediately, but same day. If you wait days, you're playing games and he'll read it as disinterest. After you reply with something real and ask him something back, give him 24 to 48 hours to respond. If he takes longer than that without a reason, the vague question probably meant he wasn't that interested in the first place.

If he replies but it's still lazy, you don't need to keep matching that energy. You can let it sit. A pattern of low-effort texting is not going to improve without him deciding to shift it. If this keeps happening over several days, he's not worth texting first anymore.