The "K" text

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How many of you get irritated by the "K" or "KK" text? It has always bugged me, ever since one of my exes used it incessantly. She always was angry at me, and now i think when people text me "K" I automatically think they are angry. Here are some examples:

Me: See you in a half an hour!
Friend: K
Me: What?! Are you mad at me?!
Friend: No, I'm not. I apologize for upsetting you

Another example (that fueled my anxiety):
Me: I'm home from a three week vacation. Hope you are well.
Ex-friend: K
Me: Why are you mad at me?!
Ex-friend: I just don't care, sorry

Notice how confusing this is.

"K" basically means they have nothing else to add or say. Don't assume they are always angry when they do it as it other people could think that you are looking for conflict when you are actually just curious about their intentions.

Instead, just bring up another subject if you still want to keep talking to them.

The second person clearly doesn't respect you. I'm glad that they are now your ex-friend!

"KK" actually means "kiss kiss" (or Klu Klux, depending on the context). Most people think it's an abbreviation of "ok". Like a two-letter word needs a two-letter abbreviation.

I had to text my best friends mom awhile back, and she kept saying "KK". It made me feel awkward.

Text-talk in general can evoke feelings of anxiety. The issue is online interaction has completely different rules than real-life.
One annoying thing I always found was when you type a large amount of stuff and the person says 'tl;dr' (too long, did not read) or just 'ok'/'k'/'yep'/etc.

Me and my aspie friend can actually have deep conversations on facebook and other social media because we geneuinely care about each other and our conversations.

Most people just want to be brief and to the point instead of engaging in a conversation.

In your cases 'K' doesn't mean they are angry, it just means they do not want to talk to you (not trying to make you feel upset or anything). It just means they don't realize you want to actually message and talk to them more than they want to talk to or message you.

Online messaging is like that, people are just quick witted and don't take a few breaths to actually communicate with their friend.

I honestly suggest Skype. It's face to face, more real, and more engaging.

Texting is for the quick messages.

To answer your question, the 'K' text and other short messages annoy me because it shows how uninterested they are in communicating, especially when they type K or something similar after I send a long or even just a medium message.

Just my opinions, though. Hope I might have offered some insight.