I realize this is a rant but I want to get this out.

I want to smack someone.

So when I talk to someone on IM I'm usually under the impression that they also want to talk. I treat IM'ing like a very casual visit. Its like you've come over to hang out and talk. If the person tells me they can't talk that's fine. I leave.

What bothers me is when someone I'm talking to says they want to talk but then leave in the middle of a conversation without telling me. Case in point, I was talking to a guy a day or so ago. He let me know that he had to leave for second. An hour later after waiting, I left. Now in this guy's defense perhaps something suddenly came up that was important, but this type of thing has happened before with him.

All I ask is if you decide you don't want to talk or need to leave, I really would like to know. I've been told before by people that they can't IM and that's fine. I don't like to impose on someone. The same thing goes for me, and I feel its rude to just leave without a word. The reason I say this is that when this happened I thought perhaps I has said something to offend the guy, of coarse I realized he had just left, but being that I'm paranoid I got worried.

So I just would love it if people told me they need to go. That's all. I don't think that's too much to ask.

I can't believe I'm asking for proper net etiquette! :D