What to do when a guy doesn't text you on weekends?

Look at the whole pattern before you decide what it means. If he replies quickly Monday to Friday, shares small things about his day, and makes plans with you, then one or two silent weekends are most likely about his time with friends, family, sport, sleep, or simply turning his phone away. If the weekend silence is paired with slow weekday replies, avoided plans, or a sudden return to texting only when he wants something, that is a different signal. Notice which of the two you are looking at, because it changes whether a reply should be warm and easy or whether it should wait.

Also check your own message history. Did you text him heavily before the weekend, or did the last exchange end with nothing to answer? People often go quiet when the conversation has run out of obvious next steps, not because they are losing interest. Sometimes the simplest read is that the thread ended and nobody picked it back up.

The first message after a quiet weekend sets the tone. It should be relaxed and specific to something real between you, like a plan you discussed, a topic he cares about, or a small thing about his week. Its job is to reopen the conversation with an easy thing to reply to. A message that opens with the weekend, or that asks where he has been, asks him to justify himself and tends to get a short answer. A message that stays forward looking and light gives him room to respond without having to explain anything.

One reply is enough. Do not stack a Monday message on top of a Saturday message you already sent, and do not send a long paragraph that covers everything you have been meaning to say. Keep the first Monday message short enough that answering it costs him almost nothing.

Send your reply on Monday morning or early afternoon, when people usually have their phones in front of them for work. Avoid late Sunday night, which can look like you were waiting by the phone. If you have already sent a message and he replies warmly, let the conversation run at its natural pace. If he replies briefly or not at all within a day, leave one more gap of two or three days before any further message, and keep it light and about a new thing, not about the silence.

If you get no reply after two attempts across a week, stop initiating for now. Let him come back to you if he is interested. Matching his level of effort is a fair standard. If he only comes back when he wants something, or the pattern keeps repeating without any warmth, you have enough information to decide the thread is not worth more of your time.