IPhone 5. How to keep from opening txt message?

I want to lock a txt so I don't open it. Whenever I try to get out of my messages it will go right to the new messages I have and I don't want to open them right away. What do I do? I have an IPhone 5.

Delete it.

If it's a matter of you don't want them to see the fact that you've read it (because of the Read Receipts that send) you can turn that off in settings. Go to Settings, then Messages, then there should be an option to turn Read Receipts off.
If that's not that case and it's just something you need to remember to reply to later, I would keep it open but also keep open another text (so maybe text yourself and don't open it) or open it, and delete all (or most) other messages so it's the only text there.

I've had the same problems with my iPhone and I think there should be an option to mark a message as unread. I think Apple used to have that option. Oh well! X'D

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