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A few months ago, Gmail became far more intricate and detailed. I sure didn’t ask for it. I never had any choice.
It used to be when I answer an email, my reply is sent, and the original email stays on the main email page until I delete it myself.

Now, when I reply to an email, it disappears from Incoming and is immediately sucked away into something called ‘Archives’.
I never wanted, asked for or needed to ‘Archive’ my emails.
Now, I have to go looking for it in Sent, Drafts, Trash, Spam, Snoozed....etc, until I find it. IF I find it. Sometimes I have to give up for the day and move on w/o that particular email.

I have searched for a way to remove any Archive aspects.
Either there is no way to remove it, or they won’t clearly tell you. Of course there is no ‘person’ you can ask for advice, only Q&A postings. Yet another minor annoyance.

I have not used Gmail, but here is how AOL and Yahoo handle mail once you have answered it. At AOL you have the option of clicking “Keep as New” and it goes right back to the place where you found it. If you forget and want to keep it as new you will find it at the next option directly under New Mail which is Old Mail. On the other hand if you want the record of a chain of back and forth comments you will also find it under Sent Mail. And you have the option of sending it to files you might make like Family Mail, My Lawyer, Office Contacts, etc.

Yahoo keeps the mail you sent from at New Mail unless you send it to some other file. I don’t know if this helps or might make you want to use either of these free services.