...and why I do NOT like it.
1. It is anti-social. Whatever happened to a good friendly phone call? Or getting together to tell your best friend about your most recent date? Instead we depend on receiving text messages.
2. It encourages illiteracy and bad spelling. People can't spell anyway and now we encourage it with texting. I am positive there are plenty of teenage girls who are convinced that "l8r" really is how you spell "later."
3. It really is NOT faster to text me. No this reason does not apply to everyone. But I can guarantee that texting me is not your fastest way of communicating with me. I will respond to emails much faster than I respond to text messages. There are several reasons for this. One, I have not had my phone surgically attached to my body, which means I do not carry it with me all the time. I also cannot work the numeric pad very well and despite my best efforts I can't intentionally misspell words, leave out punctuation, and forget capitalizing things. If you text me, I will most likely respond by just calling you. And really, it would have been faster to just call me in the first place.
4. If you can't call me then you probably shouldn't be texting me. I hear this excuse a lot "what if I can't call you, like I'm in class or something." Wait for you class to end then call me. Here is a news flash: if flipping your phone to call someone is socially inappropriate then flipping your phone open to send a text message is also socially inappropriate - and rude.
5. It is not an emergency. A true emergency would not leave you time to text me. No, a true emergency would require a phone call and if I did not answer a frantic voicemail saying "CALL ME BACK RIGHT AWAY!"
I do understand that there are sometimes when texting is appropriate. For instance, maybe I am meeting you at a concert and I can't hear you on the phone then texting comes in handy. Or maybe you had a baby in the middle of the night and you sent out the announcement so I can see it first thing in the morning instead of waking me up at 2am. So next time you go to text, think twice about it. Maybe that person would really appreciate a phone call. Especially if they are me and do not have a text plan with their cell phone.
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- Aubrey
- A wife, a Mormon, a daugther, a sister, a friend... but mostly, a Mother. These are our adventures and this is my story.
From the Mouth of Babes
Samuel (after Carlin spilled water on his shirt): "Daddy, you disgust yourself."
July 2013
Me: "You guys need to clean-up the play-doh."
Samuel: "Mommy, you just need to control yourself."
Me: "What? - Why do I need to control myself?"
Samuel: "You just need to control yourself Mommy, we are playing."
January 2013
Me: "Lillian, you're such a pretty girl."
Lillian: "No!"
Me: "Yes you are!"
Lillian: "No, I a child of God!"
June 2012
Samuel: "Mommy, I need a haircut."
Me: "You do?"
Samuel: "Yes. My hair is freaking me out!"
May 2012
Lillian: "I hear a gog!"
Me: "I hear a dog too!"
Samuel: "I hear a dog one!"
Feb. 21, 2012
Samuel: "Mommy, I have hiccups in my mouth."
Feb. 20, 2012
July 2013
Me: "You guys need to clean-up the play-doh."
Samuel: "Mommy, you just need to control yourself."
Me: "What? - Why do I need to control myself?"
Samuel: "You just need to control yourself Mommy, we are playing."
January 2013
Me: "Lillian, you're such a pretty girl."
Lillian: "No!"
Me: "Yes you are!"
Lillian: "No, I a child of God!"
June 2012
Samuel: "Mommy, I need a haircut."
Me: "You do?"
Samuel: "Yes. My hair is freaking me out!"
May 2012
Lillian: "I hear a gog!"
Me: "I hear a dog too!"
Samuel: "I hear a dog one!"
Feb. 21, 2012
Samuel: "Mommy, I have hiccups in my mouth."
Feb. 20, 2012
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11 comments:
hey wut r u doin 2nite?
oops! Sorry, I just texted you without reading your whole blog. I thought it would be funny. I didn't realize you didn't have a texting plan on your phone. Sorry! I miss you! We need to come see you soon!
lol....I totally agree. I don't really like texting either....It's so hard to figure out what the pther person means sometimes and so much easier with a phone call.
My practical husband hates it too...opposites attract, lol.
Love the post.
Exactly! Although I also agree with the exceptions. We don't pay for text because we have unlimited mobile to mobile (and lack coordination I think), so it drives me nuts when people text stupid things. I have been happy to pay the 10 or 25 cent charge for friends texting "It's a girl 3:25 am" or something similar.
OMG, gee aub, why don't you tell us how you really feel!! LOL I mean, I don't think I got the message, don't you roll your eyes at me young lady. I'm your mom, that's why.
Well I see your point...I would rather text because I hate talking on the phone (I am weird though). Nathan is the same way we text eachother all time (in fact we have unlimited text and the minimum amount of talking minutes...which we never use), you can totally avoid the awkward silence on the phone by texting. But, I definately understand what you mean about the rudeness and spelling issues. Love ya Aubrey see ya L8tr LOL!
It's really too bad that I can't spell properly no matter what medium I'm using.
...I guess maybe it's just more accurate that way?
Well said!! I couldn't have put it better.
Amen to that! I'm sooo glad we missed that trend. Kinda glad I'm a boring mom so people don't expect me to text them back (except my younger brother, darn him).
I was raised to write letters for every occasion. At least one Sunday a month, we'd write appreciation letters to someone in our ward. It helped us immensely. So, when I do text, it's always capitalized in the correct places and puncuated. :) But I completely and whole-heartedly agree with you. Bravo!
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