A quick thought July 26, 2006
Posted by charmingbutsingle in Uncategorized.trackback
There are days when I pray with all of my heart that the person who introduced text messaging as an effective means of communication when you are kind of maybe seeing someone spends the rest of eternity in a burning pit of flaming death trying to interpret said someone’s intent based on vague messages like “Maybe, I’ll let you know” or “LOL, ok.”
I’m just saying.
Hopefully he will be sitting right next to the person who invented the Nextel “chirp” and have to sit there listening to other peoples inane conversations ALL DAY LONG!!!!!
I couldn’t agree more.
Maybe some guys are now using LOL to mean “Let’s go Out, Love.”
LOL, ok!
Amen!
Well said, Charming. Perhaps, along with the inventors of text messages, and the even more annoying chirp (haha–that was really funny)–the inventor of LOL should also be given a seat in that hell…??
yeah i just broke up with a guy who would not talk to me on the phone after i caught him cheating. he would only text me because he was “too ashamed to talk to me”.
I never really got on the texting bandwagon. Probably mostly due to the fact that it takes me about 20 minutes to type a three word message. I have a few friends who text me now and then and I almost always reply with “call me”…having a full out conversation via text is beyond me.
I KNOW!!!
Texting is ok when you are meeting up with friends at a bar etc. but not OK when you’re dating and trying to get to know someone. It’s soooo frustrating!
What I don’t understand is why people use it as an effective form of communication with someone they don’t know very well?? WHY WHY WHY? There is no context or tone of voice, it’s tedious and time consuming. Why not just pick up the phone and dial the number and speak to them in person? Text messaging, like e-mailing and on-line dating seems to hold an air of anonymity. That’s the last thing you want when you are trying to get to know someone! You want them to hear your voice or see your face. I am telling you- texting is the devil!
I don’t understand text massaging at all!
I was dumped by BlackBerry. I have a love hate relationship with my blackberry.
Gah! I agree completely..there is nothing more aggrevating then trying to decipher “text language” when you just start dating. I know it’s hard…but back away from the text. Do not make plans or conversate over text..it can be messy. The worst is text fighting…which sadly, i’ve done.
i cannot agree with you more!
any sort of emotion is lost over text messaging. i thought that IMs were bad until i was introduced to texting.
im sick of reading LOLs and LMAOs on my phone.
Amen to that! I’m about to toss my telephone into the toilet bowl. Enough of the silly emoticons and abbreviations! Is it so hard to pick up the phone?!
Charming, you too??
we could always text each other while we are waiting…i promise mine won’t be shrouded in mystery.
Repo made me cry once because he made a joke and i thought he was being serious. i felt so stupid.
i don’t mind texting a little, but to go on and on for 25 minutes just texting each other is stupid. just call!
i save texting for quick “where are you?” or “wanna grab dinner?” kind of questions. short stuff. info stuff.
just waiting for the text is killer. it’s not like a phone call where you know when they received it. they might not hear the beep of the new text. it could be hours before they read it, unlike a voice mail, IMHO.
you’re quite an emo. if you’re really up for dating then you should be in webdate*com.
i know i’m a millenia too late, but i had to comment onthis.
yeah, i’ll be right behind you if you ever to decide to give ‘them’ some payback.
yes i’ve just had a rather ambiguous text from an ex today.
what the hell does it mean?..help