So I was talking with a good friend today (yes I still talk on the telephone…sometimes) and the subject of a guy she was talking to came up. She had gone on a couple of dates with the guy and she was really liking him but he never called her. He hardly contacted her and when he did it would be through some late-night, I'm-stumbling-out-of-the club-and-going -to get-breakfast-and-I-just-wanna-text-somebody, type stuff. Key word: text, not call.
From what she's revealed to me, any communication initiated by him has been through text messaging only. I'm sad to report that she's not the only girl dealing with a man that uses text as their only form of communication. I was involved with a guy that did the same thing! This prompts me to answer the question of why? Why do people, men in particular, feel that texting is a sufficient form of communication?
Don't get me wrong, I love text messaging. It keeps me awake in boring classes, is sometimes easier than talking on the phone, and sometimes gives me a chance to say some things I struggle to say in person. However, I feel that text can never be a substitute for human interaction.
Being a woman that remembers the days before cell phones and internet dominated life, I have an appreciation for telephone conversations and face-to-face interactions. Is it that hard for your to pick up the phone and call me? Aren't your fingers tired from typing out this deep *ss conversation on the phone? I miss the days of long nights spent talking on the phone, giggling with a guy I really liked. I honestly haven't done that since high school, I don't even do that with my boyfriend now and that makes me sad lol.
Text is not the only communication medium that has replaced real communication. Some people have more action with their friends on Facebook than they do in real life. I find that more and more people are going strictly text and I have to wonder if anyone else miss human, non-digital interaction?
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