Text messaging has some positive and negatives. It has become one of the main forms of communication. If I have a quick question or just want to send a hello or I miss you, text messaging does come in handy. I usually prefer to text throughout my day. It is easier with my schedule. I can avoid having to answer phone calls and having a conversation that everyone around me can hear. I can check my phone when it is appropriate and get back to people at my own convenience. If I have a lot to say I can text someone and ask them to call me when they can, that way I am not interrupting them as well.
The main negative to text messaging is doing it while driving. Not only is it dangerous, it is illegal. Yet everyday we see someone on the road commit this crime. The funny part is that people think a red light or a stop sign with no other cars around is an exception to this law.
I was having coffee with a friend a while ago. She had a fight with her boyfriend and they broke up. She needed someone to talk it out with. She was crying and telling me she does not understand why he picks fights with her. I asked her what was said to escalate a fight into actually breaking up. They had been together for 2 years. To my surprise she got her phone out and pulled up a screen with different color bubbles on the right and left. She handed me the phone and said “the pink bubbles are me.” I was in shock. Here I was at a coffee shop not talking to my friend, instead reading through their whole fight and all of their personal issues on a little bright screen. I could see why she was confused. I was too! So much is misinterpreted and doesn’t seem sincere over text. There are just some things that require human interaction.
I will save my short conversations for text messaging. My friendships frequently visited with laughter and coffee dates. I’ll save my love life for real human connections. My fights I will have face to face. I want that person to see my anger, my pain and not misunderstand any of it.
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