What are your thoughts of talking on the phone?
I feel nowadays everyone from my generation or younger hates talking on the phone. I have friends I will call to clarify plans with who won't answer when I call, but they will text me back saying, "Hey, what's going on for the night?" Then the text conversation lasts about 20 minutes when you could have just answered and talked it out in less than five minutes. This stuff drives me nuts! I will admit, I hate talking on the phone. I get bored or sometimes can't always multi-task. Sometimes I prefer face to face more or feel being in person is more intimate or personable. Sometimes people talk too much or repeat the same story over and over but differently. Sometimes a friend will call and bitch about life and go on and on about a guy or job, and you could careless. I hate those moments on the phone. Who doesn't?!
On the other hand, if I haven't heard from a person in a while and they call, I can talk for hours with them, especially my best friends or people who have moved away. I can talk for hours with my family members on the phone, less it's about something heated... then I just want to shoot myself. If I have a long distance relationship, I can talk with that person for hours. Though I feel most guys I know hate talking on the phone. I don't always like that. Girls need to know their men aren't running around being crazy or whatever and need to know that person is there for them. Girls like to feel secure or appreciated... talking on the phone with their dude can show that. It's not like you need to talk for hours but a simple hello can show a lot.
Now when it comes to texting... I use to hate it. I hate when people text you 'hey' and that's it. Then you say 'hey' back, and they say 'what's up'.... I CANNOT STAND THAT! Put it all in one text! Then all this slang came out like brb, lmfao, lol, fml... my parents would have no clue what any of those stand for! My mom barely knows how to even turn on a cell phone as it is. She for sure can't open a text message. That is beyond her imagination! But I have grown to love texting. It's so convenient at times!
So today, I was at the mall buying myself a Clay Matthews shirt :) and my parents called me. I answered... big mistake! I am still on my parents cell phone plan. We have a family plan that usually works real well. I never go over my minutes since I hate talking on the phone, but my parents refuse to give me unlimited texting since they do not understand it. They don't see why I cannot just pick up the phone and call someone. They don't understand that sometimes texting is more convenient depending where you are or what you're doing. They think it is lazy and an easy way to get out of talking to someone, and they also feel it is making my generation dumb in communication skills. That people are more scared to talk on the phone now. So on my phone they have given me 750 texts. 750 is a huge number but not when all your friends do is text. I went over... by A LOT! They yelled at me and told me to stop being so lazy on the phone, and I explained it would be cheaper if they just got unlimited texting but still no comprehension. I explained I would never go over if I had unlimited, but apparently paying the price for unlimited is a waste of money and not necessary. Doesn't the bill show that is it? That was my question of thought. In the end, they decided to turn my text messaging off, and now I feel completely miserable, as if I lost my phone at a bar type of feeling and will never get it back. LOST! My roommate text me and came home and said, "why didn't you answer my text?" Hmmm... maybe cause I cannot even receive them! UGH! It's pretty pathetic actually, haha. I mean I feel lost without texting right now. It's stressing me out. That is sad, haha. I wonder if I got any texts today, and if any of my friends thought I was ignoring them since I couldn't get it nor reply. UGH!!! I was so mad at my parents. Sorry I went over. I offered to pay it even, but no... they take my texting off. What am I suppose to do when I am bored out of my mind at work tomorrow?! I have Saturday night off from work, and now I actually have to call people to make plans? OMG, people will have to answer their phone to talk to me! HAHA. It's the end of the world (sarcasm).
Next week on my day off, I am going into a cell phone place and getting my own plan, and holy shut the front door, I cannot wait! Unlimited texting, here I come!
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