I think no fear is getting old and grumpy. I can say that because I am already old and grumpy. Ive only been texting now for a year, but i still hate it. At least talking on the phone i dont misspell words and have to backtrack and fix them.
We are about the same age, I turn 44 in March, I think old and grumpy is just setting in.
My 17 yr old is nothing like I was at his age- he's like something from the future. I was a stupid long haired kid at 17 working on old cars. It bothers me to think that even though my kids are highly intelligent on paper theyre most likely texting while driving thinking nothing bad will happen to them no matter how much theyre told not to do it. The 'jackass' generation. They think theyre bullet proof or if they do have an accident that they will survive. The last thing I want to do is bury a child.
My mother has buried 3 of her 5. It wasnt fun watching her suffer through that. After the second and the third, mom went into a depression for a very long time both times. I was too young to see how she handled the first loss, but I was old enough to see how she took the other two. Kid's don't think about their folks' struggles and feelings about losing a child and how it effects their lives.
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I hate texting like i tell my daughter pick it up and call you can get a conversation over with faster than texting with this old man and plus many of times i have both hands full and cant pick up the phone but can answer it with my bluetooth ear bud.
I prefer texting over calling because text doesn't demand that your recipient be immediately available to take a call. The text will be waiting for you to return at your own convenience. This is great because I can't take my phone into my area at work. So when the wife wants to tell me to pick up some milk or bread, I just check my phone on my way out the door. She doesn't have to wait until I get off work then call, verbally give me the list which I'll totally forget if I don't write it down, etc. Calls have their place for long conversations, but for a quick couple of words, texting is far better.
I don't text and drive. Got the Bluetooth set up to play my music in the car. When I want to send a text or call someone, I just doubletap the main button on my galaxy and tell it to call my wife or whoever. Only time I touch the phone is to doubletap the sole button on the front.
I don't text and drive. Got the Bluetooth set up to play my music in the car. When I want to send a text or call someone, I just doubletap the main button on my galaxy and tell it to call my wife or whoever. Only time I touch the phone is to doubletap the sole button on the front.
I would rather talk than text, if it's short. My son and everyone his age are the opposite. I can barely talk while driving, no way could I text.
I'm the same way CZ. for example, time yourself and say, "wait a minute." now time yourself and text the same phrase. if your phone is like mine, it has these little letters on the screen and i always hit the wrong ones, so i could spend
2 minutes trying to fix what i hosed up.
