Comments on: Confessions of a Recovering Luddite

By: lee

lee — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:54:23 +0000

my son texts about 7,000 a month, so we opted for the unlimited TM with sprint for $5.00 a month. otherwise, my bill would be .43 per message, which comes out to (UHHHHHH-MATH) a lot of money.

By: patricia

patricia — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:49:36 +0000

I don’t send out too many text messages but they have their purpose. My friend Sam was a text virgin and total hater by the way till about a few months ago. He “claimed” to not have a clue how to retrieve his messages. On his part, it was total lies. But he had to get with the times when a particularly cute boy kept insisting on using text to communicate. It’s all about motivation, I say. I knew he had done a 180 when he signed off an IM conversation with, “Just text me the time for dinner. I’ll be in a meeting but I can pick up text messages.” Ha! Another one sucked in!

By: peefer

peefer — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:21:10 +0000

So … this friend of mine, he’s never had one of these cell phone thingies before. He says it’s an unecessary luxury, but deep down inside, we all know he’s aching for it big time. Like, he really really wants it bad, wants it fast and now, but there’s this side of him that won’t let himself indulge. I don’t know what to do anymore for him. Please help.

By: teahouseblossom

teahouseblossom — Sat, 26 May 2007 02:17:29 +0000

I’m proud of you for joining the 21st century!
My best friend still carries her very first cell phone, which she bought in 1999.

By: sandra

sandra — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:29:33 +0000

They have an unlimited texting plan too…imagine how much you could text if you signed up for that!

By: jenny

jenny — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:19:04 +0000

sizzle: already there, sister. but honestly, it takes reeeaallly bad pictures.
brandon: har dee har har. suppose you want my smurf watch now, too.
heather anne: you have a southern accent? i so did not picture that! you just gained +5 in charm.
tracy lynn: i know. i totally just did.
michelle: i seem like the blinged out type? really? well, i was eyeing up a rhinestone skull applique...
shari: expect a text message in the near future.
dustin: i think it would be awesome if you texted your wedding vows to each other! "i dstn tk u kj, 2b my yf."
churlita: yeah, when i was in the sprint store there was a girl who couldn't have been more than 8 getting AN UPGRADED PHONE! when did she get her first one? kindergarten?
jess: and you didn't send me flowers or anything. you're such a cad.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:57:19 +0000

So…if this is being “textually active” – does that make me your first?

By: churlita

churlita — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:14:37 +0000

I still don’t even have a cell phone. My girls do, and when I borrow theirs, they always have to brief me on how to use it.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:26:41 +0000

K gets mad at me when I text her. She always confronts me about it later in the day.
Her: “Why did you send me 4 texts today? Even if I don’t read them, they still charge me for them. Thats wasted money!”
Me: “Don’t worry, I found some pop cans at the bus stop, so the cost is totally offset…”
Ya, those little discussions are usually followed by me making my bed on the couch.

By: shari

shari — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:10:47 +0000

I like to receive text messages, but I’m usually in the car when I receive one and I’m philosophically opposed to text messaging while driving. So then I just call back. But until Sween’s comment, I never knew that could be considered a dis of someone’s text. Now, I’m wondering how many txt apologies I owe?!