The Accidental Texter
Hello... My name is AJ and I'm a Textaholic!
Hi AJ.
It started about 2 years ago when I learned that communicating could be done this way. I was simply a social texter. This is where you make simple quick texts to people like, "5 min. Away" and "call me". Now I have lengthy conversations using only key strikes. It is so bad that I don't even like to talk to people any more. When my phone rings it is almost an inconvenience. I have a voicemail message so long that it is a deterrent for people to leave a message encouraging them to text me.
It has gotten so bad that I find myself texting in the morning, all day long, and into the night. I can't stop. My friends are classic enablers. When I don't receive immediate responses to my messages I start to get the shakes. I need help!
As effective a means of communication as texting is, I recognize that it can be abused and I am guilty as charged. It is starting to effect my relationships with my family and I believe an intervention is on the horizon. My mom sent me a text earlier this week, she does not like this form of communication, that said, "Do we have to keep fucking communicating this way?" My response, because I am under the influence of texting all the time was simply, "If you want to talk to me, we do!"
Now I know people who are binge texters, this is where they go on texting cycles for a couple of days or so and then return to normal communication. I know some maintenance texters, people who text all day long but never get out of control. I do neither of these things. I check my phone every 30 sec. Or so and if I don't have some new info it is bad. Really bad.
I have a dear friend who is as bad as I am, maybe worse. She is known as the accidental texter because she sends texts to the wrong people. For instance, if she wanted to tell me something about you, she would type a message and send it to you by mistake. Then after a while I would receive a text saying "what no response?" to which I would reply, "what are you talking about?"
OOOPS!!
The good side of that coin is that you know exactly what people think of you, like it or not.
Phantom texting is another drawback to the world of communication. This is where a third party takes possession of your phone when you are unaware and begins sending messages to people as if it were you. This can be very dangerous. To prevent trouble, I have created coded signals for people so that they are aware that I am the texter. How bad is that?
Anyway, I feel better getting this off my chest. I don't think that I'm going stop because the texting lifestyle suits me and I feel that I can keep it under control. It hasn't effected my work yet and I don't seem to get violent when I text to excess.
Thank you for listening and ...... What? Oh my phone is beeping. Gotta GO!
Hi AJ.
It started about 2 years ago when I learned that communicating could be done this way. I was simply a social texter. This is where you make simple quick texts to people like, "5 min. Away" and "call me". Now I have lengthy conversations using only key strikes. It is so bad that I don't even like to talk to people any more. When my phone rings it is almost an inconvenience. I have a voicemail message so long that it is a deterrent for people to leave a message encouraging them to text me.
It has gotten so bad that I find myself texting in the morning, all day long, and into the night. I can't stop. My friends are classic enablers. When I don't receive immediate responses to my messages I start to get the shakes. I need help!
As effective a means of communication as texting is, I recognize that it can be abused and I am guilty as charged. It is starting to effect my relationships with my family and I believe an intervention is on the horizon. My mom sent me a text earlier this week, she does not like this form of communication, that said, "Do we have to keep fucking communicating this way?" My response, because I am under the influence of texting all the time was simply, "If you want to talk to me, we do!"
Now I know people who are binge texters, this is where they go on texting cycles for a couple of days or so and then return to normal communication. I know some maintenance texters, people who text all day long but never get out of control. I do neither of these things. I check my phone every 30 sec. Or so and if I don't have some new info it is bad. Really bad.
I have a dear friend who is as bad as I am, maybe worse. She is known as the accidental texter because she sends texts to the wrong people. For instance, if she wanted to tell me something about you, she would type a message and send it to you by mistake. Then after a while I would receive a text saying "what no response?" to which I would reply, "what are you talking about?"
OOOPS!!
The good side of that coin is that you know exactly what people think of you, like it or not.
Phantom texting is another drawback to the world of communication. This is where a third party takes possession of your phone when you are unaware and begins sending messages to people as if it were you. This can be very dangerous. To prevent trouble, I have created coded signals for people so that they are aware that I am the texter. How bad is that?
Anyway, I feel better getting this off my chest. I don't think that I'm going stop because the texting lifestyle suits me and I feel that I can keep it under control. It hasn't effected my work yet and I don't seem to get violent when I text to excess.
Thank you for listening and ...... What? Oh my phone is beeping. Gotta GO!
posted by isthebartenderhere at 6/20/2005 06:49:00 AM
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