RE: What’s Happened to Our Communication?
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All this new technology she is still getting used to
Yeah, sometimes my mom signs text messages, like "Hey do you want to do xyz love Mom"
and I'm like, Mom, I know it's you! LOL. But she's signing it like an email or a letter.
I laugh when someone texts me in the morning and says “so sorry if I woke you up with my call last night.” I’m like, when I go to sleep my phone is off or on silent.
Yeah, I'm always like, oh, text or call me whenever, I won't hear it if I'm asleep, and I might not see it when I'm awake either because I don't keep my phone in my pocket. It lives on my desk, or the endtable, or the counter, or wherever I've set it down last. I just check it periodically. I am not 911, I am not on call, I am not glued to the thing. That always seems to surprise people who can't put it down.
Years ago, when I had like, proto-smartphones (TMobile Sidekicks, those ones with keyboards underneath the screen you would slide out of the way), I realized it was becoming a problem to have the internet in my pocket, so when the last proto-smartphone broke, I actually downgraded on purpose because I had to break the habit. I kept a simple phone as the rest of the world was getting addicted to smartphones and only caved and got one when it got to the point where you can't do certain things anymore without one, like coupons at the grocery store. That did successfully break the habit for me, and now I am one of those people who will leave my phone untouched for hours. The battery lasts for days.
Hahaha that's so cute and hilarious all in the same. They grew up in the pen pal days so they like writing letters ☺️.
That was so smart of you to break yourself from that. We shouldn’t be so glued to our phones. I admit it is a relief when I turn mine off at night. I don’t like being bogged down with constant notifications and most times I feel the need to have to answer to them. I’ve been practicing leaving my phone in a different room and not worrying about it. If I miss a call I’ll return it when I can.