What did we ever do before texting and cell phones? I can't even remember life without a cell phone. I was one of those people that said I would never own one, then I was told when I was diagnosed as having Severe Cold Urticaria in 2001 that I HAD to get a cell phone for medical reasons. And so my love affair with cell phones started.
Of course, when I first started out I was a Sprint customer with a flip phone, one after the other. I switched to AT&T which was Cingular at the time in 2006, and I continued to buy flip phones, ones that did more things as the technology world kept updating. In summer of 2010, I became an Iphone person and now I would never go back to any other kind of cell phone.
While there are some that like Iphones and some that do not, it is just like anything else, it is a manner of opinion. The main reason I am sold on Iphones is this phone can do absolutely everything! And so much more that I don't even know about, how to do, which I am sure if I ever sat down to actually read the manual it came with, I would be in even more awe.
Those that know me well, know I don't much like to "talk" on the phone, but I am a text-a-holic. Always have been. It gets me in trouble at times, when I try to sneak a text at work (not at this job but a previous job), but I do not text and drive. I do talk and drive on occasion, sometimes if I am in the middle of a lengthy conversation I will pull over. No need to be in an accident over a simple text.
Yes, being an Iphone owner, and I pay for my daughter's as well, can be expensive, but as I tell people it my only luxury each month and I am not willing to give that up. I was able to keep up the payments during my 11 months of unemployment and that is something I will fight to keep til the bitter end. Priorities.
What did we do before we shortened every conversation we have in text land? Just a few examples that I use daily:
*Idk=I don't know
*Bay=Back at ya
*Bfd=Big freakin deal
*Ez=Easy
*FBF=facebook friend
*FWB=friends with benefits
*Hagd=Have a good day
*Bbl=Be back later
Just to name a few text "shorts." Every texter seems to have a language all of their own, as long as the receiver knows what you mean, it is all good. You could say something that you think means one thing and the receiver may get it and think you mean something completely different. Please be careful with how you respond to texts, you may end up offending someone, and not mean to.
I say text away friends! Be careful!! CYA L8R! Or as Christian Grey would say "L8R'S BAYBEEE."
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