Confesions of a Txt-aholic

Technology and phones have come along way. Technology has made it so much easier to communicate to friends and family through the use of our cell phones. I am a txt-aholic. I text constantly, I have unlimited texts and use them to my advantage. I barely even talk on my phone at all. My text messages started over almost two weeks ago and so far I’ve used over 2000 texts. This technology has allowed me to do things in communication that I normally wouldn’t be able to do with actually talking to someone on the phone. Texting allows me to communicate and talk to multiple people at one time. Texting to me is more convient, because I have limited service. It takes more service to make a call then to send a text so now I don’t have to worry about drop calls, because all my texts will go through. I like to text because it allows me to express my self better because I don’t have to have that direct conversation. It’s easier for me to be funnier, cleverer, because I can actually think about what I’m going say before I send that next text. I’m not sure how my obsession of wanting to text all the time affects my relationship between my friends and me on their end. They never told me rather they would prefer actually talk to me or not. To me I think it makes our relationships stronger, because we’re not having that physical conversation because they’re most likely to express themselves more with me.
Texting does have its disadvantages. There have been times when arguments have been created because of the lack of emotion. Many people have misread a text sent from me and interpreted it in their own way, when actually that’s not the tone I intended it to be. Texting also prolong a conversation as well. If you call a person on the phone to ask there option on something what would normally be a 5 min conversation could take much longer than it needs to be. With texts you have to wait on a response and sometimes that may take a long time, so you have to wait on them before you can respond back. Sometimes it interferes with relationships among your friends because it becomes easier to mix text and text the wrong person.
Texting is a great advancement in technology. I love to text although it has its advantages and disadvantages. As a txt-aholic I understand how the use of technology can affect how we communicate with one another. Texting is the new form of communication and it’s the one I prefer.