text now, talk ever?

As we near the big Vday, loved ones will share their status quo of commitment through trinkets, baubles and chocolate. But it is through communication that a successful relationship can thrive. Being single for about 8 months and having my fair share of dates, I have come to the realization that our technological advances are destroying our ability to develop and have quality human relationships.

No place is more evident of this problem than text messaging.


1. Texting is a skill. If you're not good at it, you might send the wrong message e.g., "Hi Andrew. GO"
2. Texting leads to confusion. Just like email, the impersonal method is void of voice tone, body language and immediacy. For example, someone can send you a text message, and depending on when you read it AND the mood you happen to be in at the time, you can completely misinterpret the original meaning.
3. Texting is avoidance. Why text someone when it would actually take a shorter amount of time to speak the phrase you were texting.
4. Texting is the beginning of the end for written communication. In an effort to be pithy, the written language has succumed to alternative means:
u for you. . . ur for your. . .4 for for. . .2mara for tomorrow. . .you get the idea.
5. Texting kills. Those who text while driving are idiots. Unfortunately car accidents often involve more than the driver.

I call for moratorium on text messaging in an effort to save what is natural: to be humans and for the opportunity to fully engage in meaningful communication rather than avoiding it through a series of messages.