The Dawn of a New Era

Something has happened in my family. We've gone from calling each other to texting each other. I am not talking just nieces and nephews, or anyone under the age of 40, but the Old People (as we refer to the family blue hairs), and us, the people standing at the cusp of Geezer-dom.  None of us have ever been big phone talkers. We call, we check in, but if we are going to have great conversations, they usually occur around libations and a table somewhere.

But then texting came along, and suddenly we were free to say the things we needed to say without the dreaded phone.  You can ask a question and get an answer and not have to sit on the phone for fifteen minutes. You can do things together. My brother and I are watching American Idol every week. My sister texts me with quick one liners to tell me something she fears she'll forget. My nieces and nephews are suddenly all reachable.

But there is a downside to texting when you reach a Certain Age. It has to do with the eyesight not being what it used to be, and people (like me) who refuse to admit the obvious (blind) and continue to march on (bumping into things). The same is true for texting. My brother and I have learned to speak each other's language, but it took some doing.

Same for me and Sherri. She gets my communications in texts and emails, so she's become pretty adept at reading my autocorrected texts.

When I first got my iPhone, I emailed my agent. She emailed me back and asked me if I was drunk. hahahaa…

So how is your texting ability? Do you have friends or family who know what you are saying without using the aid of English? Do you text more than you call now? And a special thanks to Julie Kenner, who taught me how to take pictures of my texts, because you never know when you are going to need that, right?