Whoops! I can honestly say this is my first major texting blunder. Anyone remember Justin the wakeboarding guy that I dating over the summer. We talked a lot about our relationship on-air including the breakup… that occured ironically via text message. (He did call later, but the damage was already done). Well, Justin and I haven’t seen or spoken to each other since… until Sat.
I was out downtown Sat. night. I had been out most of the day, friends and I started early as we were watching football. After the Pats/ Jax game we went to the Downtown Tavern. Around midnight I am standing in line for the ladies restroom and was bored. A specific fun song came on… (I can’t say what, it has a lot of bad words in it). Last week when my friend and I were driving back from snowboarding this specific song came up, we sang it at the top of our lungs and had a great time. So this song starts playing so I text him.. “Hey, I’m listening to (insert song title here) and thought of you.” Only instead of sending it to my friend, in my drunken state I hit one click down too far inserted Justin’s name as the recipient and hit send. I was unaware of the blunder at this point.
Minutes later I got a response… “I am listening to Britney and thinking of you, lol.” Followed by a second message… ”How are you doing?” But, it’s then that I realize what I’d done and laughed heartly. I don’t really get the first statement, is he calling me a lunatic? Then I remember this song actually has relevance to Justin because we used to blare it on his boat over the summer.
I was very surprised to get a response. I reply, “I’m well, you?” We had a brief but very nice conversation. I’ve buried the hatchett, I have no hard feelings toward him, I don’t hold grudges, so in the end it was actually kinda nice to hear from him. I found this funny… he said he called the station last week trying to win Brad Paisley tix. I picked up, said we already had a winner and hung up before he could get a word in. What if he had won though… how awkward would that have been? It would’ve caught me off guard, I’m not sure how I would have reacted. Oh well.
So this one ended ok, but it could’ve been bad. I don’t know if this was it, or if I will hear from him again soon, since we’ve broken the ice. Eh, whatever.
More thoughts on texting:
I used to absolutely hate texting, but in the last year it’s probably become my main mode of coorespondence, as I know it has for many other people too. I still think though, some things should not be texted. I think texting is perfect for quick statements, taking care of business, relaying messages in a loud location where you can’t hear if you were in the phone… stuff like that. You should never text when you are dealing with someone’s emotions. If you feel like you’re copping out, you are.
List of things you should NEVER text:
Breaking bad news
Breaking up!
Anything in a fight
Breaking up!
Asking someone out
Breaking up!
