Guys and Phone Calls

I am so old that when I was in college I had a land line. It was my only form of communication. Of course, cell phones were very pervasive at that time, a mere 7 years ago. But, I didn't want to pay 40 dollars a month to talk to people that I saw every week.

At that time I also had my first crush. He was tall, the most outspoken man I had ever meant, and was acing science courses that I could only dream of passing. While I love my quiet time and usually keep my circle of friends relatively small, he seemed to have a million friends. Apparently, these friends needed a call often from his cell phone.

After months of anticipating any work shift with him or Innermission with the Navigators, a college ministry, something finally happened. I should have expected it after his awkward flirting and obvious staring. In our steps of trying to strengthen communication with each other he asks if I have a cell phone.... "No, I don't" I said not knowing what to say next. I couldn't say, "but, I have a land line... you can call that...." So, that was that. No cell phone = no easy communication.

Finally, over a year later I got the cell phone. Honestly, now, with friends and family all over Ohio and the country I can't imagine my life without it.

Years after I got the cell phone I only used it for calling purposes. While everyone was texting I did not. Paying 10 dollars a month seemed expensive to slowly type a message to someone when you could just dial and speak it much faster than spelling it out.

Over a year ago I started online dating. Emailing men from all over the country was fun at first, but then we needed to keep communication going. Talking over the phone seemed scary... but, texting, that seemed safe. The only reasonable thing to do was to drive to Cincinnati Bell and add it to my wireless plan. It only took a few days before texting became my favorite method of contact with friends, family, and guys.....

A few days ago I exchanged a few emails via facebook with a guy who just got back from Afghanistan. Excited he would get his iPhone turned back on, he suggested that we could use facebook chat. I had to inform him that I don't have the internet on my phone and then I suggested that we could be "old school" and just text. I haven't heard from him since.

Today I have a cell phone for talking and texting. Before I know it I will forge over the money to have the internet every waking hour. I don't have a man that can dial to a land line, call the ten digits to my cell phone, or text (maybe putting me in his directory requires work?). Wrong guy after wrong guy after wrong guy.....after.... wrong .... guy. But, I will learn the difference between the Android, Blackberry, and iPhone!