A Texting Nation

About two months ago I woke up to the reality that I am living in a texting nation. Everyone has a cellphone, but for the most part, not to talk on it, rather to text. For anyone who has texted before I am sure you realize how ineffective it is on the whole. People use acronyms, and slang to keep the word count down, and sometimes meaning is mistaken. On top of that, in Croatia I am working with a slight language barrier in my world of texting. I had to get out of my bad habit of finding the shortest way to get the message across and type out full words (ex. will u wait 4 me; vs will you wait for me). Yes, one of the American's lazy habits... The responses are often jumbles of words and letters that may or may not make any sense at all. So we are caught in this cycle of confusion and funny messages that eventually leads to a nasty message written to the unsuspecting person...me. That was my afternoon...I spent hours texting women to invite them to our event Story of the Soul and in return had many messages sent back that in round about ways told me to take a hike. Even more confusing was the messages received from women I knew that basically suggested the same thing. So yes I am frustrated with texting because in the end it never works like you want it to. Some days everything goes as planned and even the "take a hike" messages are kind, but in the end I will prefer to just call someone up and get it out right there in conversation. Texting is something I have come to realize I must be careful with...and as my thumbs get stronger from crunching buttons, I will continue to wonder is there a better way. When it is time to go back to Idaho, I think I will be done texting for some time. And then the tables will be turned...it's cheaper to call in America...oh to call and here someone's voice...oh happy day! Haha...Yep, I am not even frustrated anymore, just laughing.