"I had this guy leave me a voice mail at work so I called him at home and then he e-mailed me to my Blackberry and so I texted to his cell and then he e-mailed me to my home account and the whole thing just got out of control. And I miss the days when you had one phone number and one answering machine and that one answering machine has one cassette tape and that one cassette tape either had a message from a guy or it didn’t. And now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It’s exhausting." - Drew Barrymore, He's Just Not That into You

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Technology has officially killed dating. It has alienated couples from each other because communication is no longer special. When something happens throughout the day, I automatically text the guy to tell him what just happened. Or I can Facebook him. Or email. Or Skype. The list is endless, and while technology has helped people keep in touch no matter what the distance, the ability to instantaneously get in contact with a significant other has left no room to enjoy each other's stories when you have real, person-to-person face time.

I miss the days when I would actually receive phone calls from boys, instead of a grammatically incorrect text message that has nothing but acronyms in it. "Lol" actually used to mean that something was funny. Now it has just become something you text because you have nothing else to say.

We have gotten so used to using texting or im-ing as a buffer, a crutch if you will, for two reasons: convenience and it softens the awkwardness. And while I can appreciate the necessity for both, nothing would sweep me off my feet more than a good ol' fashion, inconvenient, super awkward phone call as the means to ask me to dinner. I'm not saying that a guy shouldn't text at all, I'm just saying that use the texting for confirming plans or to say you're going to be running late. Don't use it as a way to get me on a date.

I'm going to take a break from the texting habit for a bit and actually make an effort to have real communication with the people in my life. So, don't be offended when I don't reply to your texts. You're just going to have to wait for a call.