In your life, there’s always that one person who refuses to get on Facebook and join the rest of the world already. In my life, that is my mother.
My mom does not have the following:
- -A cell phone
-Cable
-An internet connection faster than dial-up
-More than 16 connections on LinkedIn
-MySpace
-A digital camera
-Street cred
My little sister and I tried to strongarm my mother into the 21st century for a few years, and have finally given up. She runs a successful financial planning firm, so money is not the issue. She is just stubborn and refuses to, as she says, “conform to society and be available 24 hours a day.” Mom, I love you, and there’s no way you are in danger of your 50+ year-old friends drunk dialing you at 3am.
The one major downside of my mom steadfastly refusing to “conform to society” is that she and I have drifted apart while my little sister and I have grown closer together.
I firmly believe texting brings families closer together. It’s way easier to text your mom or dad excerpts from your day – Tweet them, if you will – then call them and chance being on the receiving end of the dreaded 45-minute status update of your aunts, uncles, and annoying cousins.
With texting, parents end up with at least a vague idea of what’s going on in your life, while I could pull a Britney, shave my head and go all “Y’all!!!” on everyone, and my mother would be none the wiser.
In fact, maybe I already have, and my mom’s going to have a very rude surprise when I come home for my sister’s high school graduation this weekend. WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE, Y’ALL!
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We don’t have cable and get along just fine. We are, however, Giant Nerds and “teh Internets” is our form of entertainment.
Not only is “teh Internets” your form of entertainment, you have “teh Internets” on a huuuuge TV in your living room :~)