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How about not only pre-mobile phone and internet, but pre-caller ID! I was forced to answer the damn phone to see who was calling instead of knowing everything (or so I think) and just letting it go until I "find time" to respond.
I remember making the phone cord reach to the closet so my sister couldn't hear me, and imitate me-- when I got off the phone Going to bonfires and parties and being forced to talk to each other...does everyone just mostly stand around looking at their phones now at parties?
I think that's why I've become ambivalent about dating. I was amazed at how easy it was to chat with, or go out with people I wouldnt have been able to meet if not for OLD, but the amazement wore off. Now I check my messages and think...."oh why bother, probably the same old crap." Sad, kind of, I'm sure I'm missing something/someone. My profile is "hidden" now so I don't feel rude in not answering. Too easy to lose the fascination with real life encounters and mysteries, when you have modern technology.
Bwahahahahaha!! Yes LOL same as answering the front door!.... although you could creep up .... Quietly and peek through the peek hole to see if you wanted to talk to them or not but with phones.....
I got a roasting from my dad years ago..... As we had such a phone with no number ID I had problems with a girl ( about 16ish I was ).... My dad answered with a polite " hello " ...... He got a " FO!! YOU %^%%^ why have you been ignoring me? You %#^!. ".......... ( thinking it was me ........ ( LMAO ) )
Oh yes and not just parties but even on dates it's the norm to text aswell
Yeah of course it has its advantage and it's 19:35 here now if I wasn't on CD I'd be getting smashed with the boys in the pub ( for a change ), but agreed on here I'm shocked at some of the people I get on with and could very easily have a drink with.
Imagine when you meet an interested person in a social setting, who wants your phone number, and you weren't interested, so you gave a fake number? That was the days of home phones. Easiest way to get someone off your back.
Nowadays, you're in the same situation and you can't give out a fake number, because everyone whips out their cell phone to save your number, and call you right there, just to verify it belongs to you.
Imagine when you meet an interested person in a social setting, who wants your phone number, and you weren't interested, so you gave a fake number? That was the days of home phones. Easiest way to get someone off your back.
Nowadays, you're in the same situation and you can't give out a fake number, because everyone whips out their cell phone to save your number, and call you right there, just to verify it belongs to you.
Maybe that's contributed to the frustration and hate levels in today's dating LOL.
But yeah I'd rather I'd get hounded/harassed etc on my mobile phone than my landline ( home telephone ) as others will know your business ( assuming you are living with someone )
Imagine when you meet an interested person in a social setting, who wants your phone number, and you weren't interested, so you gave a fake number? That was the days of home phones. Easiest way to get someone off your back.
Nowadays, you're in the same situation and you can't give out a fake number, because everyone whips out their cell phone to save your number, and call you right there, just to verify it belongs to you.
People just give their numbers out now and ignore you. They do not answer and never respond to texts. Numbers mean nothing
I read this book in the mid 90s and was influential on my thought process of which parts of social media and the online world were useful, and which were useless:
the problem today, is that any 'potential date' I express interest in - has too many options. Facebook, snapchat, okcupid, coffee meets bagel, tinder, Burner Phones, blah blah. There is no reason to stop and notice me and stickwitchu, because there are literally 50+ other potential applicants who fill their ear with a buzz of interest, if you just wait a week/month or two.
on the flip side, technology has increased the 'geographic range' of who you can meet and date. Outside of your job or social clubs there are FEW REASONS you'd run into someone and form an enduring relationship with someone who lives 50 or 100+ miles away.
I got a roasting from my dad years ago..... As we had such a phone with no number ID I had problems with a girl ( about 16ish I was ).... My dad answered with a polite " hello " ...... He got a " FO!! YOU %^%%^ why have you been ignoring me? You %#^!. ".......... ( thinking it was me ........ ( LMAO ) )
I think every generation is going to feel some type of way about the other....
In the end we are just people who make our own choices.
Social media has little to do with that.
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Going to bonfires and parties and being forced to talk to each other...does everyone just mostly stand around looking at their phones now at parties?
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