Text messaging is a common practice. We have read and heard about situations and times when it is not safe to text message. This week’s article is about texting while dating. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
Would you text while on a date? How would you respond if someone you were dating began texting? What would be an appropriate way to get your date to stop texting? Is it possible for someone to be a “textaholic?” The article mentions some special uses for texting. What is the most unusual or special use for texting that you have seen or heard of?
Text Messaging Article
10 comments:
Personally, I am not very fond of texting. I would much rather call the person, or talk to them face to face. If you find yourself having a text conversation with me, I will usually call you if the conversation goes on for more than 5 or 6 messages. I understand its uses, as opposed to a phone call. However, I am not morally opposed to texting. People may be very busy, and do not have time to participate in an actual call, so I will make a quick text in this situation, and there are many other uses for texting.
However, to use it during a social event, or a date, is completely rude, unless unavoidable, or in case of emergency. The purpose of a date is to find about the person that you are with, and to have an enjoyable time to build strong/potential relationships. To completely destroy this by being completely rude and carrying on two conversations at once is unthinkable. If anybody started to text during an instance like this, I would feel offended, and not worth the time.
Yes I would text while on a date, what if I had important business to do? Sometimes I need to text, let's say I'm closing a very important business deal, of course I would text on a date. I wouldn't care if someone I was on a date with was texting because I really would not mind. An appropriate way to get my date to stop texting would be to say "please stop texting." I don't see being a textaholic as being a real problem. The most unusual texting idea would be the one where people text people they are not allowed to be texting.
Yes, I would text while I am on a date, because I find there is nothing wrong with it unless it’s a really long message, then I keep it till later. If someone I was dating started texting then I would take out my phone and text too. To get my date to stop texting I would take her phone and throw it away. It is possible for someone to be a textaholic and I know people who are texting as long as we are sitting. The most unusual use for texting that I have seen is texting the person you are sitting with. I don’t think I mind if someone I am sitting with is texting just as long ass they do not over do it, which happens a lot.
Would I text on a date? Well It depends if I really like the guy, or who I’m texting, if it was my mum then of course I’ll text. I would respond with taking the phone away if he was texting all the time and then punching them. An appropriate way for doing that, is by asking politely and if it didn’t work then just take the phone until you are done with your date. It is a very possible thing for someone to be a “textaholic” because they are always used to having their phone in their hands while texting. The weirdest texting situation would be texting for discussing a project.
Yes, I would text messages while on a date, because of personal reasons such as business to work on. I would excuse someone if he is sending text messages when at a date, because as I said everyone has his own reasons. An appropriate way to tell someone to stop would be to start talking with him about text messaging as telling him “stop!” . It is possible for someone to be “textaholic” as he writes text messages on a daily basis. Frankly, the most unusual test messaging I’ve seen is when someone is text messaging in front of a teacher teaching in a classroom.
I would text on a date, especially if it were my mom or my dad or a family relative. And even if it was friend what if she needed my help.
I personally don’t mind if my date way texting as long as he’s not over doing it. If I were on a date and the guy began texting I would pull out my phone and text as well.
If I wanted my date to stop texting I would either tell him to stop, or I would act mad and annoyed from him for the rest of the date.
It is definitely possible to become a textaholic. The strangest from of texting would be texting to discuss a project. It’s very hard to do that and it would take so much time! It would be easer to all the person. But that’s not okay to do on a date! I would leave if my date if he began discussing business and projects we while I was sitting there.
Noor Mansur
I have texted once or twice on a date but never continually, but usually I just leave my phone alone, and if I do text my friend always sees the text message as well, so I don’t leave them in the dark. If I was on a date with someone who was continually texting I would probably make a joke about it, and try to get them to stop, and if they didn’t I would confront them about it and ask them to stop; it would depend on the situation. I definitely do think it is possible for someone to be a “textaholic”, I have friends who spend a lot of money just texting every week, and I myself do text quite a bit but I wouldn’t call myself a “textaholic”. I don’t think I’ve seen any particularly unusual uses for texting, other then just to communicate with someone. Rarely, I have had texting conversations but usually I use it to ask someone a homework question, or make a joke to a friend, or inform someone of something that just happened. But generally I prefer talking to the person on a phone.
I wouldn't text, while I am on a date. I would prefer to talk to that person face to face since its much easier and the more polite thing to do. If someone started texting, I would kindly ask them to start since I would be offended by them texting. I think that there are people who can be a "textaholic", but it doesn't necessarily mean that it is a bad thing. However, a person can't start texting during a conversation since that would be rude. The most special use of texting that I saw in the article was the use of texting when the person is right next to them. I thought this was a cool way for the friends to get their thoughts across to each other without having to say it out loud.
Texting is a form of communication, I would text on a date the same way I would say hello to a friend I met by coincidence on a date. Excessive texting on a date however I would consider extremely rude. You wouldn’t have a separate physical conversation with someone else while on a date, so I don’t see how texting could make that acceptable. If my date was texting a lot and there wasn’t a good reason for them to be other then just socializing I would be offended and make it clear to them. Textaholic might be a bit of a strong term, alcoholism isn’t very comparable to a texting problem. Honestly I would be much more disturbed by a girl showing up for a date drunk with an almost empty bottle of Jack Daniel’s then I would by one texting a lot on a date. Diffidently the more unusual form of texting I have seen is when people can do it without looking at the screen except to look at received messages and then easily hold conversations in class or even during a test. Very innovative.
I love texting! It's my favorite phone application like ever.:)
But no way would I text while on a date, because as much as a I love texting, I have to admit it is a huge romance killer. I would get up and leave if my date started texting while we were out. It's so disrespectful! It just show you could care less.
To explain that like it's a huge turn-off because then it looks like you don't care about me. Texting just shows you're bored it's like a slap in the face.
Yes I'm a "textaholic"!
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