What's the call?

There's something to be said for the good old fashioned phone call (Alexander Graham Bell is rolling over in his grave).



Yes, Facebook, texting, hell, even emails have made dating so much easier, or wait, is it more complicated? Or maybe some combination of both. That being said, ladies and gents don't be scared to pick up the phone and use it for it's intended purpose. I know it's scary, and I'm not even being 100% sarcastic. We are conditioned to think it's scary because recent technology forces us into a complex impersonal webbed world where hearing a human voice and having to react immediatly is more uncommon than its alternative.

If a guy continues to text me, I either pick up my phone and call or say, ok, I'll call you in a little bit. Enough already. Don't get me wrong, I love email and Facebook messages and text messages. They can be cute and flirty and easy, but hey, on the same token, you can do all that AND throw in a phone call.

I don't know what really got me started on this tangent, but I think I was looking at social sites -- like Twitter -- and just realizing, wow, we type more than we talk. Isn't that sort of a shame?

One of the key components to any relationship I am in is usually: are you good on the phone? Sounds silly, but it's important because most of any real relationship is spent in conversation.

Stay tuned, my friends and I have discussed another modern day dating phenomenon: The Texting Boy... more to come.

~ z.

*Picture pulled from flickr