*Inspired by this post and the responses it received*

Twitter started a revolution of keeping communication short and sweet (well maybe just short). If you can’t get it out within 140 keystrokes, perhaps you are saying too much. Ok. I get that. Time waits for no one and sometimes you need “just the facts, Ma’am”. Need to ask someone a question? Move your thumbs a little and… bam! Crisis averted. But what happens when you’ve met someone and need to know more than “the facts”? 

I know that in a world of LOL’s, G2G’s, OMG’s, and LMNOP’s it seems a bit dated to expect people to actually call you when they want to talk. I do however, have a problem with texting in the early stages of courting. Texting can make someone seem perfect. They have time to read over what they just typed to make sure it doesn’t sound creepy or forward it to their friends first for advice on how to say something perfectly. They can ask you what your interests are and then reply as if they’ve been into the same thing for years (since you can’t hear them asking their older brother if Vince Carter is a singer and what year did he release the 720 Degrees album).  

What I’m saying is that there is nothing more thrilling to me than not only learning what someone’s interests are, but being able to actually HEAR how passionate they are about them through the inflection of their voice. Texting can’t tell me what their laugh sounds like. I won’t know if I rendered them temporarily speechless with a mind-blowing statement. They won’t be able to tell if something they said is making me blush because they won’t hear me sigh. These are elements that are totally lost in those 140 little characters. You’ve got to get used to talking to that person at some point anyway (unless the two of you are perfectly fine with sending texts across the couch), might as well get some practice in now.