I'm not that needy of a person. I have my bratty moments when I demand attention and all, but overall you'll find that I can entertain myself just fine. So when I say I expect the man with whom I'm in a relationship (or even the man who's wooing me- this applies to him, too!) to call me, I mean this:
You're not fitna have full conversations with me via GChat or text. A full conversation needs to be spoken. I don't mean a "thinking of you" or "I just saw a man in a fur coat with a Jheri curl and a fuchsia poodle" because that's a cutesy sorta text that I would read, smile at, respond with a "me, too" or "NO WAY!" respectively, and not expect another text in return.
But on a steady basis, dude will need to call me. Ask me about my day or week and actually care about what I'm saying. He won't be fitting me into his TV-watching time or catching up with emails time, it'll just be us having a chat on the phone (or face-to-face, but that goes without saying: if I don't SEE you on a regular basis? You ain't my man.).
Electronic conversations are impersonal. Twitter serves its purpose because I'm not real-life friends with the 200+ people I follow. GChat works when I have downtime at work but still need to appear professional at my desk. However the folks that I truly call friends get a call from me, even if it's once a month. Is it too much to ask that a man who's trying to wife me up adhere to the same level of communication expectations? I don't think so.
We all know that texts and IMs can get misconstrued- what's the tone behind that? Was that "LOL" sarcastic or genuine? WHAT DOES S/HE MEAN BY 'WHATEVER'??? A phone call or face-to-face conversation solves all of that. Well, most of it. If you're dating a crazy person there's so solution for that...
My point is, if you expect to have your bodily fluids anywhere near my bodily fluids, and want to parade me all over NYC as your woman, I'm going to expect a certain level of actual contact that doesn't involve a text, computer or messenger pigeon. Call me. If I'm available I will answer the phone. If I'm not I will call you back as soon as I can because, if you're my man, I really do want to hear from you.
*smooches...pulling away from technology one post at a time*
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women, we have to make these demands from men these days because they're getting too lazy and too comfortable with all these gadgets.
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AMEN!
The last time I tried using a dating site, I clearly put in my bio that, if you can't respond to me in complete sentences and you can't spell properly, don't think I'm going to bother with you.
The very next response I got? Some dude who wrote "you prety." Um, yeah.
Kelly...too funny. I agree that the inability of a dude to have a phone convo is no bueno-instant deal breaker. As a 22 yr old who should be text/sms/chat/status obsessed nut, instead I prefer the sound of an actual voice instead of a ping.
LOVE IT! I agree though I must say the hubs and I's relationship was strictly email and perhaps 6 phone calls in 6 months... thank you military.I too was left with unanswered questions of "what the hell did that mean" which could have all been resolved by a simple call. :) visiting from blogs by latinas
I been out of the dating game for like over 12 years now, but from what i gather from my oldest son (who is 17), is that this is the way of the world.
it's sad but true. I hate it but there is nothing i can do BUT detonate a huge EMP bomb in the center of the earth that affects the entire planet.
The only way to avoid this nonsense quite honestly is to holla at 50 year olds.
Yes, i am a dinosaur.
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