Finally, someone has put a name to my personal texting pet peeve:
The Dangling Text: Nothing leaves someone to ponder their last correspondence more than the dangling text…it’s just out there cavorting amongst the airwaves unattended and unanswered. Whilst engaging in digital banter, keeping the pace is imperative. If you must abruptly return to the board [...]
This conversation took place entirely by text message.
MB: How’s work?
EC: Good Hows it going
MB: Good here. Just relaxing.
EC: Hey what are YOU doing tomorrow
MB: I think my oldest son is coming to visit. Then every Sunday night I go to Cantina Laredo with a friend. What are YOU doing tomorrow?
EC: You
MB: ???
EC: I am doing [...]
Woman (sarcastically): I'm sorry, I'm such a bitch.Man: Hmm…Woman: You think I'm a bitch, don't you?Man: I didn't say that.Woman: You didn't disagree with me.Man: You know yourself better than I do.Woman: I can't believe you called me a bitch.Man: I didn't call you a bitch, you called yourself a bitch.Woman: But you didn't tell [...]
So, last week, I found myself hitting up Match pretty hard. Normally, I find very little on there which rouses even a smidgen of interest from me; but somehow I wound up talking to several men simultaneously. But, of course, as these things usually go, one by one they all showed their colors pretty fast, [...]
