The Text Commandements: Do's & Dont's

As an addition to my public stance on the need for text messaging limitations I have created a list of do’s and dont's to further stress my concern and to introduce a voice of reason within the textmania that surrounds us:

DO's

• Text a person you like a sweet message every now and then to show your thinking about them.
• Act like yourself and say what you would say, don’t become a whole new person through a text.
• Realize that when a phone is off it doesn’t get the message until it is turned on…no one is ignoring you
• Realize that if you get a text response it is not always appropriate to call just because you know the person is near their phone
• Text back promptly…if it’s two days late please don’t bother
• Send friends positive messages of encouragement to uplift them
• Send “I love you” messages to friends, special friends, and family
• Understand that constant one word answers are a bad thing
• Play with a persons head in a text at first if they gave you their number and they don’t have yours, and then tell them who you are…but don’t keep who you are from them for weeks, that’s weird
• Hv faith tht ur frnz can read ur mssges wtht hvng all the vwls 2 save on mssgng spce

DONT's

• Text the person you like 250 times a day about nothing! You’ll probably scare them
• Send everyone you know the chain text…its annoying and who wants to be threatened that they will die in the next hour if they don’t send out 10 texts…just don’t do it
• Argue over a text or while texting, its not worth it and can be costly
• Assume that everyone has unlimited texting…Hello we’re in a recession
• Ask a person to be your boyfriend or girlfriend over a text…we’re in college now
• Assume the person has your number and get upset when they text you back and ask who you are
• Text anyone if you are in a position to call them and talk
• Say I’ll call you back later and then send a text later
• Keep texting when a person says ttyl…except for any closing remarks that you may have
• Take texts personal…it’s not always how it sounds to you unless there is cursing and name calling involved
• Tell someone you love them for the first time over a text message
• Try to tell your life story over a text…it’s supposed to be used for short messages
• Text sweet caring things constantly to anyone if you aren’t receiving the same
• Constantly text people during a one on one date, even if they text you unless its life or death…you can do that at home on your own time…and it’s unbelievably rude.

Diana G.