My first foray into electronic communication was a pager. I had a job in 1993 that required field work and my supervisor wanted to be able to contact me. It was also convenient for my partner and children.
The only person who didn’t like the pager was me! I felt tethered. It felt weird for people to be able to reach me all the time. I tend to be a private person.
Fast forward to today when EVERYTHING is public. Most of the folks at the gym spend more time posing and recording their every muscle, than they do actually working out. We “follow “ each other rather than having relationships.
And much to my wife’s annoyance, I often forget my phone at home, or in the car, sigh. I am certainly not one who has a phone on my wrist. In Mexico no one calls each other anyway. They use WhatsApp, a texting application which is rarely used in the States.
Don’t get me wrong, I love hearing from people. I enjoy the comments on the blog, Facebook and Instagram (dos_tortas). I guess I’m more a product of the times than I want to admit. But anytime you want to have a conversation, just let me know, we’ll set it up.
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I must confess that I’m rather glued to my phone these days. It’s interesting that WhatsApp isn’t that big in the States. It’s all the rage here as it’s free and secure.
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I know! WhatsApp is how people talk in Mexico. Most people are glued to their phones. It’s the nature of the beast.
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I’ve never thought of myself as a private person, but as an only child, aloneness is comfortable. At 76, I grew up talking on telephones. I like to TALK to people. Texting is OK, but I have no idea what a person is really thinking or feeling from a text. Yes, I have a cell phone, yes, I take it with me if I’m going in the car. No, I do not take it when I go for a walk. I’m a damn dinosaur, a left-over person from a different era. I most just don’t care about all these new apps. I don’t look at my phone every other minute. I have FB, never had Instagram or Tik Tok. Actually, I even like like cards or letters. Yup, dinosaur.
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No TikTok for me. I like to send post cards.
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