Philomena spilling the truth 💀

Yes. And I bitterly regret it to this very day.

Yeah that drives me crazy lol

Because I read the message in case it’s an emergency, which in most cases it isn’t, and am too busy with something to reply right away. Then I forget about it and don’t remember until days later, at which point I‘m too embarrassed to reply at all.

The last, and one of the most famous, battles of the US-British War of 1812, the Battle of New Orleans actually took place 15 days after the treaty ending the war was signed. It simply took that long for news to travel.

Foe me, the issue is, when do you stop the thread? Someone sends you a text, you respond, they respond… at some point some has to not reply. Emails have a sign off, so did letters. Do texts?

The same people that get upset when you don't answer straight away, are the people that are too busy when you need them.

I don't like the immediacy of calls. I like text messages. My stepson, 22, always calls me for the most mundane things that could easily have been a one-line message. It got to the point where I ignore his repeated calls on the basis that if it WERE something important he would message me. I asked him why, given I've told him I prefer messages, he continues to call. He said "Well it's just easier to get hold of you". I said "You called 7 times and I ignored all of them. How is that 'getting hold of me'?".

This is also why no one can take a day off or a vacation without their boss reaching out to ask them about something that could have waited until they were back.

I have a tier system, in order of priority/importance: snail mail > email > text > phone call. The last one is the only one I'll answer immediately, but only if it's from a known number/contact. The others can wait until I respond.

If you want an instant answer, just call, right?

I have had to tell MANY people that MY cell phone is for MY convenience. F*ck off - I'm busy.

This is why I turn my phone off in the evening, when Me Time begins. No I don't care if it's an emergency. If it's THAT urgent, call me. My phone automatically turns itself back on if I get an actual call.

Because I work and am an incredibly busy person. If the text isn't an emergency then it can wait. I typically don't pay attention to my phone while working . only people who are the closest to me have my direct line at work for emergency purposes.

I also miss not having any company that sold me a product want to have an ongoing relationship.

Instant access to anyone anywhere is convenient but not necessarily a good thing at all times. I too kind of miss the "leave a message at the tone days" some of the time.

I pretty much still do this.

I'm ready, I've always been ready

Are they a thing anywhere except the USA? Totally foreign concept in my country!

Aaah, the wonders of the trickle-down dictatorship

Same day , different years

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Is he gonna put it on the fridge when you're done?

And to drink ma'am? Water

I swear my ears do that on the pillow side

Hahaha well that's now one of my new years goals

A good chef is like a good friend, they have the ability to pay attention to something else beside their own drama.

No one can dunk on you harder than your mom

(eats like ten breath mints for good measure) there we go, that'll REALLY show them.

Or you only meant to think it.

You'll be dead you won't care

When you have to read the same comment over and over 'cause you keep zoning out.

I start panicking that the cross between the image means do u want to mute? And not you are muted

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Omg, you were a sturdy child to survive a two story fall

As annoying as an inflamated testicle! 🕷

My fiancé got married while I was deployed. A friend’s wife ran away from Utah to LA with a rock band. They were LDS

I go shopping with my mum a lot, mainly because I don't have any friends to go with and every time I end up regretting it. It takes her 3x as long to look through a store as it takes me.

Most likely he already had the quarter palmed in his hand and was messing with you.

Family, like the Jupiters.

Welp

Tickets are the bigger risk, n doubt. Scalpers are a bigger problem than airlines, despite the latter's best efforts.

I'd loved to have been that guy/girl in school that had it all figured out or had a talent. Or even had parents that made an effort to guide me in anyway. The older you get, the more doors close while your figuring out where your jigsaw piece fits.

This one time I slept funny and completely lost feeling in my foot. Not pins and needles, I just couldn't feel it at all. Then it got better. Kinda confusing.

Holy carpet. That is a creepy idea.

I was having suicidal thoughts a while back. my friend helped me cope with it by googling most painless suicide methods and reading the wiki page with me. how utterly unsympathetic she was actually really helped for some reason.

You are asking out of curiosity.

Ma'am, this is a Wendy's.

I say ouch when my character in a video game gets hurt