Crazy kids these days like to text rather than call:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704312104575298590730890292.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion. With a current teen daughter and one now a new ex-teen, I have learned this--they are rarely available (meaning, they just don't want to bother) to answer phone calls, especially those placed by dads who are no doubt inquiring about an urgent financial matter resulting from a just opened American Express bill. No, they aren't even that fond of email--seldom checked and then just skimmed. What they do with wild abandon is text and more text. If you don't believe me, take a look at the cell phone bill of anyone who has a teen with a phone--you won't believe the number of text minutes--sometimes even more than the amount of minutes thought to be humanly possible or that actually exist as we know them. Staggering.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704312104575298590730890292.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion. With a current teen daughter and one now a new ex-teen, I have learned this--they are rarely available (meaning, they just don't want to bother) to answer phone calls, especially those placed by dads who are no doubt inquiring about an urgent financial matter resulting from a just opened American Express bill. No, they aren't even that fond of email--seldom checked and then just skimmed. What they do with wild abandon is text and more text. If you don't believe me, take a look at the cell phone bill of anyone who has a teen with a phone--you won't believe the number of text minutes--sometimes even more than the amount of minutes thought to be humanly possible or that actually exist as we know them. Staggering.
As also pointed out in the piece, women; specifically the mothers of these teen daughters like to talk...a lot. Sure, they text some and check email a little but what they do is have one long phone conversation after another to friends, moms, sisters and other female types. Sometimes husbands but those are mostly of the task variety which is a nice way of saying that they were too busy talking to their friends to go to the grocery store/cleaners/pharmacy/whatever and can you do it on the way home? Yeah, those kind of calls. Here's a Father's Day hint, ladies: instead of buying him something fairly useless, make a call to him that he'll like--you know, the one where you tell him you're at home alone and not wearing much and could he possibly stop by for a little R&R--that kind of call. Costs a lot less than a cordless power drill.
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