Texting as a new addiction (No.2)
Sep 20th 2010 01:49
I read an interesting blog written by an American woman, whose husband is a high school girls' volleyball coach.
She has watched the members' increasing dependence and attachment to cellphones.
Between warm-ups and the match, the girls make a beeline over their bags to check to see if they have any messages.
I found the similar situation around me.
I sometimes play tennis with my friends.
Some of them often check their cellphones.
They are not high school students, but middle-aged women.
I can't understand them.
What kind of messages are they expecting?
Otherwaise, are they afraid that their family might be involved in some accidents?
While I am playing tennis, I really enjoy it because I can be free from house chores or family matters.
Our parents are old, so some of them may be sick.
Our children may be injured at school.
However, when we are playing tennis, I would like them to consentrate it.
While we are watching other members' matches, someone is texting.
While I am playing tennis, I rarely think of my family.
Am I such a cold woman?
I don't receive so many messages from my friends, so I don't need to check my cellphone so often.
Am I a lonely woman?
Whenever I see my friends checking their cellphones, I am annoyed.
She has watched the members' increasing dependence and attachment to cellphones.
Between warm-ups and the match, the girls make a beeline over their bags to check to see if they have any messages.
I found the similar situation around me.
I sometimes play tennis with my friends.
Some of them often check their cellphones.
They are not high school students, but middle-aged women.
I can't understand them.
What kind of messages are they expecting?
Otherwaise, are they afraid that their family might be involved in some accidents?
While I am playing tennis, I really enjoy it because I can be free from house chores or family matters.
Our parents are old, so some of them may be sick.
Our children may be injured at school.
However, when we are playing tennis, I would like them to consentrate it.
While we are watching other members' matches, someone is texting.
While I am playing tennis, I rarely think of my family.
Am I such a cold woman?
I don't receive so many messages from my friends, so I don't need to check my cellphone so often.
Am I a lonely woman?
Whenever I see my friends checking their cellphones, I am annoyed.
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I found a similar situation around me.
Otherwaise, are they afraid that their family might be involved in an accidents?
However, when we are playing tennis, I would like them to concentrate on it.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for your correction and comment.
As you said, I want to share an enjoyable time with people next to me.
The generation of teens may have boyfriends.
I can understand them waiting for his msessage.
But I don't want middle-aged women to behave like them.
Thank you for your comment.
Of course, we are not professional tennis players.
But when I play a match, I want to win, so I am disappointed to see them texting between the games.
Probably they don't wait for important messages, but they are only addicted to cellphones.
Between warm-ups and the match, the girls make a beeline to their bags to check to see if they have any messages.
While I am playing tennis, I really enjoy it because I can be free from (household) chores or family matters.
Whenever I see my friends checking their cellphones, I get/become annoyed.
Thank you for your correction and comment.
I've learned "security blanket".
Some friends of mine who have daughters often exchange messages with them through their cellphone.
When I was very young, I didn't want my mother to find out what I was doing or thinking about.
It was happy that there were not cellphones in those days.