Sunday, December 12, 2004
BIG Dilemma
I can't emphasize the word BIG enough.
Yeah... guess what. The Fiancé got Jo's phone number. He was all sneaky with the hostess on the phone. Then he walked up to me, smiled and said he had a little surprise for me, dragged me into the kitchen, and showed it to me.
I turned around with a face chiselled of stone, and walked away stiffly.
He walked after me: "What was that all about?"
I said: "Don't ask.", or something like that.
Then I went and stored her phone number into my cell phone, and stared at it for I don't know how long.
Resolved that there was no possible way for me to call her up for no substantial reason after seeing her twice on these superficial occasions and then not seeing her again for over a month, and me being shy and a phonophobic in the first place, I decided to send her a text message instead, hoping fervently that her phone can receive those. Then I started to think. 160 symbols to let her know that a) I want to hang out with her, b) I have been thinking about her, c) I know this message is out of the blue, but d) no, don't worry, I am not some psycho-weirdo. How in the world could I say all that in 160 symbols or less?
"Hey, this is ****, ******'s girlfriend - we met at Halloween. Got your # thru **** and figured I'd get in touch to see if you wanted to hang out."
"Hey, this is ****, ******'s girlfriend - we met at Halloween. I couldn't stop thinking of you and want to ask you out on a date. Uhh... I hope you like girls?"
"Hey, this is ****, ******'s girlfriend - we met at Halloween. I have this weird obsession with you. Please don't call the police. I wanna see you."
"www.quira.net/other... go check it out, and please don't turn me in."
And in the middle of my aimless pushing of buttons to write any variation of the above, The Fiancé walks into the room all bed-ready and I was too self-conscious to continue.
The next day I asked him if he felt it was stupid to send a text message, and he bluntly said yeah, and: "Get used to the idea of calling people."
Hello! I can't! I have nightmares of phone calls even with people I know! How do you think I can deal with a phone call to a person I don't know, have seen only twice, and have no valid reason to call in the first place?
Argh, now what? Text message or no text message? And what do I say?
Yeah... guess what. The Fiancé got Jo's phone number. He was all sneaky with the hostess on the phone. Then he walked up to me, smiled and said he had a little surprise for me, dragged me into the kitchen, and showed it to me.
I turned around with a face chiselled of stone, and walked away stiffly.
He walked after me: "What was that all about?"
I said: "Don't ask.", or something like that.
Then I went and stored her phone number into my cell phone, and stared at it for I don't know how long.
Resolved that there was no possible way for me to call her up for no substantial reason after seeing her twice on these superficial occasions and then not seeing her again for over a month, and me being shy and a phonophobic in the first place, I decided to send her a text message instead, hoping fervently that her phone can receive those. Then I started to think. 160 symbols to let her know that a) I want to hang out with her, b) I have been thinking about her, c) I know this message is out of the blue, but d) no, don't worry, I am not some psycho-weirdo. How in the world could I say all that in 160 symbols or less?
"Hey, this is ****, ******'s girlfriend - we met at Halloween. Got your # thru **** and figured I'd get in touch to see if you wanted to hang out."
"Hey, this is ****, ******'s girlfriend - we met at Halloween. I couldn't stop thinking of you and want to ask you out on a date. Uhh... I hope you like girls?"
"Hey, this is ****, ******'s girlfriend - we met at Halloween. I have this weird obsession with you. Please don't call the police. I wanna see you."
"www.quira.net/other... go check it out, and please don't turn me in."
And in the middle of my aimless pushing of buttons to write any variation of the above, The Fiancé walks into the room all bed-ready and I was too self-conscious to continue.
The next day I asked him if he felt it was stupid to send a text message, and he bluntly said yeah, and: "Get used to the idea of calling people."
Hello! I can't! I have nightmares of phone calls even with people I know! How do you think I can deal with a phone call to a person I don't know, have seen only twice, and have no valid reason to call in the first place?
Argh, now what? Text message or no text message? And what do I say?
