My recent purchase, and obsession, of the iPhone 4 has sparked some deep thinking. and no, not which picture should be my wallpaper or if i should waste time on Words with Friends, but much deeper thoughts.
8th grade was the year i got my first cell phone. it was a dinky rectangle thing that came with a zebra case and the option to change the button colors. (pretty sweet). 10th grade was when i got my first computer, complete with a hot pink keyboard. 11th grade was the year of Blackberrys, and everyone feeling super fabulous if they had it out at all times.
and now, 2010, is the year of FaceTime and iPhone 4s.
in 10th grade, i was broken up with via AIM. "Im to busy, and plus you don't like me that much anyways."
in the summer of 11th grade, a simple phone call was all it took for the current boy to tell me that he had moved on and set his sights on the next girl in the sno cone line at Rainbows. and it was that same year that my best friend broke up with her boyfriend via a two word text- "we're done"
which leads me to my deep thoughts. all of these breakup methods are deemed socially unacceptable, yet they happen all the time. daily, people are breaking up or getting broken up with through text, letter, email, or phone call, when it should be done in person every single time. (or maybe im just too old fashioned to still believe this)
so where does FaceTime fit into all of this? is it better to break up with someone via FaceTime than via text or email? is using FaceTime to say "were doneski" equivalent to doing it in person? besides lacking the capability to slap the person whose dumping you, what else does FaceTime lack that "in person" has?
Im afraid that in the very near future, many girls (and guys) will have breakup stories that include their ex dumping them through a glass screen that can't be shattered, but how bad is it really?
Thats my boggling thought of the day, and though i realize its not life changing or monumental, it still consumed my thoughts for a good part of my lunch break at Subway and the numerous meetings i attended today.
