I must preface this post by letting everyone know that I never text message my son. I usually call him. On the phone, and have a conversation. Yanno. ‘Old School’ Style.
Anyway, I was finishing up at work with 10 minutes left on the clock. However, my computer was already turned off. I had some time to kill. Since I am not the ‘World’s Most Text Savvy’ it can be a challenge for me to type a single message. Thus, I rarely send them.
For what ever reason, I decided to use those last 10 minutes in my office, to text message my son.
This is what I wrote:
“Hey Dood. How was your day at camp?”
And, this was his reply:
Yeah. Um. I’ve never been more proud. Or amused.
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Hey great I got a chuckle from this. My daughters only text me (the dad) for fear that I might tell them to come home and clean their rooms. Ha ha, parenting is definitely evolving.
LOL. that’s funny. I understand though, that would be like my mom sending me a text…first I would know she had help, but it would be awkward. Stop freaking your kid. LOL
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oh wait, i meant freaking OUT your kid, hey can you fix that.
He sounds freaked out.
If you want to really freak him out, send these two messages:
“Hey U, my son is at camp. U comin by for a quickie? I have lube.”
..then..
“Son, if u just got a txt from me B4, pleez delete it.”
THAT will freak him out.
This goes well with my post about Paula’s comment on the polar bears.
Ferrell
I wasn’t even trying to embarrass my son! I guess because he was on the bus coming home from camp in front of all of his friends, I’ve somehow made him ‘un-cool’?
BTW: your blog is pretty Kick Ass.
Valerie
I practically need help sending text messages. I need to work on those skills.
I didn’t know I had the power to freak my son out so easily.
HA! Now that I know, it’s ‘game on’.
moooog35
I am texting THAT right now.
Ingrid
ha ha ha ha.
It does!
xxoo
Hahahaha. I am a hopeless texter. It takes me about 10 mins to do one message. If I ever text my son he is convinced I got someone else to do it for me. Very embarrassing. Brilliant post!
HAHAHAHA!!!!! He is a riot! And I too am an awful texter…it takes me FOREVER to send anything. 10 minutes yesterday to send someone an e-mail address, because I couldn’t find this: @
Selma:
I cant with text messging. When I get my iPhone maybe I will learn how to do it. And then I can humiliate my teenage son All The Time.
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Chef Mom:
I am dying laughing because I couldnt find the @ button for texting an email addresss either! hahahahahahahaha
I have never text messaged anyone at anytime anywhere. HA! I refuse too.
i don’t think i’m ready for my kid to text me yet. or be gone over night from me. i’m in denial that those days will ever come.
I am constantly texting my kids. And they come back with some witty replies.
Very cute!
John:
Alrighty Than
HollyDolly:
They grow up so FAST
Diva:
I hope to one day have that kind of text relationship with my son.
I don’t have teenage kids anymore to mess with. Maybe I’ll learn to text by the time my grandkids get a phone. These days that means when they’re like 8, right?
You are a great mom. This is what you instilled into your son. I only call too. Text is great for goofs, quick notes to your friends…”Meet me at the sewage plant in 2 hours”. “I’m outside..are you done yet?” etc. Oh but lets not forget picture messages. I enjoy getting them from my guys. I can save them. But then I call to comment on the pictures.
Employee No 369:
Yep. 8 sounds about right.
Oscar:
I cant with texting. Not to my son!! Id rather HEAR HIS VOICE. Yanno?
Ahaha i was there when you were taking that photo!!
Too funny Meleah.
You’re kid is a crack-up.
See you later skater at the Par-tay and we’ll finish up the pics!
I only text because I have a full keyboard on my phone. I’m a total dunce when it comes to the 12 button letter/number phones.
Jen Who Is Still Tired But Has To Go To Another Party With Me And The Same Jen Who Is Still Tired But Still Needs To Take And Edit More Photos For My Movie:
I know! We were at Esconditos together that night, w/ Tiffany…
AND that is the same night my newest movie idea was born!
Jason:
wow I feel honored. Haven’t seen you over here in forever!
I will never text properly until I get an iPhone.
I only text the youngest daughter–the oldest has to pay per text message and it gets to be costly! I like texting cause I can get in touch with youngest when she is at work–her boss doesn’t frown on THAT like he does with phone calls. I want to start sending pictures to the girls, but the youngest doesn’t have a picture phone and the oldest has to pay per pic–and that is costly… One of these days we will ALL be on the same page, phone-wise, that is. 🙂
Man, I am so not looking forward to the new way to communicate with kids: through technology. I have to learn a whole new language and I’m not very good at English sometimes…LOL!!! I HATE texting too! Hopefully by the time my kids get to that point there will be some other weird way to communicate.
This post is classic, BTW. Love it!!!
XOXOXOXO
RC
LOL … your son cracks me up! 😛
Once again you and your son remind me of my son and me! I rarely text him either but one day he sent me a text that said “I love you a lot, Mom”. I almost lost it! Of course I saved it and of course it was him buttering me up to ask for money, but its still the best text I ever got!
That’s funny! I text my sons and they text me, but not often – it’s more likely to be email or a phone call, because they know I hardly ever have my mobile phone iwth me. LOL!
CMK:
I dont have the ability to photo email text messages. Maybe when I get that iPhone I’ve been dreaming about I will learn and LOVE to text message?
Random Chick:
These kids today speak in initials and abbreviations. I have no idea what’s going on half of the time.
Drowsey:
Me too.
Barbara:
We have so much in common, and so do our boys, except for the age differences! I cant wait to get an I Love You text one day!
Jay:
My son is a riot. Sometimes.
I do have my cell phone with me 24/7 but I rarely use it. Cuz its not an Apple!
Ha! I love the kid’s reply – classic. Reminds me of several awkward incidents with my folks (picking up/dropping off dates when I was too young to drive, for example…)
Not sure I can really bring myself to participate in anything with the Hilton girl, though….sorry-
I am the world’s worst texter. I took a call for my boss a few days ago, and the guy asked me to text him my boss’s cell phone number because he was driving and couldn’t write it down. Ugh! I think I was actually kind of offended, oddly. Part of it is also that I just don’t want to acquiesce (sp?) to it.
JCH’s response really was priceless. 🙂
Rev:
JCH’s reply is a Total Classic. I remember at that age I was embarrassed to be in the same car as my parents.
(I dont blame you for skipping out on anything that has to do with the Hiltons).
Epiphany:
I cant imagine being forced to text. I would have been offended too.
I have seen people text messaging and DRIVING at the same time. How the hell do people do that? Geez! I cant even do it sitting down, and sitting still… for a long period of time!
Oh, how funny! Who knew we weren’t allowed to do that? I’m so glad I can come here and learn these things!
Momo:
I had no idea! I feel terrible for embarrassing my baby.
Oh and the poor kid almost died yesterday when I needed him to take a photo for me with my MAC at the Playground. He ws HORRIFIED that one of his friends might see him with me.
He’s calling it awkward. That is too funny!!
hes just such a damn comedian
LOL! That’s too funny… 😛
Ya know, you have a blog, a twitter account, your on Facebook & Myspace and yet, YOU’RE NOT TEXT SAVVY??? What’s up with that???
Michael C:
I died. I cant. My son killed me with cuteness.
Tiffany:
Thats why we love him
Ribeezie:
I know. I am embarrased by my lack of texting skillz.
Does that mean that JCH still prefers you to call him? I hope so.
I’m on team Paris too. I think she did a wonderful job in that video.
And I love to see the White house being painted PINK!
Way to go, Paris!
This is my first time over to your blog to look around. I love it. I have a 13 year old and we text back and forth a great bit. At first, he felt “awkward” but he soon got over it.
RMH:
JCH prefers I leave him alone when surrounded by his friends. Much like I wanted nothing to with my own parents at his age!
Tammy:
Welcome! Have sure do have a lot of fun over and up in here! I think I am the one that needs to get over my own texting awkward-ness! Maybe he will feel more comfortable when I am ‘cooler’ AT texting?
My youngest sister NEVER answers her phone when one of my parents call her. A few months ago my mother wanted her to pick up some water ice on the way home from work, but knew that if she called-she wouldn’t get through to my sister. So she text messaged her and my sister replied within five minutes.
LMAO! I’d be freaked out too if my mom sent me a text message. Stop scaring the poor fellow Meleah … hehehe …
I know!! I totally agree!!
Silver:
Thats a riot.
Nick:
hahahaha
Okay.
Epiphany:
xxoo
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We become so far removed from each other through text. I can honestly say that face to face and voice to ear contact is often missed. Especially when you actually like the person.
So for your son to say that is wonderful. But of course, you know this because it made itself into a post.
Who says we can’t turn the cheek at technology and actually be human sometimes or should I say question technology and actually want to speak to another human on the phone or in the flesh.
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Urban:
True! Dat!
xxoo
NICELY DONE! Haha. I have a great picture of my dad and my 14 year old sister texting each other…sitting next to each other on the couch. HA.
Keep texting him. It’ll build even more character!
CourtneyRyan:
Thats too funny!!
That is very bloody funny 🙂
My sister and the nephew live in Germany at the mo.
Ewan the eldest nephew loves chatting away via skype to me, but my youngest nephew Connor (who is 5) refuses to talk to me on the webcam and will only type. The problem with that is he cant actually type, so the other day I spent nearly an hour having to watch type and refuse to talk to me.
That is funny. I would find it pretty weird if my parents sent me a text msg too! I can’t stand them, (text msgs, not my parents, lol) it takes me forever to write anything.
Ha, I bet he is embarrassed. Imagine him standing in the bus with all his buddies and he gets a text msg and they ask him “Hey man, who sent u a msg? Is that that girl or that girl?” And he looks down and says “No. It’s my mom”!
I know I would be embarrassed.
I am text-challenged too. My kids make fun of me for spelling out entire words and not knowing that I should be using the abbreviations, like “u” and “R.”
My daughter gets a huge kick out of sending me spammy-type forward text messages such as, “Call me asap! I saw on the news that the short bus rolled over & I wanted to be sure you were wearing your helmet!”
Ha. Ha. Ha.
Claire:
LOL LOL
Skype is awesome. Texting is a pain in the ass!
Chelle:
Texting is hard to do!
Roshan:
Thats exactly what happened!
Terri:
I will never understand half of the abbreviations they use these days!