one of my favourite things about my life is the opportunities i have to go have visits with my friends. this can often be a source of frustration for me because i sometimes feel i have pockets of friends but no circle of friends – that i don't belong to a specific group. but this evening i see this as a blessing – that i have the freedom to do so. i had the pleasure of time with rach on her super short couch, and occasionally jase joined in our conversation. i'm very fortunate that i like all my friend's husbands, and am just as happy having them join us in our talks. we ate these salty caramel chocolates that were very confusing for my taste-buds. it was seriously the most deliciously confusing thing i've ever eaten in my life.
this might go without saying, but i am a written-word kind of person. it's my best way of communicating – my weapon of choice. mind you, i would never choose an email over a real conversation, but writting is my most effective form of self-expression. i'm not very eloquent in real-life, and can get frustrated with myself for not expressing myself the way i want to in conversation. ANYWAYS... not everyone feels that way about emails or letters. some people much prefer to pick up the phone – i hate those kinds of people. and unfortunately, i think that's caused the ultimate demise in some friendships/relationships. i can guarantee that i'd be much closer with my sister if she communicated the same way i did, or even had an email address. other friendships have been formed exclusively because of email. so my dilemia is... what do i do about these people who do not enjoy the written-word?? i have a friend who lives out of town and really wants to call to chat. i don't want to talk on the phone. i HATE IT! i would much prefer if he just emailed me his latest news. granted, a conversation can usually go much deeper/into more depth when it can go two ways, but i just really hate the phone. although, there is part of me who misses thoses all night conversations with someone special. i guess that shows there are exceptions to every preference.
i might still make it to bed by 11:30...
barefoot in the shallow creek,
i grabbed some stones from underneath
and waited for you to speak to me.
5 comments:
i know exactly what you mean and how you feel about email vs. phone conversations!
I, too, hate using the phone for social calls. I don't answer the phone at our house. The family never expects me to answer the phone and on the odd occasion when I do, they are sometimes taken aback. I love watching visitors squirm while the phone rings incessantly when Carolyn isn't home. I guess I'd have to start answering it if I wasn't married to Carolyn. God save us from the tyranny of the telephone's spoiled-child need to be noticed.
i can't handle a ringing phone. any repetitive, annoying sound pisses me off. besides, i like people, and i usually like contact with them in any medium. although... i have been known to silence my cell phone without responding. i wish my regular phone had a silence button.
for some reason it does not surprise me that 2 out of 3 commenters hate the phone as well. i think this is an indication of bloggers & readers – they're more drawn to the written-word. phone people don't read blogs with regularity.
but.. but.. i would be a phone person if any of my friends were phone people :( now the only voices i hear are the ones inside my head...
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