If you can’t beat ‘em, join them

A few years back, I admiringly told a friend that I would never be able to match her texting speed, and that I didn’t even want to try.  She said, “Just wait and see what happens when your kids enter high school.”

My kids aren’t in high school just yet, and I’ve been able to avoid the texting craze up to now.  When my daughter was into IMing, I looked over her shoulder, but didn’t try it myself.  Later, I turned off text chat on Facebook and simply ignored the texting feature on my phone.

Why bother learning to text, I thought, since I’ll never be fast enough to keep up with my kids?  No one else was into texting.

Well, I’m eating my words now as my oldest is away for a week in Philadelphia with her 8th Grade class.  Turns out, the only way to get a fast reply without interrupting what she is doing with her friends is to send a text.

My wise friend was right, I’m not too old to learn how to text.  Watch out world, my fingers are doing the talking.