So I heard a crazy statistic the other day; the average teenager, age 13 to 17, now sends 3,339 texts per month. That's about 110 texts every day.
I'm way behind in the times! I send maybe...MAYBE....twenty texts a day. Who are they texting so often? What are they texting about? God forbid...are they sexting? When I was that age, I wouldn't even have had a cellphone. So, I thought, well, I'm not THAT much older then the age bracket of the study. Am I?
I decided to go right to the source - my sibilings.
Sean asks, "Hey, how many texts do you send a day?"
Joe replies, "I don't know. Maybe 50. 50 to 100. I don't know."
If he says 50...than it's totally 100.
Sean asks, "What about your sister?"
Joe replies, "I don't know. Probably the same."
WHAT?!? This calls for further investigation. Let me grab a pen and a pad. No...not that pad. Get your mind out of the gutter. Back to question at hand.
Sean asks, "So who do you text?"
Joe replies, "Friends and family. Why?"
Sean replies, "Leave the questions to me please."
Joe responds with, "oh my God."
...or in texting, simply put - OMG. See I'm still hip. I'm still with it.
Sean asks, "What do you text about?"
Joe replies, "Things that are going on. Movies. Video games. Stuff we're going to do. Gossip."
I LOL (laughed out loud) and I had enough material for my next blog. ...and here we are. So, 110 a day. I still find the number outstanding. If I was 17 again, would I be sending 110 texts a day? Would I pay for my cell phone myself? Would my life be a mediocre movie staring Zac Efron and Matthew Perry? ...I would hope not.
Anyway, the things that make you go hmmm..... ;)
You can keep your 17 and 110. I like my 20 texts a day life with, what some would call, its more traditional ways to gossip.
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