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Dreamboat (original poster member #10506) posted at 4:14 AM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
I was texting with my DD tonight and I used ;-P
She told me that I was too old to use smiley faces. she said that no one over the age of 13 used smiley faces anymore ... 
Later I texted her LOL. And she promptly told me that I was WAY too old to use acronyms. So I texted back roflmao 
geez
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off
-- Shake It Out, Florence And The Machine
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 4:26 AM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
Well... to your DD... I'm way old and I LOL and :-) all the time!!!
BTW I GTG b/c it's 
Me: BSO - 56 Him: FWSO - 79 DS - 23 D-Day - 12-11-09, R - he finally came homeYour life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 4:27 AM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
PS: I'm just teaching my DS how to text... well, he's been text for just 'bout a year now and he thinks I'm cool!!!
Me: BSO - 56 Him: FWSO - 79 DS - 23 D-Day - 12-11-09, R - he finally came homeYour life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
sad12008 ( member #18179) posted at 4:37 AM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
I've heard similar, Dreamboat; my response was similar, too....
I'm too old to change...or better, I'm old enough to not care whether I'm too old or whether anyone else does it or what they think about those who do. It sure takes a tough hide and a good sense of humor to survive adolescence! 
[This message edited by sad12008 at 10:37 PM, July 6th (Saturday)]
You can't fill a cup with no bottom.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 4:41 AM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
My DS rolls his eyes at me all the time because I not only spell things out (correctly) when I text, but I also use punctuation and form complete sentences. Deal with it, Boy.
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Mama_of_3_Kids ( member #26651) posted at 4:45 AM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
I'm not old, I'm legendary (the kids at camp said so 
) and I still use smiley's 
Me: BW/33 The kidlets: DS16, DS12, and DD10 The hounds: Three Shih Tzu's The felines: Two short haired kitteh's
Dreamboat (original poster member #10506) posted at 6:00 AM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
I'm not old, I'm legendary
Mama, I LOVE that!!!!! I will definitely use that in the future 
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off
-- Shake It Out, Florence And The Machine
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 1:37 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
KBeguile ( member #38348) posted at 1:54 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
NIK, should we start a club for "proper texters"? We could wear top hats, monocles, bushy mustaches for the men, and all talk in stuffy British 1800s accents.
Me: WS 34
Her: BS 37 (HeartInADustpan)
DS: 7yo
M: 9 years
DDays: 2012/11/14-2013/02/05, 2013/03/09, 2016/02/19
authenticnow ( member #16024) posted at 2:11 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
DS and I will have emoji texting contests. (Unofficial, but you know when one of us starts with them, it's ON!).
For example, I'll text him, 'What's up?' and he'll say, 'NM, just walking around in the city', and he'll put in a few emojis, like a taxicab, a bus, and throw in a police car for good measure.
I'll text back, 'I'm sitting on the porch enjoying the fresh air' and try to impress him with a bird, a tree, a few flowers.
He comes back with, 'I'm getting some lunch soon', and throw in a whole bunch of food pics.
It goes on until one of us gets tired of it. It has become quite the competition between us. I know I'm way cooler than he is, he just won't admit it.
DS, you are forever in my heart. Thank you for sharing your beautiful spirit with me. I will always try to live by the example you have set. I love you and miss you every day and am sorry you had to go so soon, it just doesn't seem fair.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 2:54 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
mainlyinpain ( member #39134) posted at 3:15 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
I text my son k all the time
He said something about maybe Springsteen sang that song better than me and I should just leave it that way (I love to sing around the house, he doesnt love to listen)
I started texting back "Potassium" to his texts
Took him awhile to figure it out
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 3:42 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
I started texting back "Potassium" to his texts
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
letitout ( member #38288) posted at 3:52 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
I need to learn how to text. I'm way behind times. My 17 yo DD won't answer her phone any more, just texts.
Actually drives me crazy, all the time, in the car, at stores, walking, eating, in the bathroom! When we are having a conversation. Constant! I personally think her texting is being quite rude to me. I got to be strong and have her suffer without it for a few minutes while we talk.
What is "k" is that short for "okay". Any other things I should know? Before I start on this texting adventure?
BW 57, WH 66, 19 yo twins
Married 28 years
2 years of $$$$$$ prostitutes.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 4:07 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
Yes - k is short for ok. Because two characters are TOO MANY!
Similarly:
U = you
R = are
Texting uses a language all it's own. And it will make you fear for the literacy of those "darn kids these days."
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
SweetheartVixen ( member #4956) posted at 4:34 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
BS/60s WS/60s Divorcing and not soon enough~!
Its nice to be important, but its more important to be nice...
DD 6-14
letitout ( member #38288) posted at 6:14 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
k, so i just typed my first text to DD while she was sitting here texting to her boyfriend. She laughed at the k. I put a smiley in also. Gotta get me one of those toe rings.
BW 57, WH 66, 19 yo twins
Married 28 years
2 years of $$$$$$ prostitutes.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 6:16 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
authenticnow ( member #16024) posted at 6:23 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
DS, you are forever in my heart. Thank you for sharing your beautiful spirit with me. I will always try to live by the example you have set. I love you and miss you every day and am sorry you had to go so soon, it just doesn't seem fair.
kernel ( member #27035) posted at 6:40 PM on Sunday, July 7th, 2013
I started texting back "Potassium" to his texts
*snork*
Love it!
"On particularly rough days when I'm sure I can't possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% and that's pretty good."
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