Wife Quits Mobile Phone, Husband Shocked, Proud.
About a week ago, my wife informed me that she’d had enough. Enough of the dire predictions of brain cancer, enough of the pointless incoming texts, enough of the time wasted checking voice mails. Enough, already, of her mobile phone. So she left a message on her mobile telling callers to reach her at home or at work. On a LAND LINE. No nasty radiation, no worrying about charging, and vastly improved call quality.
I was more than a little impressed. And jealous. How I’d love to do away with my pocket computer/phone/camera/peso-to-dollar currency converter. And I do try to leave it away from my person as often as I’m able (which is never because I am utterly addicted to that little Blackjack II). But watching her effortlessly and absolutely painlessly move away from her phone is inspiring. She’s exercising more, reading more, even talking to her friends in person on occassion. She’s everything I’m not, everything I can’t be, chained as I am to my posture-destroying, gray matter-frying device. Mind you, she’s no Luddite, just a very smart girl who finally woke up and realized that having her mobile did nothing to improve the quality of her life and arguably impinged upon that quality.
Amazing, I say. How often is it that someone asks, “What am I doing? Why do I have this? What is it doing for me, really?” No, we always buy the newest, latest, just because everyone else (iPhone???) has. In this household, one of us has broken away from the greatest electronic plague in human history. Gives me hope that one day I will be able to shake the infection as well.
Tags: cancer, madness, mobile phone
ahhh, geez honey. THANKS for the kudos! it really is liberating not having to worry about is it charged, who’s call am I missing, do I have the thing so I can talk in the car with out getting a ticket, is that thing charged. . . on and on. it is free-ing and I feel much better knowing that I don;t have that thing up against my brain. NOTE TO MEN: keep it out of your pants! Seriously, you don’t want any hand held electronic devices near your junk.
pfft, what’s next WRITING letters and churning your own butter?
wife - don’t you be worrying about other mens’ junk.
Kirk T - I do own a typewriter and do use it with SOME regularity…hmm…maybe I’ll start typing my posts, scanning them in, and then posting them as blog entries????
I have one too, except I don’t write well so…it just looks good.
Actually, that would be an interesting way to post. Just tape a photo to it, scan it and you have your post (plus, nobody could copy your text).