Quote Originally Posted by SarahMB
My daughter texted me today from school saying she needed some Advil for a headache. I don't reply to text messages from her about silly stuff, though, and she's aware of that! My problem there is that she knows with our business account, we have unlimited data, texting and voice minutes.

My main complaint is that so many of the teens *talk* in text-speak! lol
Of course, I've caught myself saying "brb" more than once :eek:
I agree about the shorthand getting out of hand.....coming up with acronyms for the simplest verbal commands, etc doesn't build vocab. I use shorthand/slang too but one can go too far.

I also don't like it when I see kids in the cafeteria/halls texting their out of school friends when there are classmates next to them! Maybe if they went out on the limb and talked to the student next to them they could form bonds with that person...instead I think much texting reinforces social clicks and insulates people.

I just think it rude when your talking to someone and they pull out their cell phone and text...most of the time there is no emergency. Same is true with a lot of cell phone calls.....

I hope you don't mind a Question though about the message.....was she asking you to pick up some Advil for after school or was she simply telling you she needed some then?