This day and age is so different from when I was a kid. Wow, saying that statement, I guess I am getting older. When I was a kid, people who wanted me to babysit for them would call my parents (most likely my mom) and ask if I would be available to babysit. Today is much much different. We have 2 fabulous babysitters (sorry can't give our their names, because no one knows about them and I like having them all to myself). When I first started asking them to babysit, I called their mom's cause that is what you were supposed to do thinking back to how it was when I was a kid. But their mom's would tell me, "I don't know if they are available call them on their cell phone and ask." What, huh? Okay. So one answers her phone and the other prefers you to text. Isn't that funny and crazy?LOL So the other night we conducted our whole conversation of babysitting through texting. Even when we where at the hockey game, the babysitter contacted us through text.
I think of myself as pretty up-to-date with technology and grasping the new trends, but I am not so sure about never talking only texting. I still enjoy hearing the other person's tone and laugh as we are talking. You don't quite get that when you text. I know my nieces would disagree, but....it is still not the same.
So for now, texting is my friend when it comes to finding out if my babysitters are available. LOL!
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Make sure to get the "unlimited" plan... wich we dont have and I was $60.00 overage last month in stupid texts!!! something my hubby thinks is the stupidest thing
ever, "why cant you just pick up the phone," he says... yeah, I dont mind it cuz there are times you just need a quick yes or no, not wanting to get into a whole conversation for 1/2 hr!! But I had no clue I texted that much untill our bill came and I was about 550 texts OVER what I'm aloud! So needless to say, I'm in big trouble w/ the hubby... gee, he's soo old school! at least I'm "in" with the whole texting thing... thanks to my 2 younger sisters... they keep me "cool"!!!!
So now I am totally wondering who your sitters are. As far as the texting thing, Gregg and I are just to old. We both have NEVER done it before, infact we've gotten a text here and there and we don't even know how to respond, so we just call them back. Maybe someday our kids will teach us :)
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