Let’s talk about text

A friend once said to me, I would love someone, a man, to text me for life.

Pretty much sums up the daily life we lead.

Everyone  spends their life rushing around here there and everywhere   no-one having the time to actually spend time making a phone call, or even for that matter having time to sit down and have a proper conversation, statistics say that text messages have risen by 7% up to 72% of mobile phone users only use their phone to text.

Texts can be sent from any where, go to the toilet send a text, yes really, eating a meal, send a text, having coffee, send a text, the list is endless, its far easier to send the text than to pick up the phone its also so much more convenient, lets face it do you want to talk to someone who could actually be sitting on the toilet.

Let’s be honest, the right text can make us smile, a bad one can leave us angry, emotional or downright pissed off.

Texts are way better than phone calls or face to face chats you can say anything in a text,  and if you don’t get the answer you want then at least it’s not so bad as being told by a voice.

We all have that favourite person we text, we all text different people differently, women tend to text everyone with an X on the end.

Guys if you send your make friend a text with an X they may not be your friend for long, I mean let’s face it.

There are so many different texts, don’t we all cringe after a night out and check our phone the next morning ah the shame of it, one friend I know simply can’t text after a drink she would get me to text for her, although why she id is beyond me, I’m not that much better at least I can string half a sentence together.

Drunk words are sober thoughts isn’t that what they say, just a shame we don’t speak them we write them down, which is a hundred times worse, anything you write may be saved and used against you!

Then there are the post break up messages, my phone has been taken off me more than once to stop me sending these, oh I have the greatest friends, it’s so easy to fire off a message to your latest break up, the desperate please take me back messages and then the angry screw you, for ignoring me and breaking up with me you’re the ass hole, these are usually fuelled by alcohol aren’t they.

Then you’ve got the sleepy texts, if anyone reading this is like me, you’d think any messages I send when I’m falling asleep, you’d seriously think i'd drunk way too much, my sleepy messages make absolutely no sense, I pity anyone texting me and expecting a serious reply at night.

If like me you are a speedy texter like me then you will be so frustrated by those who take ages to even reply, I know we all have busy moments but let’s face it, it doesn’t take much to send a quick message to acknowledge someone.

I loathe it when you send something important and then it takes ages to get a reply, frustrating or what, even more frustrating when you don’t actually get a reply, that’s even worse!

Oh and the texter who gives you one letter texts like K, that annoys me, oh and text speak that gets my goat too, I have been guilty at times of text speak, I’m showing my age now but don’t all phones have predictive text on them these days? And all the smart phones, iPhones, blackberry’s, qwerty keyboard phones, it’s easier to spell out the whole world.

Come on guys, we all studied English at school we all know how to spell ‘how are you’ it certainly doesnt look like 'how r u'

I definitely think that whoever invented the text message needs huge thanks, he’s made life so much easier, I know some people hate texting and prefer a simple telephone call but in this day and age, it sometimes simply doesn’t work.

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It’s not easy being a single 30something; it’s even harder being a 30 something divorcee with a cheating ex-husband.

When you’ve been married for 13 years going back to being single and dating is nothing short of a nightmare, your friends are all coupled up, in love and happy and then there is you, happily single but no friends who want to go out on a regular basis, no going out, how do you stand a chance of meeting your Mr right, or at least a Mr right now.

It’s all about finding the time to date these days, speed dating, internet sites what happened to cilla black and her blind date, and the personal section of the local paper.  we now have paddy McGuiness and his no likey no lighty, we knew where we stood with cilla 3 questions and a choice of date locations, now things are all lets go fast life’s too short.

I’ve never gone down the speed dating route myself, although I won’t rule it out completely I just haven’t had the pleasure or the pain of it yet.

Internet dating sites, statistics have shown that there has been an increase of 15% I bet its more than that, apparently there are more men on dating sites than there are women, interesting!

I bet over half of the ‘single’ people on dating sites aren’t actually single, I’m not saying this is a national statistic don’t quote me on this it’s just what I’ve found, and im not exactly an expert but 2 years worth has to count for something surely.

Im not saying its only men that lie about their relationship status im sure women do it too, I suppose and im not speaking from experience here, but im sure if your sneaky enough you get away with leading a double life lying and cheating just to have your cake and eat it, I couldn’t keep up, id never remember the lies i'd told, i can barely remember what i walked out of the room for never mind which person was wining and dining me that night, way too complicated for me!

Sign up free, says the advert sprawled across your favorite website of the day, what it doesnt tell you, is that for some sites you need to have your credit card at the ready just to read a message.

there are genuine free sites out there, but then you need to fill in your relationship needs, are you a leader or a follower, do you work well in a group does that matter you want a date with a nice guy, not applying for a job!

once you get past the needs, your at your profile, time to sell yourself, without appearing to be too desperate.

genuine woman looking for genuine man no players required, doesn't that mean anything these days, clearly not! No players required is like a beacon for every signal player to send you a message, oh i;m very synical!

Of course all the men arent players, so far ive came across my very own stalkers, mr too nice, mr my ex wants me back, mr ive got a girlfriend, mr i want to be friends with you, mr keep in touch, oh i even met someone whos fiancée text me at 5am to tell me to stay away, he swore he was single!

then there is mr photobucket, hes been airbrushed so many times he looks nothing like his profile picture, you may aswell be dating the next guy to walk into a bar, you get mr no profile pic obviously minging, or at least something to hide.

there is mr ill stand you up dont worry ill make you hang around looking like a right idiot and then you'll be left wondering,

of course there is mr why and what are your motives behind doing what your doing.

I've met them all, including the mr who forgets hes supposed to be wooing me, however i've yet to meet mr right Gerard is waiting for me im sure of it, one day he will come and sweep me off my size 7's and take me away from the masses of Mr wrong's..............

My Search Begins

I'm Tinkerbell,  well not quite, but if you think back to that little fairy in peter pan, you'll see someone that resembles me, although i dont have fairy wings and i cant fly or have magic pixie dust, but i am a little bit misunderstood, miss misunderstood is how i like to think of me, remember that tink, didn't hate Wendy she just wanted peter all to herself, which is fair enough, classic love story!
Doesn't everyone woman want to share their life with that one special person, follow my blog as i search endlessly and tirelessly for my right, maybe one day he will be mine, until then i'm sure i'll have to kiss more than a few frogs


I'm searching for my Mr right, although if i'm honest i've already found him!
he's tall dark, handsome, has a good job, earns lots of cash, good car, nice house  hes single in fact if carlsberg made boyfriends it would look him, hes even more perfect than Mary Poppins, sadly my Mr right goes by the name of Gerard Butler, hes not just my Mr right but Mr right of millions of women across the world, but, and its a huge BUT, i'm sure i saw him first.
so he's got a billion women who want him, but id like a try please!