The Drama Of Text Messaging

I love texting. I am a big fan of it and it really is probably one of my favorite recent technological advances. Having said that, people really put too much thought into text messaging. Allow me to explain...
When texting first came out, it was such a great tool for so many people. The working man was able to text measurements to a partner on the job site where it would be hard to find a paper and pen. High school students were able to communicate about the weekends plans in the middle of English class. Yeah, life was great. However, now we have these "texting rules" that have really taken over as our main means of communication.
My friend recently met a girl the other day, who gave him her number. She than told him to call her sometimes. Me and this friend were sitting in his apartment hanging out as he stared at the phone in his hand. When I asked him why he does not just call her his response was that he was going to text her, he just does not know when.
So finally he builds up the courage to text her and she texts back asking him what he is up to. He then proceeds to stare at the phone. Again I asked what he was doing. He told me that he didn't want to text back too fast because he does not want to seem desperate, and he does not want to wait too long or he will seem uninterested. He waited exactly 8 minutes, and sent the text "Nothing, you?".
Oh, it all makes sense now! She texted him as a test to see how long he would respond! Lets ignore the fact that she responded to his original message (which obviously means she is not completely ignoring him and giving him a chance) and jump to the conclusion that she is sitting in her room with a stop watch timing exactly how long he waits to text her. One second under 8 minutes, and he is done for. Please, give me a break. A text message was originally invented for convenience. If your busy when you feel your phone vibrate or hear your favorite N'SYNC ring tone, you can respond when your NOT busy. The beautiful thing about a text message is that its not going anywhere anytime soon. If you are not busy and see that you have a text, respond to it! Why wait? The person would not be texting you if they did not want to talk to you. There is no need to lose hair over it, just text her back.
More problems arise with texting, especially when texting an interest of the opposite sex. Phrases you meant to be sarcastic humor can be taken as a serious statement, and vice versa. My point here is this; if a girl says, "call me" chances are you should probably do what she told you and pick up the phone and call. Even if she says to text her, call her and show a little initiative. This texting drama needs to stop, and you can help! No donations or recycling is needed either. All you have to do is, next time you have nothing to do and you want to see what someone your not with is up to, pick up the phone, and call.