A Diva State of Mind

The BVX explains 5 tacky tech dating don’ts and of course I had to add my own 2 cents!

From The BVX:

Technology has made our lives easier but it’s also made us lazy and a bit reckless when it comes to dating. In the age of instant access, we’ve lost our minds and our cool. We’ve compiled five tech dating don’ts sure to turn off your potential boo.

Don’t Tweet and Tell

Broadcasting the details of your night out isn’t only tasteless but your date is sure to pull up your timeline to read what you really thought of him or her. And don’t even think of sending a DM to your date. It’s way too easy for a message intended for one, to be accidentally broadcast to many. And “many” can include others you’re dating.

Not only should you not tweet and tell all about a date, people need to stop telling their entire life story on twitter! There’s no reason to tell ALL your business. It’s ok to keep some things private and/or tell your real friends (because you know all of your closest friends are not on twitter. Let’s keep it real).

 Too Short

Some abbreviations are necessary when sending a text or BBM but why shorten something that’s already short? If your word doesn’t have a single vowel in it (like “k” for ok), then don’t bother typing it. And substituting “dat” for “that” is just blasphemous to the English language and sure to come off as ignorant to some.

I love this! Not only does this apply to your date, this should apply when talking to friends as well . I love my friends, but some of them use way too much slang.  I find myself reading the words out loud to try and understand what they’re saying.  We’re in our midtwenties, let’s use English please!

Follow Me

If your date was on a Thursday and by Friday morning you’re following them on Twitter and Tumblr, subscribing to their YouTube channel and friending them on Facebook, you’ve gone too far. It’s too soon my friend. There’s nothing wrong with being interested in someone but when you’re tracking them across every possible network, that screams serious stalker tendencies.

Not additonal comment needed for this one! LOL

Text-aholic

Text messages were intended for quick exchanges of information. Example:
-”We still on for dinner?”
-”Yes”
If a text is so long and involved that it continues back and forth for 30 minutes, that means a phone call is in order. And not everyone has unlimited texting, so you could be costing someone 10 cents per rambling message.

True story!! These days, we have become lazy.  What happened to picking up the phone and calling someone? I know texting, bbm and gchat is more convenient, but a 30+ minute conversation through text message is doing too much, especially if you’re not “IN” (Verizon network).

Just Once

You send a message via Gchat and they don’t answer. Soon that pesky orange idle indicator vexes you, so you send a BBM. Still no response. Then a text. If someone doesn’t respond via the first mode of communication, let it go. The likelihood of them actually getting back to you decreases with each new message sent.

We’ve all been guilty of this one.  I do this to my friends all the time and they don’t appear to mind ,  even though I’m sure they think I’m crazy, so I can only imagine you’ll come across as a stalker or needy if you do this to a date! One mode of communication is enough; 3 is doing the most.  Fall back!

Source www.thebvx.com