Gone are the days when rumors linked you to an affair.
These days all you need is a mobile phone, a partner in love or in crime, and text messages that are either innocent or determined as not. They definitely raise eyebrows!This canker worm known as SMS slowly rears its ugly head when you least expect it. The era of 090 and its counterparts was barely being accepted when GSM decided to take over the scene.
Both men and women alike have been victims of this menace that has slowly crept into our lives. It came with no intention of destruction but trust us, we always have a way of getting into trouble with text messages.
I have often wondered why anyone would rather type a message, rather than calling and relaying the message in less than a sentence. Imagine the stress you have to go through sending and resending especially when the networks decide not to do their bit.
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to see a friend of yours but you knew that if you called it would be incriminating? If your text message is stumbled upon, it’s more trouble than “wrong number”.
I wonder what the real reason is behind the texts. Is it because we enjoy the fact that we could get caught? They say that what makes you enjoy an unholy relationship is the thought of getting caught which could be described as a rush of adrenalin.
Well if this makes you any guilty because you are in some alliance with the “devil” you must accept that though a bit dangerous “sms” do make a difference.
Situation One
Mr. X gets involved in a relationship with his secretary and gets the best headstart to each day from her. He can’t help thinking about her. Every time he is home with “wifey” all he wants is a bit of her. He picks up his phone and makes a call. Obviously she is not available so he sends her a text message. “Babe, I still taste your food and the aroma is still with me”.
Girlfriend smirks at the message and replies “Food for you, anytime”.
Unfortunately for Mr. X, he lets wifey pick his calls so when the phone rings she thinks it is a call and then realizes that she may have stumbled on a “gap in Mr. X’s time”.
What he gets in the offing is not what he bargained for because wifey thinks she is aware of his philandering ways.
Situation Two
Sometimes, Mr. X might just be a nice looking dude without airs whose simplicity has made him the toast of the women folk. No fault of his! He finds himself flirting with a woman he does not think he will date.
Innocent smiles, honest text messages, and suddenly, attraction sets in. Raunchy messages start to flow. Madam picks up oga’s phone when he is in the bathroom and a fight ensues.
Question: What business do you have with his phone? Why do you have to bring despair to a seemingly calm union madam? How would you feel if someone picked up your phone, read your messages and judged you based on a harmless message? (Abi Na ya name dey dere?)
Candid Advice
Ignorance is bliss. What you don’t know doesn’t hurt so please who says my phone is our phone?
Why do partners in a relationship think they have the right to our phones?
If you are looking for an excuse to pick a fight, look elsewhere not my mobile. The reason why text messages will always be the way forward is that speaking is sometimes without suspense so if you think that looking into phones that do not belong to you will help matters, you have got something else coming.
My phone rings? Let it ring. A message comes in, it’s mine! My phone is close by and I am not, ignore it! Ok darlings, lets all have our privacy. You got yours and I will have mine.
Peeps, the delete buttons work. Make use of them.
