For decades now my daughter has been after me to stay up with technology as it progresses. I think it started with the advent of cell phones and home computers.
It has always ALWAYS been my nature to resist that kind of thing but Robyn is relentless, I should call her GRAVITY. Eventually she wore me down and I wound up getting my first cell phone and my first computer on the same day. This was in October or November of 1998.
From that time to this he has been after me to jump on every little thing that comes around the corner. Her first successes encouraged her to stay after me to the bitter end. She knew it would be tough and take a while but she's pretty tough herself.
At one point she started trying to get me to get a facebook account. I do believe I won that battle. I despise FB and will never go there and every time it comes up in conversation I explain that to her in the plainest of terms. She hasn't brought it up for a while now and I'm startin' to relax some.
But her latest quest was to get me to text. She reached new heights of determination. Those that know me know I don't text. For one thing my hands are in pretty sorry shape and texting is awkward at best and uncomfortable/painful at worst. But I also resent the concept of texting. To me it is just another step in the decline of human communication. Still she wouldn't cut me any slack.
Back in August we got in a very heated argument about it. I couldn't understand (and still don't) why something as insignificant as whether or not I text is such a big deal. We both got to angry and I'm sure resolve was increased of both sides of the argument.
I don't know for sure but I suspect that she gave this plenty of refection over the ensuing months. I know I certainly did. Eventually I remembered one thing she said and every time I replayed that in my mind it had an ever increasing effect on me.
She said "I know you didn't make this world but you do have to live in it and the best way to do that successfully is to stay up with society in it's evolution. If you don't it will leave you behind."
I began to rethink my attitude. Not just for that but also there was a reason for her determination and although I don't know what the reason is I do see that it was important to her. After all I did alright by getting the cell phone and computer.
SOOOOO
For Christmas she gave each of us a new i-phone.
Pam chose the i-phone 11 pro max and I chose the i-phone XR. Cricket had the phones and the best plan, unlimited talk, text and data and 64 gb. GPS navigation, face time and I don't know what all,and the camera is killer with a lot of things you can to with it to get different effects on your pics. 2 lines for 80 bux per mo. When I think about how I was paying over 200 bux for my little flipper from Sprint, just for talking and limited time, I feel like we're getting a pretty good deal.
I admit that I'm a bit over whelmed at this point but I am making progress every day and I am......texting. My opinion of texting hasn't changed but I think I need to get on board with it. It's time.
when I face timed Robyn to tell her the news, I should have taken her pic. She was totally blown away. Then she got the biggest smile on her face. Seeing all that in her was worth my surrender.
I'm learning new words and learning what a lot of strange little pictures (apps) mean. If all this doesn't drive me crazy I expect I will be the better for it, as I was with the original cell phone and computer. That's the hope anyway.
Y'all please keep your fingers crossed for me.
It has always ALWAYS been my nature to resist that kind of thing but Robyn is relentless, I should call her GRAVITY. Eventually she wore me down and I wound up getting my first cell phone and my first computer on the same day. This was in October or November of 1998.
From that time to this he has been after me to jump on every little thing that comes around the corner. Her first successes encouraged her to stay after me to the bitter end. She knew it would be tough and take a while but she's pretty tough herself.
At one point she started trying to get me to get a facebook account. I do believe I won that battle. I despise FB and will never go there and every time it comes up in conversation I explain that to her in the plainest of terms. She hasn't brought it up for a while now and I'm startin' to relax some.
But her latest quest was to get me to text. She reached new heights of determination. Those that know me know I don't text. For one thing my hands are in pretty sorry shape and texting is awkward at best and uncomfortable/painful at worst. But I also resent the concept of texting. To me it is just another step in the decline of human communication. Still she wouldn't cut me any slack.
Back in August we got in a very heated argument about it. I couldn't understand (and still don't) why something as insignificant as whether or not I text is such a big deal. We both got to angry and I'm sure resolve was increased of both sides of the argument.
I don't know for sure but I suspect that she gave this plenty of refection over the ensuing months. I know I certainly did. Eventually I remembered one thing she said and every time I replayed that in my mind it had an ever increasing effect on me.
She said "I know you didn't make this world but you do have to live in it and the best way to do that successfully is to stay up with society in it's evolution. If you don't it will leave you behind."
I began to rethink my attitude. Not just for that but also there was a reason for her determination and although I don't know what the reason is I do see that it was important to her. After all I did alright by getting the cell phone and computer.
SOOOOO
For Christmas she gave each of us a new i-phone.
Pam chose the i-phone 11 pro max and I chose the i-phone XR. Cricket had the phones and the best plan, unlimited talk, text and data and 64 gb. GPS navigation, face time and I don't know what all,and the camera is killer with a lot of things you can to with it to get different effects on your pics. 2 lines for 80 bux per mo. When I think about how I was paying over 200 bux for my little flipper from Sprint, just for talking and limited time, I feel like we're getting a pretty good deal.I admit that I'm a bit over whelmed at this point but I am making progress every day and I am......texting.
My opinion of texting hasn't changed but I think I need to get on board with it. It's time. when I face timed Robyn to tell her the news, I should have taken her pic. She was totally blown away. Then she got the biggest smile on her face. Seeing all that in her was worth my surrender.
I'm learning new words and learning what a lot of strange little pictures (apps) mean. If all this doesn't drive me crazy I expect I will be the better for it, as I was with the original cell phone and computer. That's the hope anyway.
Y'all please keep your fingers crossed for me.
.m. any day.
