Yep. Song lyrics provide the best titles. Which brings me to... my point. The first time I heard that song, I cried like a baby. Because we've all been there. The one that got away, the one you can't get over, the one that you haven't met yet. We have all spent a little too much time with a bottle of wine on a Saturday night and have felt that old feeling. The urge to reach out and touch someone.
If smart phones were smart, they would come equipped with a breathalyzer that automatically blocked your phone from dialing anoyone but a cab or 911 when you had a high BAC. But until some dude from MIT invents an app for that, we are left to self monitor, which is rarely successful.
As a big girl, I have made my fair share of drunk phone calls at 3 am. And I have done the drunk text. These days, such calls and texts are limited to my girl friends who usually make fun of me the next day, but I have pretty much canned the crazy when it comes to guys. And here is why.
Drunk dials aren't endearing. If a guy takes you up on your drunk dial, then you are usually left picking up the pieces the next day. Instead of feeling gratification and empowerment, the next day often comes with a hangover and a feeling of complete and total self loathing. They don't call it the Walk of Shame for nothing. (Unless you're into that sort of thing. Then you go get yours, sista! I'm not judging.)
Drunk dials aren't cute. As Greg Behrendt states in his book, He's Just Not That Into You, if a guy isn't calling you, he probably doesn't want to. This doesn't go for all men, of course, but it's a good rule of thumb. And those misspelled ramblings at 3 am aren't going to open his eyes to what a wonderful person you are. (You are wonderful. If a guy can't see that, then move on.)
Drunk dials aren't going to make him come running back/to you. As mentioned above, this is not the way to win the affections of a romance gone awry. These things go sour for a reason, and although booze can make for great nostalgia, you're probably sugar coating all of the awful things about this person. Like the fact that he made fun of your awesome new hat, or the fact that he hasn't read a book since the seventh grade.
My point is that it's never okay to drink dial. More often than not it leads to a tear in your beer. So do us all a favor and hang up the phone. Give it to a trusted friend for safe keeping. Otherwise you'll end up like me - tweeting from a bathroom at 1am. Ah good times.
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