With the advent of social media coupled with the rise of the smartphone, the world is at our fingertips. Media such a Facebook mobile and Twitter allow us to talk to complete strangers across the world whenever we want. Gone are the days in which you had to call a guy and hang up on him 400 times before you had the guts to actually talk to him. Now you can type what you wanted to say with the click of a button.
As with many a technology, smart phones and alcohol DO NOT mix. How many times have you looked at your phone the night after a party, scrolled through your texts and remorsefully figured out a way to apologize for all the things you texted/tweeted? Tequila induced texts can range from the somewhat embarrassing (like telling your cute coworker how great his butt looks in those jeans he always wears) to the down-right crazy (like telling your ex that you're going to kidnap his dog).
It's generally not a good idea to go out drinking when you're sad or upset over something or someone, because alcohol usually intensifies this effect. What ends up happening is that you either fall victim to that guy who always calls you at 3 am, but won't take you to the movies, or you get flat out rejected and end up feeling like an asshole.
We as ladies need to wake up to the fact that drunk texts/calls don't make us look cuter or more desirable. He's not going to look at your misspelled, incoherent rant and all of a sudden realize what a mistake he made by not dating you. Drunk dialing/texting isn't cute, funny or sexy. If someone would invent an app that would lock your phone when you hit a certain blood alcohol level, it would be widely welcomed by people everywhere. Then we wouldn't have to figure out how to explain what we were trying to say to you last night.
A good rule to abide by is to get your friend to take custody of your phone while you're out. That way you won't be tempted to reach out and touch the world. And you won't have to wake up and delete all of your tweets in the a.m.
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