SMS... What a wonderful thing...? or Is It?...

Just read on timesofindia about a recent survey SMS influencing romance. I found the article rather lame and the survey quite outdated but it is truth. I haven’t seen much SMS use in US though. I must say I have seen a friend of mine had his girl friend and friends SMSed him… the only person who SMS’s me is my lovely rich saala…I like some of his SMS’s and they do bring smile. Being lazy I will never get used to SMS.. I don’t even remember sending a single SMS.

Anyways…

Pinks and I have been married for some time now and have know each other since childhood (oh.. no.. ours was not a child marriage), but, unlike many couples in India, we still haven't engaged in SMS. It's not that we're too old-fashioned for it. We just don't have the right equipment. According to one India Today article, about 4 crore SMS messages are sent daily, some traveling many miles, others just a few yards.

Wife: "Y r u not cming to bed?" Husband: "Crckt mtch. Gd nght!"

SMS, has given many us the opportunity to butcher English like never before. Forget spelling, forget punctuation, forget the lecture your English teacher gave you when you said, "I am not understanding why grammar be important." Anything goes in SMS, as long as people can make sense of your msg (message). It's easy to be misunderstood. What's most remarkable about SMS is its role in romance. Couples are using SMS not just to keep in touch, but to express affection for each other. Sometimes it takes just three letters ("Lv u"), other times it takes as many as 35 ("Lv u so vry mch. Almst as mch as I lv Hrthk Rshn.") SMS has allowed some couples to be more intimate, to loosen whatever restraints their culture and upbringing have imposed on them.

Even a simple "thnkng abt u" can put a smile on a wife's face, allowing her to feel closer to her husband and look forward to seeing him again, as soon as the Test series is over.(ok this is about me because I am big time sports fan but not as much as I am food fan)

But SMS isn't just for established couples. Like an Internet chat room, the tiny screen of a mobile handset allows you to flirt with people you barely know. You might be too shy to speak to the cute co-worker in the opposite cubicle, but you can easily write your feelings: "I thnk I'm fllng n lv wth u. Whts ur nm agn?" SMS can't be monitored by your boss, which means you won't be reprimanded for consulting your spouse about a critical issue: "Whch mvie shld we c tnight?" Indeed, SMS is so private, you can read messages from your boyfriend while doing something important, such as having dinner with your husband. But try to avoid such situations, unless you're desperate for some good SMS. Unfortunately or may be fortunately, my wife and I can't engage in SMS because we have only one mobile phone. That means we have to settle for the old way of communicating: email.