TEXT NAH!!

My grandparents say that their generation is very different from ours. Hey! It is the 21st century. Life is really different. This is because of what technology brings.

Everything is fast changing even how a relationship develops.

Social Information Processing Theory by Joseph Walther presents the development of a relationship through a medium like computer.

But since the Philippines is the texting capital of the world. We Filipinos use our cell phones as a medium in communicating than computers.

I have a friend in high school.She had a boyfriend.The guy was also our classmate. But when we were in school they would act as strangers to each other. I do not why.Maybe they do not want to be teased in school.

It all started with a friendly text message from the guy. Their so called “friendship” flourished and became a romantic relationship. They never had a face to face conversation.But because they see each other everyday, her uncertainty about her boyfriend and their relationship decreases.

My friend could consume 300 peso worth of load in just 4 days!(that time unlimited texting was not available) I remember my friend saving her boyfriend's messages in her cell phone's outbox. And sometimes she would just write them on a piece of paper because they were so many!

Their relationship did not last that long. After 6 months of exchanging text messages, their relationship came to an end.

Their relationship were like any other relationships.But the only difference is instead of communicating face to face, they communicated through a medium.

I like how Joseph Walther compare face to face communication and Computer Mediated Communication as a gulp and sip of communication.

When you communicate face to face, you are as if having big gulps in quenching your thirst for information to the other person. While in CMC,you are using a straw.

Based on my friend's story, I can say that their relationship was enveloped with mystery.Within those months, they shared parts of themselves with each other.This made their relationship exciting.

Technology indeed brings a lot of possibilities in many aspects of our lives.

It is simply amazing.