Texting & Punctuation

Sometimes I dislike texting. To me, its writing ...... use good dialog and punctuation!! Otherwise your texts look demanding. And grouchy! 

Its a pet peeve with me.  And I know you younger folks will disagree.  All the little acronyms (iykyk) look a little strange when you're texting with someone who doesn't get the lingo!  Maybe I shouldn't let texts get to me.  I put up with it because it's a quick way to relay information.

But its the texts from mom that irritate me. If she's not complaining, she's demanding.  But thats her baseline irl as well.  We can be sitting there, and she says "get me my book".  Then she waits until I am sitting down again and she asks to get some cookies out of the drawer.  No please and thank-you's.  

And maybe it irritates even more because she was that mom who forced us to say the please and thank-you's, to always be polite and ask. And now she doesn't.  

So I endure the texts,  and with a semi smile, do what needs doing. 

But when I send a text, its full sentences and good punctuation.  Because commas and exclamation points can change the whole meaning of a text!