Brevity being the soul of wit…
Over the last two decades, about twice a week, I have sent two sets of text messages to my wife, Sharmila. They have been invariably: “Boarded plane” and “Landed”.
With that one exception two years back when I was so frustrated with my flight delays that I had vented “Emplaned” and “Deplaned”. But otherwise, I have stuck to typing those few words consistently.
My wife, on the other hand, no doubt driven by the realization of the futility of spending more time conversing with me has had an interesting progression in the length of her responses. If progression was the word I was looking for. I reckon regression might have been more apt.
From full sentences of late 90s to this morning’s response, you can see … whatever “gression” it is.
…
Safe flight. Text me when you reach. Love you.
Safe flight. Love you.
Safe flight.
Great.
Gr8.
Ok.
kk.
K.
👍
…
It is like I have gone from “Max 80 characters in SMS” to “No more letters for you” faster than my flights could decide how late they wanted to be!!
🙂 🙂
she used to respond with “K”. I think we learnt this from my daughters…
It is a kind of “go green” for technology
Oh! I am going green with her technology, all right! 🙂
Rajib Roy i learnt from my sons
Ha ha the “emplaned” and “deplaned” bit cracked me up, can empathize! Also the thumbs up emoji is a stronger expression of love support and camaraderie than any words could express.
You think I should be happy that the digit chosen was the thumb? 🙂
Certainly!
Behenji, Stomachache nahi hoyega to kya stomach do hoyega? 🙂
And lastly – “ok Boomer” shunbey…
I remember our grandparents exchanging letters. Just not these letters.
Lol
The ultimate goal is telepathy. My wife never responds. The dinner is ready when i enter the home.
A brave impressing the necessity of brevity
Sharmila gave up on you. You could have tried a little harder