Serious question: Are late night phone calls still a thing? Do people who like each other still talk to each other on the phone? Does that still happen...?
Something so real about phone conversations. Especially "late night" ones. They aren't always at the late hours of night time, sometimes they start before midnight and just trickle into the late hours. They're so pure. Different from texting. Full on conversations about just anything, with the silences that start off awkward, but over time they become pleasant...see with texting, you could comment about one thing, but the other person could reply within the second, or within 2 hours if they'd like. And there's not much you can do about it, just have to wait. And what's real about that? A conversation is receiving immediate responses. Exchanging of words and thoughts, one after another. You don't get that with texting. Because majority of the time, no one has the time to sit there and text out hella shit. Texting is for the irrelevant, quick, and easy talks. "What are you doing?"...."Where are you?"...."I'm bored" type of shit.
I always thought that talking to someone during the late hours of the night, is quite possibly one of the best ways to get to know and connect with someone. I feel like those are the times when our thoughts are in full motion, and are the purest. Because when you're sitting around at night, there's not much activity going on in the outside world. Nothing to distract you. So you can just reflect, and it's great. To be able to share that time with another person, and reflect with them is so great. I feel it's when the greatest conversations happen. It's like you're sort of drugged up, but everything is real and you're completely sober. You ever stay up till 3 or 4 in the morning, and start to feel a little bit loopy? Or even when you start to feel tired, but you stay up anyways.
There are many times where I've neglected sleep for these great conversations. Whether it be through aim, Facebook chat, or a phone call. Gosh I sort of miss aim. Facebook chat or whatever kids use these days, just aren't the same!
Oh, late night phone calls...
I really wonder if they still happen. Something I really loved. And I think it's a nice bonding experience with your significant other. Especially since now a days, no one likes picking up a phone to talk to people as much as before. In a relationship, when you two are apart you don't have time to really talk to each other. Especially not through text. We're too busy with our every day life that throughout the day, only a couple text messages can be exchanged. And they just aren't that meaningful. Each text message is either a reminder of something, an update about ones day/whereabouts, a random thought...and so on. The list can really go on. But with such few exchanges of words, the text is not as meaningful when we're too busy.
I miss late night phone calls. For the purity of it. I miss the realness of conversation. Hearing the sound of the other person breathing when neither of you have a thing to say. Hearing the sound of the background their in, the rustling. Sharing real time thoughts, and opinions as they pop into their mind. Not that wait 2 hours for them to respond crap. I miss the sound of a voice of the phone. Why do voices sound so cool over the phone?
A text scenario:
I can tell you good morning as I wake up, let you know I'm going to get ready for work, then tell you I'm going to work now. Before heading into work I send you an "I love you, have a great day" text before my busy 8 hour shift. Perhaps I'll sneak a text in between my shift to say how work is boring, or hectic. Once lunch hit ill have another chance to let you know I'm on lunch now. If you're not working perhaps I'd give you a call. But if you are, then you're too busy to respond to me. So we leave it at "I'm on lunch now" and maybe a random thought. We don't catch each other available at the same time. When you're ale to go on you're phone, I'm away from it, and vice versa. Then once I'm off. You may be at work still or busy. By the end of the day, we haven't said much to each other. You're off of work and you're tired, and so am I. We don't live together, so I wonder what you're doing, you're busy getting ready now for your next day of work. Then soon you hop into bed, I tell you I miss you. You tell me you miss me too, and it's time for bed. We exchange good nights, and kissy face emojis. I go to bed wondering how your day was. I wish I could tell you about mine. Work in the morning, there isn't much time to talk. We need our sleep. And tomorrow morning, as I wake up I tell you good morning...once again and it starts all over.
I miss late night phone calls. Texting can become robotic.
