Crossed Wires
Your biggest concern used to be whether your potential boy/girlfriend would embrace the Star Wars, Woody Allen or whatever geeky, obscure or embarrassingly mainstream obsession you have as much as you. But times have a-changed and you might want to check if you and your date have tech compatibility . If, for example, you are a phone call kinda guy and she’s a text maniac, things might not be smooth sailing on the communication front (which we hear is the crucial ‘relate’ part of relationships that many neglect). There’s even research to back up these claims, courtesy of this Washington Post article.
The piece also sheds light on connection choices and age. Daters over 40 prefer the old school method of contact: the telephone. The twenty-somethings are fluent and IM/text/Facebook as their first call in the dating game. Those in their 30s are apparently stuck in between. So some are extremely comfortable say, drunk dialing, but not so good with the Facebook first date request approach. We imagine (and know) that all of you have a huge number of Very Worst Dates to share. We look forward to hearing them!
“f, for example, you are a phone call kinda guy and she’s a text maniac, things might not be smooth sailing on the communication front (which we hear is the crucial ‘relate’ part of relationships that many neglect). ”
Of course a valid point, but with the simplest and most obvious thing in adult relationship, understanding each other’s differences, that is not an issue.
I am a text person whereas my SO is phone call guy and it has never been an issue because we have never made it one.
He understands that I don’t call that often, but send long text messages, and I understand that He prefers to call me and sends short text messages.