don't try and text me your comments

Let me preface this story by reminding most of you that I am a generally tech-savvy kind of guy. I know about the newest gadgets and trends, and I can usually find my way around all-things electronic without any problems. One place where I've been left behind? Texting. Cell phones hit the mainstream (when almost everyone had one) about the time I was finishing college. By then, I didn't really have any friends, and I definitely didn't need text anyone on a regular basis to find the nearest party, or to say hello, or whatever, so I never really got that into it. Fast-forward to a few years later.

I was playing basketball the other day when one of the guys asked if I wanted to play on his intramural basketball team. I've played with this guy a lot, and we've gotten to know each other a little bit. I should mention that he's a few years younger than me (*ahem* almost 10).  I did want to play, although I don't know if it will work out because the games are probably all past my bedtime, so he handed me his iPhone so I could enter my number into his contact list. Then he said he would text me when he found out the schedule for this season.

Uh oh. I don't have text. What do I say?

Me: Um... I'm really old. I don't have text on my phone.

Him: Blank stare. Look on his face is a combination of confusion and anxiety. Umm...Ok...Umm...

Me: I guess a phone call would be out of the question? Perhaps you forgot, I just handed you my number approximately 1 second ago. Here, let me give you my email address. Just send it there.

Him: Looking relieved. Oh, ok. That will work.

Crisis averted. Next stop: male pattern baldness.