I couldn't help myself, the previous post was too much fun to write, and brought back so many memories. So here's the anti-thesis of it!

6 Things We Did When We Had Unlimited SMSes

1. Texting all your friends letting them know of your new number

And that you had UNLIMITED MESSAGES OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. You are now one of the cool kids who could fire messages away. And you just cannot believe it when your friend can't text you all day like you wanted to. What do you mean, you can't send more than 16 messages per day?!?!?!!! You need to change your plan. Now.

2. Passing on chain messages

If you don't forward this to 7405986017834650784275806728 people, Rag Doll will appear and kill you in your sleep.

These were the worst. I did not appreciate getting suspicious whenever I was trying to fall asleep at night, or being worried that I wouldn't be kissed until I was an old hag. I was so close to dressing up as a rag doll and killing whoever sent me those messages. If you'd sent me these sort of messages before, there is a high chance this is why we never spoke again.

3. Sending silly broken messages

H
A
P
P
Y

B
I
R
T
H
D
A
Y

!!!!!!!

What?! You remember doing this too. Sometimes not by yourself, because you've got 2 other friends crowding around to discuss who's gonna send H, who's gonna follow up with A, and who's the last one to send P. Rinse and repeat for PY BIRTHDAY. We truly thought it was fun back then.

4. Wishing all your contacts Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Even if we don't talk for 364 days, that's fine. On that very special day, I will wish everyone in my contact list (and that includes you) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Because it is only between 25th December and 1st January that I realised I have too many unlimited SMSes that I could use just like that.

5. Saying goodnight about 99 times before you can finally sleep

Goodnight.
Sweet dreams.
I love you.
I love you too.
I love you more.
No I love you more.
Muacks.
Muacks back.
Goodnight.
Sweet dreams.
I love you.
I love you too. But ARE YOU DONE YET? I NEED MY SLEEP.

6. Text your buddies all the time

Because you could. And you'll never bust your bill. This is also the reason why we were constantly texting in class, even if your buddy was sitting just two tables away from you. Sorry not sorry to our teachers, cause better texting than talking in class, right?

Two kids not paying attention is better than causing other classmates to get distracted while they chat.

Looking back, I think having limited SMSes seemed to be more fun? Oh, the thrill that comes with being a reckless teenager. #livingontheedge #yolo :') We might have been stupid while dealing with limited messages, but it seems like we did sillier and more exasperating stuff when we had unlimited messages to spare, hahahah.

Hope you liked this too,

Labels: author: madeleine, lists, personal, reminiscence