Over the last few months, it's become abundantly clear to me that when it comes to texting with my actual fingers and thumbs — I am flat out lazy. When I'm not turning to voice notes, I've started using talk to text. It's not that I can't type. It's just that I don't want to.
To be fair, typing was already compromised. I have long nails, which means every message I send looks like I typed it during a mild emergency. Extra letters. Missed letters. Words that don't fully make sense but feel correct in spirit. So talk to text was kind of inevitable.
The only problem is that talk to text is also… not good. It misspells people's names constantly. It inserts words I absolutely did not say. It takes a normal, straightforward sentence and turns it into something slightly unhinged. And yet, I keep using it.
But still, I like it. Like the men I've chosen to date recently — it's imperfect, maybe even slightly shitty, but I still keep coming back to it. (One of these things is healthier than the other.)
And even if it's not exactly what I said, it's either close enough, or so far off that I'm going to laugh about it. A win either way.
Double Dog Dare You: This weekend, send a message using talk to text and don't edit it at all. I promise, you'll probably laugh.
