My mother-in-law is the only one, who insists on calling just to chat.
The rest of the world is well-mannered. They text me, or send messages on social media. I love the choice to reply at my convenience. Who likes huffing and puffing out of the bath, wrapping a gown around, to answer a call from MIL? Worse still, the pressure cooker in the kitchen insists on whistling, just when my boss calls.
But who can tell that to bosses and mothers-in-law?
And then, people have all those weird accents when they roll their R’s, convert A’s to O’s, pronounce ‘Sh’ as ‘S’, or R as L (velly good). I prefer reading. It saves me all the trouble of bridging cultural and accent barriers. I absorb the message faster while reading, because I am not distracted by all this, and body language.
Happiness is short-lived, as the tech-obsessed generation was quick to invent acronyms and emoticons. Now, I imagine my well-bred friend rolling on the floor laughing (ROFL), and wonder why does he have to do that. Have you guessed why they always write Hahaha, and not Ha ha ha? Who likes to hear laughter with breaks? Try it out.
Inspired by Teresa at
Creative Experiments and More 
Reading means no accents.. but some of them can be pretty 😉
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Oh shame, Reena. There is nothing worse than getting out of the bath to take a phone call and standing there wet and shivering.
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