I'm in my late 30s, so I remember having no choice but to call my friends up on the phone to organize anything together. Absolutely hated it. Telephone calls are really not great ways to socialize and even then they (practically) only involve 2 people. But with messaging on my phone, we're able to have good discussions as a group that everyone can join in. We don't hang out in person as much because we're all old and that's just what happens when you get old. Not to mention some of us no longer live in the same town (like me). A smartphone had dramatically increased my satisfaction with my social life.
I'm in my late 30s, so I remember having no choice but to call my friends up on the phone to organize anything together. Absolutely hated it. Telephone calls are really not great ways to socialize and even then they (practically) only involve 2 people. But with messaging on my phone, we're able to have good discussions as a group that everyone can join in. We don't hang out in person as much because we're all old and that's just what happens when you get old. Not to mention some of us no longer live in the same town (like me). A smartphone had dramatically increased my satisfaction with my social life.
It's fucking lame that being in your 30's is considered "old" and time to stop having any friends or doing anything.
Well true, I usually just call myself "old" here. because by the demographics of the site I'm well on the old end.