I'd like to deviate from my normal date idea submissions and touch upon something interesting that emerged in my most recent travels -- hence why I haven't blogged since the weekend. I've been on the west coast 3x since the New Years and my most recent trip this week was quite insightful as I sat for dinner with 3 ladies in their twenties: one married, one in a serious relationship and one who's enjoying life as a single as she approaches the three O. Obviously we discussed dating in the new millenium, and it finally occured to me that dating has devolved to text messaging.

Everyone has a cellphone, an IM handle and email adddress, and we've become inreasingly reliant on these communication mechanisms that it's now used for virtual flirting and the ever devastating break up. Miss encroaching on three O stated her frustation with men text messaging her as a form of flirting, especially when "can't w8 2 cu 2nite " pops up on her cellphone. Has technology become our adult security blanket? Do we overanalyze the IMs, text messages and emails from that someone? Sure technology allows us to hedge on expressing our true feelings, but I think woman would really appreciate a simple call over "BCNU" (be seein' you). I think romance is about real communication -- talking and interacting.