Instant Message is the smoking gun of DEATH in my friendships.

So... I cut myself off today, it's been hard, since I currently am more addicted than Britney is to bad taste. What is it you say, well from the title you can see... it is INSTANT MESSAGING. Whoever thought it was a good idea to give women (or by women... I mean me) a way of INSTANTLY contacting others when she is bored, wants attention, or other such things, was a very very bad man (actually a man couldn't have thought up instant message... no man wants to be contacted constantly... this v. bad plan was thought up by a woman) It starts off so slow... a hi here, a What's up there, and then all of a sudden I find myself posting long diatribes and theorys to friends who actually NEED to do work at their jobs... but love me enough to try and stick with me in the middle of conversations that not only NEVER should be had over IM, I am willing to bet probably NEVER should have been discussed ever (sidenote... sorry Scott, Ben, Leanne, Chrissie, James, and Jon Mark, you guys get super friends awards!... super super aside, most of these peeps are boys, boys have no problems using IM, because boys only say something when they have to or for funny's sake.... damn me and my chatty cathy ways)

IM is dangerous for a multitude of reasons, but for me... part of it is tone... you can't read tone in an IM and I am totally that chick that reads tone wrong...plus, again that whole constant talking thing... there really isn't much to say all day to anyone.... and yet... I tried.

It took an intervention to get me to quit IM...all 3 of my boys, sent me this message (paraphrased) If I talk to you anymore on this thing, I swear I am going to start hating you... this thing is killing our friendship more than any of your other eccentricities (I believe the actual phrase was overthought out girl panic moments) over the LAST 8 years, I don't even talk to my GIRLFRIEND this much.

Followed up by... Quoted-- "I say this with love... but shut the fuck up." (sorry ma, it was a quote)

When your closest friends are itching to kill you, it's time to quit. So I removed the IM hardware from my computer this morning... and I'm jonesing... for outside communications... for the chance to discuss stupid things like life, love and toast.... but they say the first days are the hardest, so hopefully I get by...
I have to before I actually IM my friends into oblivion...