communication hasn't killed love, but delivered a deadly blow

love is old fashioned. not the feeling itself, i mean, but everything else around it. a long time ago, there was no way of keeping in touch everytime, everywhere - therefore, people had to put more trust into a relationship. lovers phoned each other now and then, when they could find a public booth. everyday they checked their mail boxes for a special letter (yes, a letter; you know, a piece of paper sent by mail), which was carefully kept in that very special place. now people think that keeping short messages (sms) are special, when they're just silly - i mean, do we really want to keep in a cell phone a 180 character text written in the lousiest of the ways? is that special? please. now people are in touch every day and night by instant messaging. now people are always calling each other, and making one hell of a fuss when one doesn't ring back, when one doesn't reply to that message all at once (i was taking a crap, for fuck's sake!). mind you, i'm exactly like this. and i hate myself for it. yet changing the world is beyond me. i know i'm quite conservative and sometimes, somewhat old fashioned. but i really think that there are things that should never be lost - for the sake of our sanity.