to think generic "happy new year " texts are a waste of money

[OpheliaPain]

dont send me any please

Hey, I'm even more miserable than that, I turn my phone off (landline that is, don't have mobile)

oh very good
its like doging the randy guest at a new years eve party at midnght

ah you will be gutted if you don't get any now!

i wont.
i hope

grr

Personally i can't be bothered to let my friends know I'm thinking of them at special times of the year. They're not that important. I could add you to my "friends" list so I can ignore you too if you like.[fwink}

the thing is its like xmas cards
if that is all the relarionship is
a bog standard "copy to eveyrone" text. then sheesh

I do think it is appallingly sad to send New Year greetings to everyone on your contact list - we saw 2009 in with someone who was totally occupied doing this for at least 10 minutes. Thus actually missing the fireworks and RL festivities that were going on and which he'd been really keen that we saw.

But I don't see what is wrong with selectively wishing your bestest friends and loved ones a Happy New Year and (sad old boiler that I am) I love the messages I get from sons and stepchildren. None of which are sent as part of some sort of mass circulation exercise.

OP - phone number please.

I have something like 500 texts a month (and 'm on the cheapest contacrt I could find, it's a bonus extra cos I signed up online). I never use this many, so no text I send is a waste of money because I don't pay anything for it.

couldn't agree more

it's the same with taking pictures.
i know people who experience whole events looking at the screen of a camera for the sake of 'capturing the day'.

one or two pics to sum it up is enough imo.

i mean whaddaya do with all those photos anyway?

I got one earlier, stupid 'send to nine friends for luck' crappola. or whatever the NYE equivalent is.

I have a friend who from time to time sends me those 'send to 9 friends including me if you care' messages. Absolute rubbish.

My phone contract gives me more texts than I'd ever send. But I don't use this as an excuse to send crap, generic greetings to everyone on the contacts list.

As for this constant snapping, it drives me mad! Live the moment, I say, don't capture it (badly) in two dimensions through a screen.

Oh I love NYE texts as it means someone's thinking of you (and number of texts equals number of friends ) but YANBU I delete generic ones straight away, totally crappy and unthoughtout (I guess that's not a word but you get the gist).

i hate those kind of texts

i have got

2009 is nearly over so pass on a to anyone who made you this year. It may suprise you how many you get back. Thank you for making me

shame there isnt a sick face maybe will do instead

i havent passed it on,but have had it prob 25 times over last 2 days

but i do get a very good deal with my contract and never go over my texts so i do send a nice ny one to my close friends who i amnot spending ny with

OK IT GETS WORSE
i got a fuckign nye text POEM

Chain messages drive me nuts, and there are always loads this time of year. Luckily I've ranted about it enough that I didn't get any this year!

one of my friends texted that she loved me, i was all touched, then I realised it was one she had sent to everyone!!

OP, DH got a nye chain text poem too. So insincere!

sorry op but that is rather funny!

How does someone know it's going to be a Happy New Year anyway? It may be a crap year.

yanbu - it is sad how many people invest time, money and emotional energy into the sending and receiving of such trivia. It's like measuring your popularity by number of FB "friends"