And the faces of our friends laugh upon us with amazed recognition."

All wholesome misunderstandings will have their day in the sun, thank Goodness!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#42882726)

My first relationship happened at the turn of the 21st century, and I remember frequently using payphones at the mall and/or promenade type places to arrange pick up times with our parents.

And I also distinctly remember feeling reluctant to get a cellphone, even when my parents, my sisters, and my girlfriend's sisters all wanted me to have one.

My junior high girlfriend and I knew that something valuable was being lost - living in a reality unmediated by screens - and held out as long as we could. (She's a Mediterranean Catholicmo - coincidence? I don't think so. All heart.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#42882731)

entire intact, white nuclear family together: "Johnson family! Leave a message!"

*lib shudders*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#43194579)

I don't think I've checked a voicemail in years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#42970818)

*checks work voicemail at 6 am Monday*

"You have ... 24 ... new voicemails."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#49375859)

*sighs*

*hits 'repeat voicemail' button*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#49376404)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#49376428)

Gorgeous noblesse oblige on your part, which I had a feeling about given your sense of humor, unironically :-)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#49376435)

How do you say good night to an answering machine?

How do you say I'm lonely to an answering machine?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4891133&forum_id=2#49706880)