Is “no news is good news” an out-dated thing to say, with all of today’s technology?
December 24th, 2008
Linz ? VT asked:
I probably get or send a text to my fiance every two hours, all day long. How odd it would be to go back to the days of not speaking with your spouse from the time you leave them in the morning until they arrive home from work at night.
I really think this has to do with my generation. I guess we are just used to being in constant contact with the world. I feel very weird when I don’t have my phone with me, or if I’m on a computer that doesn’t have internet access.
I probably get or send a text to my fiance every two hours, all day long. How odd it would be to go back to the days of not speaking with your spouse from the time you leave them in the morning until they arrive home from work at night.
I really think this has to do with my generation. I guess we are just used to being in constant contact with the world. I feel very weird when I don’t have my phone with me, or if I’m on a computer that doesn’t have internet access.
We don’t talk about anything important. Sometimes its just a quick text to say “love ya”.
I personally have embraced text messaging because I **** talking on the phone.
December 24th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Sounds a lot better to me, i like the sound of the olden days
December 26th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Some people live that way, so it’s not odd to them. I think it would be a good thing.. you’d have more to say when you got together at night. Like the family dinner table thing.. talk about the day.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
My daughter is married to a man in the Army, and they don’t always get to talk. They get to communicate through e-mail, and chat most days, but there are times when they don’t get to talk at all because of communication problems, weather, he’s off on maneuvers, etc. She has to keep a positive mind and think that “no news is good news”, because when you’re in the military anything can happen.
December 31st, 2008 at 9:21 am
I would LOVE to go back to that! lol
January 1st, 2009 at 5:36 am
with technology the way it is, “no news” usually means “withheld news.” the scariest days of war are the ones where the top story on the news is some celebrity’s drunken romp through malibu.
January 3rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
you seriously need to let go of your electronic leash!
every two hours is pretty often enough? are you saying anything really important? Is it just a contest to see who forgets to text first? Are you texting in front of people to show off that you have a relationship?
You’re going to get to a point that you have said everything… nothing is new… for some this spells the end of the relationship… for others… they learn to grasp the joy of silience…
January 5th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
No news is great news. Sometimes I turn off my phone for days just so I can pretend that no one is calling me, this labor day weekend was one of those times. I spent the entire weekend venturing no further than my bathroom and kitchen.
If I receive more than four or five phone calls in the same day, I hit a saturation point and turn off my phone.
Friends and family used to get frantic at times, now they know to expect it.
I don’t do text messaging or instant messaging.
By the way - it was my ex girlfriend who turned me into a phonophobe. She would call about ten times per day, and every evening that I was away (we lived in different cities), she would call and talk at me for an hour, sometimes two. That’s why she is an ex.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
why would you feel the need to get a text or send a message throughout the day. That would be annoying to me. It is your generation I guess. My daughter does the same thing. I don’t have the need to speak to someone unless I have a serious question to ask. If it’s not important, than I’d rather speak to them face to face. And the quote “no news is good news” is not being used correctly. That was meant for people who are expecting some sort of decision, usually financial or employment decisions. If no news was heard that means you still had a chance. It is still being determined. If you heard from them right away it meant just that, you didnt get any good news.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:46 am
I agree with the second answer, and some people go by that saying.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:42 am
The older I get the more the old sayings make sense. “a penny saved is a penny earned”……”if you have your health you have everything”……I could go on and on but you “get the picture.”