Group Chats

It's like everyone woke up one morning and decided one on one texting wasn't necessary anymore... let's make a group chat instead.

(maybe we all secretly missed the days of AOL chatrooms) 

I don't know when, how are why it started... I just know that I'm involved in one too many. Me & the rest of the world. It can become quite overwhelming (I have a few on mute) and usually the conversations hold nothing of substance. A whole lot of ranting, photo sharing & plans that never actually happen.

Group chats (along with most social media platforms) give you the false sense of true bond. You practically chat with these people on a daily basis... but the question was brought up to me the other day which made me pause for a bit...

"Would you talk to everyone involved in the group chat, if it weren't for the chat"...

for some of my chats, the honest answer would be, NO...

and at the moment, I blew my own mind. I'm entertaining a whole lot of people that I wouldn't naturally do so. How honest & healthy is that to my day to day life. For a second I wanted to exit every chat (obviously I didn't, I might miss out on a good meme)...

What it did was make me realize that some friendships these days are falsely held together by group chats & internet likes. Some "friendships" have absolutely no substance. I have some friends that I don't remember the last time I "private message" them outside of the chat. Then I have other friends that I one on one text often (not necessarily daily) and they are more aware of what's happening in my life than any group chat, you know like people use to do, back in the day. (I even have friends that I facetime & call ::gasp:: how ancient of me)...

So why am I even talking to some of y'all??

It left me wondering & asking you the question... if you left all your group chats right now... who would you still text?

xoxo
signs the girl figuring out who matters.