I Hate the Blackberry Phone!

I do, I do, I do, I do...I hate the Blackberry. I hate how it has infiltrated my family life and has an invisible, non-spoken rank. If we're watching TV - it rings, he answers. If we're talking - it rings, he answers. If we're eating dinner - it rings, he answers. I've seen him sprint up the basement stairs like an Olympian or jump down a flight in order to get the phone before it stops ringing. And I despise how we'll be sitting together and he'll be texting someone or playing poker (he doesn't really play that much anymore, I think.) He even deals with it while we're in the car. You may be thinking that I'm just jealous of his phone or that he has so many peeps to talk to, but really...I'm jealous of the relationship he has with this phone...the fact that it seems to be more important than what I'm saying at the time or that we're eating dinner or watching a program. I TOTALLY get why people call them "Crackberries" b/c people who have these, they seriously look at these phones in awe and are addicted to punching the teeny, tiny Polly Pocket buttons. There are even commercials devoted to how people "can't keep their hands off of them." I love my husband, really I do...he's the light of my life. I'd take a bullet for him. But I really could gag when he asks me "isn't this phone slick!? Doesn't it look better without the blue rubber cover!?" *gag* Uh, yea hon...it's super cool! Can I hold it? *imagining me taking the phone and throwing it out the car window*


In fact, while I'm on a soapbox, does it bother anyone else when people have those earbuds on (the ones that look like a huge blue beetle has attached itself and is sucking their brain through the ear. These do NOT look cool, people!) in the store...and they'll end up RIGHT beside you just as they say something? It seems like they are talking to you, so you abruptly stop and say "Oh, excuse me?" only to find they have that darned phone in their ear and weren't talking to you at all. And not only are they being the goofy one, they give YOU a look like "I wasn't talking to you." Nice. *shaking my head*

There's no major point to this post, just a major vent. If you own a Blackberry (or other name brand interactive phone)...get your head out of your phone and be more aware of the PEOPLE in your immediate area.