Seriously, what’s the deal?
Okies, so I’ve got to say that I kind of hate talking on the phone. If it’s the right person and a good conversation I can talk for hours. And Skype is kind of worse. Why do I always look like a troll on Skype?! WHY
When I was in the midst of my online dating nightmares over the spring and summer, I downloaded Whatsapp. A guy asked if I had it, and I said no but I got it thinking it was a way of not having to give out my phone number to guys I didn’t want to.
I was wrong.
They NEED your actual phone number to find you. Which sucks. And also – why don’t you just text me instead of using the chat function since you already have my phone number. I hardly ever have my data on so if I’m not in a place where I’ve connected to WiFi, 95% of the time my data will be off and I won’t be able to get your messages anyways.
I have used it to video chat with friends in France. That was awesome! I miss them SOOO much. Both were au pairs here over the summer. One lives in France, the other in Spain, but they became best friends. So when they were having a holiday together they video called and it was so lovely. So that’s a good thing.
Also, calls to Jamaica over the last two months. One lady I work with is from there and she went home for a vacation. So her calling has also been a great use of this app.
I don’t even need it to text the USA. I do that all the time with no extra charges. And it’s also awesome because it means I can send an “OMG WHAT DO I DO” text to Hot Mess when I’m staying late at work and the parents of my kidlets are in a movie and I need some parenting advice. Or after putting the kids to sleep texting her and going “children are insane. Why am I doing this?” Thanks, Hot Mess, for keeping me sane.
I’ve never called her, but I do have free long distance within my minutes so again, not really needed but it could be useful for that.
But for online dating, when you’re in the same city? What’s the point?!
Okies rant over…
What a cool app. Don’t think I’ve ever heard of it. Can you call in the United States to another in USA? I’ll have to look it up
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Yeah its an internet call. So its not using the phone but the app. Just like Skype would. But your profile is connected to the phone number you register with.
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Lol agreed… That an ANY other communication app. Once we decide to stop talking on the dating app we should move to phones, not another app… In my opinion
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Its just more of the same otherwise. Some people can just be so annoying about it though haha
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Very true. I just don’t get it, it’s just as easy to block someone in your phone as it is in an app
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As I learned after I stopped talking to that one guy haha
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Haha I have yet to block anyone on my phone, I guess I’m kinda of a glutton for punishment
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Something like 12 missed calls/voicemails plus about the same ignored text messages in 12 hours means he gets blocked lol he’s the only one I’ve ever blocked though.
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Geez! I will never understand that either, chasing after someone and turning against them when you get shut down. It’s almost more of an entitlement thing than anything else
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The thing is, he’s the one who ended things with me totally out of the blue and then was like “do you have anything to say?” And I was crushed. I really liked him. And then he was angry because I didn’t want to talk to him anymore and he was “disappointed” in me “abandoning” him and thats when he went insane.
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Oh wow, I think that still would fall into the “entitlement” category
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Lol as well as the “guys suck” category
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Oh, my favorite one lol
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LOL! It takes a lot to get transfered into that category.
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I’m sure I’ve been there a time or two
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Then you should apologise to those people 😛
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Haha I didn’t say that I deserved to be in that category… But yea, I’m pretty good at apologizing
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Lol if you didnt deserve it then why would you be on the list?
And thats a good quality to have haha
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The same reason that that guy probably placed you on his “girls suck” list haha doesn’t mean that you deserve to be on there, but people have a weird way of thinking
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Aaahh fair enough. Although after he flipped out of me, I *might* have said a few things in not a nice way….
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Lol well that could help… Er, hurt*, depending on how you look at it
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Lol very true
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hello ? whatsapp is great for people who don’t have wifi. Only people who have your number can talk to you , which makes it safe.
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But you need wifi or a data connection to use WhatsApp. When I wrote this, I was against using the app for online dating purposes. If I’m not comfortable telling them my number yet to text off a site, it doesn’t help to ask to use WhatsApp because I then I have to give them my number anyways. I love using it for other friends and other conversations though
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yes but when you come from a country where data and wifi are expensive then whatsapp is your best shot. It costs next to nothing when it comes to data.
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