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Looking For Trouble: The Day I Hurt Myself By Snooping on My Man…
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I consider myself a pretty secure person in relationships–I’m sure that’s how all crazy, non-secure lunatics start off a conversation on jealousy–I hide my insecurities well. I’ve always been very proud of the fact that I’ve never rifled through a partner’s pockets, phone, mail and/or other property. But the other day, I became one of those chicks who does. As I played Angry Birds on my boyfriend’s out-of-commission cell phone, I couldn’t help but wonder, what’s stored in here?
I wasn’t snooping in my mind, because he’d been very aware that I had his phone. I was just curious. Curious about what you ask? I’m still not too sure, but as I closed out of Angry Birds and scrolled over to the messages icon. The sane, non-jealous, secure, composed girl lost the battle and a green-eyed monster slithered out and took over. There I sat in his company, about to go there, unsure of what I was looking for.
So when the first thing I saw was an adoring text message from a girl or woman with a silly name, I couldn’t contain myself. There they were in black and white; a slew of text messages from the same woman! Another woman, addressing my boyfriend with the same terms of endearment I do. My heart sank as I read the messages. I don’t know how to react in these situations, as I’ve heard the stories a couple of times from different girlfriends about the moment you find some ish and the immediate reaction after. But everything I had heard before just didn’t compare to this in my twisted mind, because to me, this was worse since it was happening to me. I wanted to throw the cellphone at his smiling, unaware face, but I couldn’t and I had no grounds to. The messages were two years old!
Yes, you read that right. After the third scan over the messages and remaining completely calm or what I thought was calm in front of my boyfriend, the monster composed herself long enough to read the whole message; including the send and receive dates. However, this isn’t about the relief this revelation gave me, instead it’s about the pangs of jealousy that I, the supposed non-jealous, supposedly sane girl, still felt after finding out there was no reason to be mad.
Who was/is this girl? Did he really care about someone else besides myself ever in his life?! Believe me, I know how absurd and irrational this all sounds, but it’s all true. Once I opened Pandora’s Box, in my mind, all hell started to break loose. Surely I’d been in relationships before, I felt strongly once about another and thought I was in love before we were together, and that was fine because it’s in the past. Then why was it hard to deal with what I was reading? I wasn’t on the brink of tears, but I must admit it stung a bit. Then it dawned on me: THIS is why I don’t do this! By snooping, I’m only looking to smack myself really hard and create insecurities that aren’t necessary. That’s always been my belief and my step over to the dark side was confirmation of that. So a word of caution to you, ladies: I’m not saying don’t look for things that you don’t want to find, but then again, that’s exactly what I’m saying.
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angry birds, drama, emotional reaction, insecurities, jealousy, love, phone, relationship, secure, snooping, spyingIntuition or Evidence: 6 Signs He Has A Chick On The Side
Every day, women are plagued with thoughts of uncertainty with regard to their partner’s fidelity. Even the most secure women have times of vulnerability. We’re taught to trust our instincts but that lesson is challenged by forced logic, as we control our natural impulses in an effort to save face. No one wants to deal with being cheated on, but if the signs are there, maybe it’s time we wake up and smell the coffee. Don’t ignore these small but pretty clear signs.
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Microsoft may be attempting to help people avoid “certain” neighborhoods with their “Avoid Ghetto” GPS app, but they need to concentrate on a short route to avoid the backlash that is coming with this new product. And yes, the name really is, “Avoid Ghetto.”
Already people are having a WTF moment at the sheer irresponsibility of the name for the patent which is currently in development. Now, Microsoft is trying to backtrack and explain itself out of this ghetto mess:
“As a pedestrian travels, various difficulties can be encountered, such as traveling through an unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures,” Microsoft states in their patent claims. “A route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian. Moreover, the route can alter as a situation of a user changes; for instance, if a user wants to add a stop along a route.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if Microsoft has already come up with a “find the poor minority neighborhoods” app or a “hood tracking” device so they can identify these unsafe areas. I want to say the company had good intentions initially but I can’t even give them that. They should have known this was not going to fly.
Would you use an app to help you avoid the ghetto?
Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.
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Get Ready For It: Verizon Will Now Charge You to Pay Your Bill
Verizon apparently missed the memo that consumers don’t like to pay to access options that are rightfully theirs–like paying a bill. Remember how quickly Bank of America backtracked with the $5 monthly fee they were going to charge people to access their own money? But if the phone company is looking at things from an airline perspective, they might assume that sure, consumers will put up a fuss initially, but at the end of the day what other choice do they have?
Starting Jan. 15, Verizon will charge customers at $2 fee if they pay their bill with a credit card online or over the phone. Most companies I’ve had personal experience with charge to pay a bill over the phone–and typically more than $2–but those fees were standard policies from the beginning, not a sudden attempt to cover the ability to “continue to support these bill payment options” as Verizon explained it. And being charged to simply pay a bill online with a credit card is extremely rare.
A Verizon memo says it will offer customers free options before charging the fee. That includes snail mail, enrolling in Verizon’s AutoPay, allowing the company to keep a credit, debit or ATM card or bank account on file (their preferred method), electronic check, using your bank’s online bill pay, or paying at a Verizon kiosk.
It should be noted that Verizon Communications Inc., the landline phone company that owns most of Verizon Wireless, tried to impose a $3.50 fee for people who paid their bill for FiOS TV or Internet service month-to-month by credit card last year and backed out after complaints. I’m pretty sure this attempt will follow suit. With enough people struggling to just pay a bill, the last thing customers need are erroneous fees.
Does your phone company charge you fees if you pay your bill a certain way?
Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.
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10 Things You Probably Shouldn’t Text
Oh, the beauty of the text message. Suddenly those really awkward moments are made much less uncomfortable because not only do you not have to have tense talks in person with people, you now don’t even have to actually “say” what’s on your mind. The convenience of text messaging has finally given an emoticon to those with poor body language and a dose of confidence to the socially awkward. Now, instead of looking like an absolute loner in social situations you can look busy texting or surfing the net because you really are too cool to carry on conversations in person. But seriously, whether you have the fastest moving thumbs you know or not, communicating the following things via text message just won’t do:
Phone Etiquette Gone Bad
Communication is soooo important. So if you have a good back and forth phone relationship with your boo, good friends and family, then you should be proud and happy. Because there are too many people out here with phone plans who pick up the phone with nothing to say, offer two-word answers, text like 2 year olds, or fall asleep on the phone because they don’t want to be honest about the fact that they’re tired. You don’t have to be Six from “Blossom” talking a mile a minute, but at least be able to reciprocate the person on the end of your line. Take notes: these are a few things people do on the phone that they need to stop doing…
Things You Should Never Do Over Text Message
Let’s be real, at this point in most people’s lives (unless you’re old school), you’re probably doing way more texting than you are calling. That is unless you’re a telemarketer, because you need to stop calling! Scratch the sweet birthday calls, the congratulations and more, you’re going to get any and all information these days from folks outside of your job and the folks you pay/owe bills to by text. But there are some things that just can’t be done through text message–it would be tacky.
Our friends over at HelloBeautiful compiled a list of the unforgivable text follies that you should not be making unless you’re a high school student. Stop hiding behind technology to avoid confrontation boo, pick up the phone and dial somebody! To see the whole list, click over to Hellobeautiful.com.
Tobacco, Phone Stocks Climb
(Wall Street Journal) – U.S. stocks edged up, boosted by tobacco companies after the Supreme Court declined to review a landmark tobacco-industry ruling as well as by telecommunications stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 14 points, or 0.1%, to 10157. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3% to 2229. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index rose 0.3% to 1080, with tobacco companies leading the consumer staples sector higher. Reynolds American gained 4.2%, Altria Group rose 3.2% andLorillard gained 2.7% after the high court refused to revisit a case that found the tobacco industry violated federal racketeering laws by engaging in a decades-long scheme to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking.
Tobacco, Phone Stocks Climb
(Wall Street Journal) – U.S. stocks edged up, boosted by tobacco companies after the Supreme Court declined to review a landmark tobacco-industry ruling as well as by telecommunications stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 14 points, or 0.1%, to 10157. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3% to 2229. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index rose 0.3% to 1080, with tobacco companies leading the consumer staples sector higher. Reynolds American gained 4.2%, Altria Group rose 3.2% andLorillard gained 2.7% after the high court refused to revisit a case that found the tobacco industry violated federal racketeering laws by engaging in a decades-long scheme to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking.
Bandwidth.com Takes On Google Voice
Bandwidth.com is about to unveil Phonebooth Free for small businesses. The cloud-based phone service will offer 200 free minutes per month of inbound calling and call-routing features, including auto-attendant and multi-user support. The free service will offer businesses local-number availability, extension routing from a single number that can direct calls to multiple people at any number they prefer, and voicemail with text transcription delivered via e-mail.
