<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Why Phone Calls Are Still Important in a World of Texts</strong></h1>
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<p>I absolutely agree with anyone who believes technology has ruined the traditional lines of communication. With social media, the advent of text messaging, email, and <a href="https://www.loveawake.com/free-online-dating/Spain-dating-service.html?page=15">online chatting</a>, things like hand-written letters and regular phone calls seem to be archaic.</p>
<p>As a result, all of us have developed our own form of communication etiquette. I know of BlackBerry users who treat their BBM like its some sort of key to their heart and will make a person work for their pin number. <a href="https://www.loveawake.com/free-online-dating/Sweden-dating-service.html?gender=female&page=4">There was a girl I once dated</a> who chatted online during the day and knew I did the same, but when we decided to open up the flood gates and chat with each other, we thought it a pretty big deal, for whatever reason.</p>
<h2><strong>The Rise of the Phone Call as a Romantic Gesture</strong></h2>
<p>But the form of communication I have noticed is becoming prized and put on a pedestal higher than the others is the classic phone call. Maybe it’s just the women I’m talking to these days, but from what I’m seeing, it’s like phone calls are the new flowers. Give a girl a call, all of a sudden we know how to treat a lady.</p>
<p>Phone calls, unlike texts, bring a personal touch that many cherish, especially in early dating stages. If you want to learn more about communication etiquette in dating, check out this <a href="https://blog.loveawake.com/2019/06/25/texting-etiquette-donts-and-dos-of-text-messaging/">texting etiquette guide</a> that highlights how different forms of communication work.</p>
<h2><strong>Changing Times and Dating Habits</strong></h2>
<p>I would love to take it back to the days of middle school and high school when I actually had some time to have a 45-minute or so conversation about everything under the sun. I’m a big talker (as anyone can guess) so the phone suits me just fine, but I have to be honest, the phone call just isn’t what it used to be and that’s not a personal thing, it’s a technology thing.</p>
<p>Back then, phone conversations were almost dates themselves because of restrictions on going out. These days, with more freedom and options, spending time face to face takes priority over lengthy phone calls. If you want to understand how to balance phone use and dating, this article on <a href="https://blog.loveawake.com/2020/07/27/mobile-phone-etiquette-while-dating/">mobile phone etiquette while dating</a> is insightful.</p>
<h2><strong>When Phone Calls Become Fashionable</strong></h2>
<p>At what point did a phone call go from functional to fashionable? Why can’t I reserve the phone for times when the conversation has a beginning, middle, and end. If I ask a girl out on a date or if I’m trying to make plans with her, of course I’m choosing to call over text messaging my invitation, but if I have no plans to make I have no call to make.</p>
<p>The notion that just because I don’t call, I don’t care and just because I do call, I do care is ridiculous. Using the phone call as a "coupon" for time without moving to in-person meetings can hurt attraction. For guidance on balancing phone, text, and email, see <a href="https://blog.loveawake.com/2019/08/28/importance-in-communication-in-relationships-how-to-use-email-phone-and-text/">how to use email, phone, and text</a>.</p>
<h2><strong>Prioritizing Face-to-Face Connection</strong></h2>
<p>These days, the reason I prefer a person who is close is because I feel like the time spent on the phone can be time spent in person. I mean, hasn’t the face to face encounter been around longer than the phone call? Talk about a lost art.</p>
<p>The phone call, like many other things, needs to be explained in the very beginning of courtship in order to be honored. If we’re the type of people who appreciate phone calls over text messaging and emails, we need to make it clear to whoever <a href="https://www.loveawake.com/free-online-dating/United-States-dating-service.html?gender=female&page=161">we’re dating</a> so that way they know what’s acceptable.</p>
<p>If I liked a girl and she said she would much prefer I call her, I’m going to call her. But if she doesn’t express this in the beginning and I’m sending 15 or so text messages to every one phone call, and she uses that to gauge how I feel, she should absolutely move on to the next guy.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, I’ll just put it on record now and say I don’t want to date a girl who has time to talk for an hour or so anytime between the hours of 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. And if she does have that time, she needs to elect to spend it with me in person. I’m perfectly fine with stopping whatever I’m doing not to go back and forth on text messaging, not to sit on my couch and talk about things like my years growing up playing little league, but to actually get off my couch and see someone face to face. If we don’t have time to do that we probably don’t have time to talk on the phone.</p>
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