It’s funny thing. Every year more and more of your friends who used to call to wish you a happy birthday now send a birthday text. Now that texting has taken the place of phone calls, it’s interesting to see which of your friends still care enough to take 5 minutes out of their day to call to send you birthday wishes, and which ones resort to “Happy Bday ol Pal” via text. One thing’s for sure. The method they use has become very telling of your relationship status with them. 

The following is a break down of the form of communication by which a birthday wish is sent and what it means:

Remember this chart the next time facebook reminds you it is your friends birthday and send your wishes accordingly.

“Pleae leave a voice mail and I’ll call you back.”

HAHAA! Yeah right. No one leaves voice mails anymore, who’s got time for that? Fact: People check their texts before they check their voice mails. Text messages cut the line in front of everything else and will be viewed long before anyone has time to listen to a 2 minute voice message.

I’ve heard personal away messages that say “if this is important send me a text.” I’ve encountered automated away messages saying that my voice mail will be translated into text and that I need to speak slow. Brilliant.

I’m too impatient to call my voice mail every time I miss a call and end up waiting until it is full before checking my messages. I’ve got emails, bbm’s, flirtexts, twitter updates, and facebook status changes all coming into the same inbox on my phone. So when I have time I’ll check my voice mail, but it will probably be after watching Gossip Girl. Priorities people…

Remember this next time you need to get in touch with someone and leave a voice mail. Chances are your message will be low on the priority list. Want a snappy response? Send a text.

Love hate marriage love hate marriage love hate marriage

Is it weird that I still play the “love hate marriage” game with the guys I date?

You girls remember that game don’t you? You spell out your name, next to the guy you like’s name, and begin saying “love hate marriage” while crossing out each letter of the names combined. By the time you reach the last letter, the word you land on (Love Hate or Marriage) is your fate with that person. It’s really quite a brilliant way to figure out your romantic destiny. Example:

DEBRA GOLDSTEIN + CHACE CRAWFORD = MARRIAGE!

Watch out Serena! Wouldn’t it be nice if it really were this easy? If we could just ask the magic 8 ball where our relationship is heading, then we wouldn’t have to worry so much because we already know. “8 ball 8 ball will I marry Chace Crawford?” Answer “Very doubtful”. UGH! Those things never work anyways!

Sex and the City was the closet thing to a relationship therapist we’ve ever had. In every episode one of the girls goes through something relatable that helped us through a similar situation. We were obsessed with the show for that reason, and felt that besides their insanely amazing wardrobes, the girls were pretty much just like us.

It’s been over a decade now since the show first aired, and recently while watching re-runs, we noticed quite a few things have become outdated. As two girls, living, flirtexting and shopping in NYC, we thought it’d be fun to compare the changes that have occurred since the Sex and the City era. Say goodbye to Sex and the City, and hello Text and the City!

Sex and the City Girls                                             Text and the City Girls

Judges men by their package	Judges men by their flirtexts
Gets asked out over the phone	Gets asked out over facebook
Has a home phone	Has two blackberries
Gets their news updates from the paper	Gets their news updates from Twitter
Worries an ex bf will gossip about them	Worries and ex bf will blog about them
Douchey way to break-up – Post it	Douchey way to break-up – Text message
Goes to brunch at Cafeteria	Goes to brunch at Extra Virgin
Bar for picking up hot guys – Bed	Bar for picking up hot guys – The Jane
Couples are intimiated by them because they are single	Couples welcome them because they are single
Place to go for cupcakes – Magnolia	Place to go for cupcakes – Billy’s
Best place to shop for shoes – Barneys	Best place to shop for shoes – Barneys (some things never change

PS. Email us any additions you might have and we’ll add them to this list!

Here’s the thing about titles. In the beginning they are more trouble then they’re worth. If you have been dating someone for a significant amount of time, and decide that you really like that person, then you will naturally become disinterested in dating other people. Fact. Around this same time your friends will probably start asking “Soooo are you boyfriend/girlfriend yet?”  It’s important not to let those people affect the pace of your relationship. If you begin to feel the pressure to have a title and push it on someone who isn’t ready, then trouble will ensue. When you let this happen you can throw off the natural progress of the way things are meant to be.

If you’re wondering where this pressure or need for a title comes from, it’s most likely that little guy, your ego, who needs validation, not you. Put the blame on him and then take back control of the reins. If everything is smooth sailing and the “talk” about titles hasn’t happened yet, try not to worry or stress about it too much and enjoy one another. After all that’s what it’s all about, right? It will happen naturally when it’s time. Plus, if you are talking to him every night and seeing him 4 nights a week, chances are you have nothing to worry about. So the next time your friends ask you if you’ve made it official yet, you tell them “title schmitle.” 

If you’re further unconvinced:

Diane Krueger and Joshua Jackson are adorable. Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins are great. What do both these couples have in-common? No titles.