Friends Don’t Let Friends Drink And Text

By Breann Robinson

drunk-textingAlmost 50 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 24 consider texting to be just as meaningful as a phone conversation, according to Text Request. But are drunk texts meaningful, too?

Mallory McCarty said she has sent a few too many drunk texts, which she often doesn’t remember until the next day.

“Sometimes it can be pretty embarrassing,” McCarty said. “It’s funny, and I like to tell other people about it, so it’s not as embarrassing, but I always wake up and ask myself, ‘What was I thinking?'”

McCarty said she tries her best to prevent her friends from making the mistake of drunk texting and would even slap a phone out of her friends’ hands to keep them from sending an embarrassing text message.

Sidney Mills said she has made the mistake of drunk texting her boyfriend after a night out.

“I got irritated that he wouldn’t answer my phone calls, so I texted him ‘Watch me call you until your phone dies,'” she recalled. “I’m not sure what I was thinking. I probably called him 20 times that night.”

Smartphone apps, such as Drunk Mode and Stop Drunk Texting, can help prevent the regret and embarrassment after a night of drunken phone usage.

But what’s the fun in that?

Watch the video to hear some party lovers talk about the drunk texts they have sent.

Editor’s note: Mallory McCarty is the sister of The Hub@TTU staff member Maddy McCarty.

 

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