The Drunk Text

 

 The drunk text is only one small step above the drunk dial. Both have a very high potential to end up incredibly embarrassing, inappropriate, and downright shameful when you read them back in the morning.

I'm fairly certain we have all been there. You go out with some friends, have a great time drinking the night away and suddenly, you get the urge. The urge to text. Not just to text something normal like "Hey, what's up?" to your buddy so you can invite them to meet up with you and your friends to join the fun. No, you decide to text someone that you probably shouldn't to tell them you're secretly in love with them, or you really want them in your bed, or whatever random and inappropriate thing your drunk self can think of. You don't even think about it and you just text away and embarrass yourself and keep on having your fun. Then the morning rolls around. The sun is shining, your brain starts to work through the haze and BAM!, your memory lets you know that you effed up and probably embarrassed yourself. So you take a look at your text messages and as you read them, you just start cringing and shake your head in shame.

Then comes the question of "do I text them and apologize and blame it all on the drunken state and hope that I haven't ruined the relationship or do I just pretend it didn't happen?" Often, even with an apology, things get awkward for at least a while- depending on what you said.

But what if you committed the even worse drunk crime of the drunk dial?? It's not like you get to go listen to the message you left or hear the conversation you had. Who knows what you could've said in that voice mail you left on your ex boyfriends phone or that cool girl/guy from school or work that you have a little crush on!

I am guilty of the drunk text far too often. It is a terrible, terrible habit I have. I really should delete numbers when I go drinking or just leave my phone at home. But I never actually follow through on doing that. Instead I drunk text away and have on multiple occasions realized I was being stupid and then just deleted the messages and numbers directly after the drunk text occurrence. Even my inebriated self knows how stupid I am and wants to save my sober self the shame of reading the texts in the morning. But that tends to be even more inconvenient because then I can't be sure of what was said or how much damage control I need to do.

I committed the drunk dial this weekend while in Vegas. Followed by the deleted texts, phone number, and unfriended Facebook account. Who knows what was said. Who knows if it is even worth trying to find a way to try to do damage control if necessary.

Drunk self: you win. Again.

 This is why I don't drink to the "I want to text away" point too often. Too much trouble. I really need to come up with a good plan to avoid these situations.