texting Julliet
December 13th, 2008
Africa, hybrid media, text messaging
A nice story of love and courtship in Nigeria, via SMS
My friend Thomas Alo had two problems. Though he had been friends with Juliet, a colleague, for years, he hadn’t had the guts to tell her that he loved her and wanted to marry her. His second problem was that he had refused to buy a cellphone.
One day, I sat him down and told him that if he had a phone his problems with Juliet would be over. He asked me how. I told him that he could send her a text message, telling her he loved her and wanted to marry her. He said love affairs were not conducted through text messages.
Later I put pressure on him for a while; he eventually decided to act on my advice and went to buy a cellphone. Rather than face Juliet, who worked in the same office as him, he sent her an SMS declaring his feelings and requesting a date.
