Saved SMS Messages

Most of the time the SMS messages we either send or receive are to organise our lives. “Let’s meet at 7pm at the movies”. “Running late. Be there soon.”

However, occasionally we get SMS messages that we treasure and those are the ones that we never delete from our inbox. When Lelak and I first got together, we sent each other lots of lovey dovery SMS messages. I kept almost every single one of them and would read them when I was feeling down or upset. Then, one horrible day four years into our relationship, my phone ate them. I have not a single one of them left. For me it was like having my love letters destroyed. I still mourn their lost.

Unfortunately, I think Lelak also lost her collection of our love SMS messages, including the one from our friend Michelle when we first got together basically telling us that we would go blind if we didn’t come up for air. Since our relationship developed slowly over time, there was never a day that we could pinpoint as the day we got together and thus have anniversary celebrations. Our anniversary is sometime in July, but we would celebrate it on the day that Michelle sent that SMS. Now with the loss of that SMS and our terrible memory on exactly what date that message was sent, we have no idea when to celebrate our anniversary.

Today in my SMS inbox, I have only one lovely dovey SMS from Lelak which simply says “P.S. I love you.” The rest are all important information like the password to Lelak’s laptop and where my parents live (they keep moving and I gave up remembering exactly where they live about 8 years ago).

So, what is in your SMS inbox on your mobile phone? Do you have romantic SMS message from your loved one? Or from a secret affair? What secrets would be revealed if someone happened to take a peek in there?
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Comments

[pussreboots]

I don't have any messages saved on my phone. Once they're in, I delete them.

[Dory]

My phone only holds so many messages and then I have to clear them out. Which, is just about weekly because my best friend lives a million miles away and we are in constant touch via our texting... when we're not emailing or IMing. lol Crazy world huh?

[Beckie]

Most of my messages are from my daughter. They all say something like - '"where are you?"

I guess the loss of the SMS messages is a sign of the times. I have all of my 'love letters' in a box somewhere.

[Nona]

Don't use it. Ours is used as a phone only. If people want to talk, they call me. If they want to type they send me an e-mail or IM. Even my texting addicted cousin (who sends no less than a bakers dozen of texts to random people every time he visits me) know better than to send messages to my phone.

[LJ]

Oh absolutely. There are some I can't let go of. And when I knew my phone was going to have to be replaced, I actually wrote a lot of them down so I wouldn't lose the content. There's some important stuff there!