As a college kid, there are certain topics that are frequently discussed via text. From making party plans to pleading with a fellow classmate for the notes from the class you skipped, we’ve all either sent or received these texts.
1. “Where are we pre-gaming?”
We all know this one too well. Getting that text from your friend on a Friday afternoon in preparation for the night to come. After a long week of school and work, I always look forward to making plans for a lit Friday night.
2. “Want to get breakfast?”
After that lit Friday night, I also look forward to the expected Saturday morning brunch to heal my wounds from the night before. It’s always nice to gather your girlfriends, roll out of bed in jammies and last night’s make-up and go get some pancakes and coffee. Yummy.
3. “Can you turn the music down?”
Some of us are more familiar with this text from our roommates than others. Sorry to all my past, present and future roommates. Sometimes I just like to bump but I am always happy to bump more quietly if necessary. Just shoot me this text and I got you.
4. “How was last night?” *wink, wink*
You know that text you have to send to your friend after she hangs out with a boy. If you’re like my girlfriends and I, you probably sat there with her while she got ready to go out with him stressing over outfits and makeup, smell checking her breath and her pits and then sending her out the door like a proud mama. So it’s only natural that the next day, bright and early, you expect her to detail the entire night for you.
5. “Are you alive? Love, Mom and Dad.”
Okay, I always feel really bad when I wake up to this text and realize I haven’t spoken to my parents in over a week. Sorry, Mom and Dad. I’m just a clueless college kid that sometimes gets lost in her hustle and bustle and forgets to let her parents know she is still breathing. Love you both though!
6. “Are you going to class today?”
We all know this familiar text from our classmate that we collaborate with to determine who can skip class when. I don’t enjoy getting this text since it normally means that I’ve lost the option of going or not going since my note buddy clearly will not be there. But that’s okay because, first of all, I know darn well my booty needs to be in class anyway---and second of all, it all comes full circle. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours type of situation.
7. “Can you get a table in the library?”
I don’t know if this one applies to college students everywhere but here at the College of Charleston we always seem to have a seating shortage in the library, especially during finals. This is a nuisance especially if you’re like me and you are particular about where you sit and you sit in the same place every day. So I am frequently sending this texts to the peeps I meet with at the library so I can be a brat and sit where I want.
8. “WARNING: Boy. I repeat, there is a boy in the room.”
Ugh. This has to be the most annoying text you can receive. Though I appreciate the gesture of a warning as opposed to me walking in on my roommate sucking face with her boyfriend, it is sort of inconvenient when, after a long day of class, followed by work and wrapped up by studying for five hours in the library, I want nothing more than to shower and collapse into my bed and I receive this text as I’m walking home. I get it, I appreciate it but it’s still annoying.
There are so many more of these texts and I'm quite positive this list could go on forever. Keep the texts coming. They're great.
