SMS has become a
national pastime in
Finland. Especially
teenagers seem to say everything with a SMS these days. Want to ask a girl for a
date, but don't have the guts to speak to her? No problem, just send a SMS. Forgot your best friend's birthday? Just send a SMS to apologize. This is probably due to the fact that
Finland has the most cell-phones per capita in the
world.
Of course some say that it's a
plague rather than a pastime, that it's killing the social skills of the youth, but others claim the opposite, that people say things more freely when they dont have to say it directly to the person, eg. I have said many things to my
girlfriend through a SMS that I probably wouldn't have had the guts to say to her directly at the time, saved us from many arguments.
A little example: I have about 100 SMS:s on my phone bill every month, in other words I write about 3 SMS:s per day, and thats on the low side, i have
teenage friends (im 22 myself) who write over 400 SMS:s per month, imagine the sight on their parents faces when they get the bill.