Tuesday, September 25, 2007

'SM Oops'

We're all human beings, and we make mistakes. Who hasn't sent an SMS to the wrong person before? You click 'send' and on noticing your error, franticly hammer away at the 'cancel' button. Your phone might say, 'message not sent' - but it's gone, baby! Normally it's just a laugh, but when it involves matters of the heart it can get a little bit blunt. Here's the common scenario:

Boy wants to get in with Girl A. He writes a message to Girl B about Girl A, but because A is on his mind he subconciously sends it to her. Results can be disastrous (or beneficial). I've personally committed it with Natalie Two and the Red Herring. It's the ultimate Freudian slip, and I call it the 'SM Oops'.

Of course if you are a cheating lying bastard, then the truth outs quicker. None bigger or more famous, than old fatboy himself - Shane Warne - the man who put SMS dating on the map. After numerous 'kiss and tell' scandals involving local girls and actual text messages being reprinted in such worthy dailies as The Sun and The Mirror, his wife gave him a final chance. He's still playing in Southhampton, and the wife is with the kids in Sydney:

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The wife of former Australian cricket champion Shane Warne says their marriage reconciliation is over after he mistakenly sent her an incriminating text message.

Simone Callahan, who reunited last December with the spin bowler known also for his womanizing, told a woman's magazine she caught Warne cheating on her while he was in London.

As Callahan got the couple's three children ready for school in Melbourne, a text dropped into the inbox of her mobile phone, she told New Idea magazine.

"Hey beautiful, I'm just talking to my kids, the back door's open," the message from Warne said.

"You loser, you sent the message to the wrong person," Callahan sent back.

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