re: I know I'm young...but how did college social stuff work before cell phones?

This is a great OP question, and I'm glad you asked it.

I'm old as shite, and when students ask me what the biggest difference between LSU now and LSU then is... I tell them "instant communication."

Back in the late 80's/early 90's when I was at LSU, we just had to rely on landlines to schedule people. Here's some quick differences between then and now:

THEN:

- People were no more reliable now than they were then, but I do find that people were more patient and invested in others back then. You weren't so quick to dispose of someone you just met.

- Phone calls tended to last longer than they do now.

- A phone call/communication after 10pm was rare, and usually only from someone very important to you, like a girlfriend or best friend.

- People still wrote letters to each other. I wrote about two letters a week to friends in other parts of the country, and I LOVED checking my P.O. Box at the Union for a letter coming back. That was GOLD. Could totally make your day.

- There was a lot more mystery to any given day when you wake up. You never knew who you could run into by chance.

- If you wanted to do something with a girl on a weekend, you had to have her locked down by Wednesday night.

NOW:

- It's SO easy to get people together now. Almost on a moment's notice.

- SO much easier to meet girls now. If I had the methods then that you guys have now... I would be up to my ears in pussy. Back then I was only up to my waist. ;)

- These days I always feel like someone is watching me, and that everything I do or say is going to be recorded forever. That's because it's true.

- People are just ALL OVER each other now. You can't escape them for any length of time, even if you wanted to.

-Having the collected knowledge of the human race at your fingertips is kind of cool. Beats the shite out of encyclopedias.