My Pet Peeve

My pet peeve is the way many people ignore all rules of spelling and grammar when writing text messages. I try to use proper punctuation and spelling when writing texts, and use google for any word I am unsure of how to spell. While I can forgive someone if they don't use apostrophes or commas in their texts, shortening words by replacing letters with a number is unforgivable. B4 and l8r make me want to gouge my eyes out. Obvious spelling mistakes in text messages are also very bothersome because spell checking a 160 character message only takes a few seconds, yet some people (my girlfriend) seem to care more about the five seconds saved than my sanity. I accepted her 3rd grade level texts for months without grievance, but one particularly egregious text set me over the edge. I stupidly corrected her spelling and grammar and sent the text back to her. This only irritated her and gave her a weapon for future annoyance.