In Defense of a Ringtone...

So, today I'm in my office surfing the internet and trying to look productive. I hear that someone's cell phone needs to Party Like a Rock Star. I turn, expecting to see a 20ish someone who needs to update their ringtone. Instead, I see a 50-something grandmother of two answering. Some things just don't fit.

What does your cell ringer say about you? Is she having a midlife crisis? Her grandkids are little, too young to have added that song. Her kids are 3oish, old enough to know better. This was a choice she made. Interesting. To me, it screams I WANT TO BE YOUNG! with a desperation that is a little scary. When you try too hard, you are doomed to fail.

My ringtone has been the same since I got my first cell phone in 1996 or '97. Vivaldi's Spring. It went from automated sounding, sort of like classical played on a Simon game to the pretty, lilting, realistic version of today. What does this say about me? That I am a creature of habit. That I am a pseudo-intellectual who is trying to impress with my own self importance? Or maybe that the sound is unusual and distinctive and now recognizable by all who know me as mine. While I realize that I'm not alone in my choice, it is not a flavor of the month to be changed at random. It's apparent that I am not a trendster. Nor am I someone holding on to my 20's with white knuckles. I'm just me and that is ok.

What Does Your Ringtone Say About You? - Forbes.com