For millennials, sending your first text message was a rite of passage

25 years ago, on 3 December 1992, a British engineer sent a message to a colleague. The contents were unremarkable, a simple “Merry Christmas,” but this dispatch of seasonal cheer happened to be the first text message ever sent.

These days, the humble text message is ubiquitous and nothing much to write home about. But, during my generation’s early teenage years, the text message was the apex of coolness. And, the sending of one’s first ever text was a rite of passage; an entrance examination for a secret society of coolness. 

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