Though doing without WhatsApp is getting dicey with a preschooler in a couple of activities, and it will probably get even harder to keep my heels dug in once he's in school...

Whatsapp is essential unless you’re a hermit and don’t have kids.

New drama club my youngest has joined only sends messages out on Facebook, which is even worse.

its pretty easy to "survive". Why do you make it seem like life and death??

Soon I will not be able to pay taxes without such a device. As everyone knows, without taxes, the only other remaining certainty is death.

i dont believe you. I bet there is a way, if you really press the authorities. They are so greedy for money that its certainly possible.

Survive, yes, but you will loose out on connections with other people. For some of us that is a price worth paying but it is still a price.