Texting Sucks!

[Anonymous]

I hate texting, too, even on my iPhone, but it's a good way to communicate with my teen. I keep telling her we could have a conversation in one minute and cover the same ground as we do in 10 texts back and forth. But she's a texting fiend. She even texted me from the upstairs of our little house the other day...but the joke was on her because I didn't even notice she had texted till the next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate texting, too, even on my iPhone, but it's a good way to communicate with my teen. I keep telling her we could have a conversation in one minute and cover the same ground as we do in 10 texts back and forth. But she's a texting fiend. She even texted me from the upstairs of our little house the other day...but the joke was on her because I didn't even notice she had texted till the next day.

Yes - started texting because it's a great way to keep track of dd while she is out and about the District. Especially when she is out late at night and coming home on the metro. She texts when she is leaving Metro Center and I know about when she'll arrive at our stop and I can meet her there. I find that texting is particularly good when needing to communicate while on metro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:THIS, now i dont even need to know how to spell just drag a finger, really quick, hopefully they have this on computers soon

? I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, couldn't agree with you more.

Not only is texting stupid when you could hit 10 numbers and actually speak with the person, but I've seen more relationships soured (including mine with my sister) over a misunderstood text conversation.

And 10:20 -- in 15 minutes when the new big thing comes out, you'll be calling people who "still" text grandma. Grow up.

It totally depends on the context of the information you need to convey. It's much faster for my husband to text me that he's leaving work then it is for him to dial, wait for me to answer, then tell me he's leaving. And since he's often leaving at a time I have my hands full with a baby, I can just get the text when I have a free moment and don't need to see that I have a voicemail, call into voicemail to check the message, etc. If he's somewhere noisy (like waiting for a train) we don't have to deal with background noise or bad connections.

If someone needs to tell me a phone number, or a url, or the name of a company or something, a text is also easier because I don't have to write it down while I'm on the phone, it's there in my text history whenever I'm ready to use it.

For discussions--sure, phone is better. But there are a lot of things for which texting is easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:THIS, now i dont even need to know how to spell just drag a finger, really quick, hopefully they have this on computers soon

I just got a new phone with this feature but haven't tried it! Is it easy to learn? I've still been texting the old way, but didn't get a chance to run the tutorial yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, couldn't agree with you more.

Not only is texting stupid when you could hit 10 numbers and actually speak with the person, but I've seen more relationships soured (including mine with my sister) over a misunderstood text conversation.

And 10:20 -- in 15 minutes when the new big thing comes out, you'll be calling people who "still" text grandma. Grow up.

It totally depends on the context of the information you need to convey. It's much faster for my husband to text me that he's leaving work then it is for him to dial, wait for me to answer, then tell me he's leaving. And since he's often leaving at a time I have my hands full with a baby, I can just get the text when I have a free moment and don't need to see that I have a voicemail, call into voicemail to check the message, etc. If he's somewhere noisy (like waiting for a train) we don't have to deal with background noise or bad connections.

If someone needs to tell me a phone number, or a url, or the name of a company or something, a text is also easier because I don't have to write it down while I'm on the phone, it's there in my text history whenever I'm ready to use it.

For discussions--sure, phone is better. But there are a lot of things for which texting is easier.

This is SO true. I don't always have time to answer phone calls at work (not that I'm super important, just that my job isn't conducive to talking on the phone). So, if DH wants me to pick up milk, it's so much easier to read a quick txt. Or tell me he's late. Way harder to deal with voicemail. I'm a huge fan of txting. Yes, you can't have long discussions on it, but I don't see how it could sour a relationship. (??)

[Anonymous]

way prefer it to phone calls.

[Anonymous]

Texting is perfect for introverts like me who hate talking on the phone. I love it. I like being able to send pictures, a quick message etc and I feel like it allows the person to respond on their time whereas a phone call seems more intrusive to me unless there's a lot to discuss. Also you don't have to worry about static, background noise, crappy phones, or dropped calls with texting. I have a hard time hearing on the phone so I fell like I spend half the convo asking the other person to repeat or wondering what they said. Ugh, I hate phone talking!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Texting is perfect for introverts like me who hate talking on the phone. I love it. I like being able to send pictures, a quick message etc and I feel like it allows the person to respond on their time whereas a phone call seems more intrusive to me unless there's a lot to discuss. Also you don't have to worry about static, background noise, crappy phones, or dropped calls with texting. I have a hard time hearing on the phone so I fell like I spend half the convo asking the other person to repeat or wondering what they said. Ugh, I hate phone talking!

Thank goodness, I thought i was the only one!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:THIS, now i dont even need to know how to spell just drag a finger, really quick, hopefully they have this on computers soon

I just got a new phone with this feature but haven't tried it! Is it easy to learn? I've still been texting the old way, but didn't get a chance to run the tutorial yet.

It only took a little getting used to, but now that I am used to it trying to type on a touch screen seems so slow!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Texting is perfect for introverts like me who hate talking on the phone. I love it. I like being able to send pictures, a quick message etc and I feel like it allows the person to respond on their time whereas a phone call seems more intrusive to me unless there's a lot to discuss. Also you don't have to worry about static, background noise, crappy phones, or dropped calls with texting. I have a hard time hearing on the phone so I fell like I spend half the convo asking the other person to repeat or wondering what they said. Ugh, I hate phone talking!

This is me too. I love talking to people in person, but not so much on the phone.

I also feel like a phone call feels intrusive! I'd much rather email or txt someone so they can respond when they are able to.

[Anonymous]

I hate phones AND I hate texting! When I leave work, I want to be done, off, finito. Goodbye, world. This is my free time and I don't want to be interruped with a bunch of phone calls OR texts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate texting, too, even on my iPhone, but it's a good way to communicate with my teen. I keep telling her we could have a conversation in one minute and cover the same ground as we do in 10 texts back and forth. But she's a texting fiend. She even texted me from the upstairs of our little house the other day...but the joke was on her because I didn't even notice she had texted till the next day.

Yes - started texting because it's a great way to keep track of dd while she is out and about the District. Especially when she is out late at night and coming home on the metro. She texts when she is leaving Metro Center and I know about when she'll arrive at our stop and I can meet her there. I find that texting is particularly good when needing to communicate while on metro.

How OLD is DD who's out and about in DC?

[Anonymous]

I love Emoji.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Texting is perfect for introverts like me who hate talking on the phone. I love it. I like being able to send pictures, a quick message etc and I feel like it allows the person to respond on their time whereas a phone call seems more intrusive to me unless there's a lot to discuss. Also you don't have to worry about static, background noise, crappy phones, or dropped calls with texting. I have a hard time hearing on the phone so I fell like I spend half the convo asking the other person to repeat or wondering what they said. Ugh, I hate phone talking!

This is me too. I love talking to people in person, but not so much on the phone.

I also feel like a phone call feels intrusive! I'd much rather email or txt someone so they can respond when they are able to.

I feel exactly the same and also like 17:52. Texting works for me. My best friend and I are both introverts (she lives in the same neighborhood but we only see each other once a week or so due to busyness) so when we are meeting up for dinner or whatever we'll text to give each other our location, whether we're running late, etc. Then at dinner we'll talk our heads off.

Hate talking on the phone. Would much rather have "face time" with people I want to talk to.