For the love of Og! Just call me already! I don’t want to spend a half hour on the phone to type out a five word sentence.
I’m singling out you ladies because y’all are the only ones who do this to me.
You learned to type, right? So learn to text message!
-Troy McClure SF, who can go to write & send a message without looking.
I consider myself a lady and I will not text. I have perfectly good email and I find it quicker to just call comeone I want to contact, leaving a voicemail if I must. If I get a text, I call that person.
How does it take half an hour to make a five word sentence? Texting is beyond easy, if your phone has predicitve text messaging, or dictionary text messaging then learn how to use it! It makes texting so much quicker. Also dont ever move to Europe the whole place is obsessed with texting.
What’s the problem here?
If someone chooses to message you and you don’t want to message back - call THEM.
I text message people all the time. It’s easy and quick. I’m not offended if they choose not to reply, they might be busy or, like yourself, not fond of texting. They are welcome to ring me though, and they know that. Texting works for me because:
a) I text fast. Damn fast. I don’t use any idiotic abbreviations either. Reasonable English all the way, baby.
b) It’s cheaper for me than calling and waiting for the other person to finish chatting away, wasting my phone credit. It’s also more polite than telling them I don’t want to waste my credit chatting to them on the phone when I can do it for free next time I see them.
c) It’s a simple way of leaving someone a small reminder/question/whatever without really interrupting them too much.
You don’t have to message back. They have chosen their preffered method of communication, you can choose yours. If it really takes you half and hour to text five words - texting ain’t for you.
Additional: Or predictive text. Predictive text is the devil’s work. You can tell the people who use predictive text because their messages always say ‘me’ when they mean ‘of’ and ‘foot’ when they mean ‘know’.
And ‘Ivywag!’ when they mean ‘Huzzah!’.
Seconded.
Though I used to be a hardcore predictive text hater, but I’ve warmed to it recently. Sometimes “Ivywag!” is just more suited to the occasion than “huzzah!”
Texting has its place. It’s not a suitable medium for, say, deep and meaningful philosophical conversations, but if you just want to say “Hey want to meet up later?” or “I gotta tell you something next time we talk - don’t let me forget,” it’s perfect.
Sometimes I’ll send a text or two to see if somebody’s busy, and then call them if I need to. Or sometimes if I’m wasting time, I’ll start up a random text chat with somebody. The convo may take a few hours to only get in a few words (if we’re both talking in between doing other things), but as long as it’s cheap/free, that’s fine by me.
Welcome to the 21st century.
Learn to text.
Hee. See, in my fam, it’s the bro that’s addicted to the stuff. Me? I barely use my mobile for phone calls, let along text messaging.
I got dumped over text message once.
By a GUY.
I texted back “Coward.” in response.
Don’t worry, I’m over it. But I’ve never been dumped over text message by a lady.
Hehe, “its not u its of”.
I’m right there with you, SHAKES. I hate text messaging. I hate it even more that I have to pay for each message I send or receive. It’s something like $0.10, but still! I can call for free. If I sent little text messages for every short call I make, I’d be spending an extra $5 on my phone bill each month.
For a while I was dating a woman who would always text me after a date. Just something inconsequential, or a thanks, or “see you next time.” I read it, but didn’t feel there was a response needed. Then, the next time I saw her, she’d say something like “I sent you a text message.” And I’d say “Yep; I got it. Thanks.” Then there’d be an awkward pause. I never did actually respond to them, and she never did understand why I didn’t like them.
There are some situations where I do like text messages. Sending directions to someone currently en route, for example. It’s nice to have a written record of the directions without having to pull over and find something to write with.