For personal, I text within my immediate family individually and sometimes a group text. I like texting for extended family, so I don’t have to talk to them. Keeps it short.

For work, I prefer email for documentation, but do text sometimes.

It's all about swiping, far faster and more efficient than poking. I've been doing it with swype keyboard app for ~ 10 years. They've recently added it into IOS natively.

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Agree. I prefer texts anytime over being bothered with a call. My preferred methods of communication are in this order:
Text
Email
Snail mail
Conversation. And at that, ALL calls go to message first then I know what they want.

Don't you just love it when you listen to a message, call back and they start at the beginning like they never left a message? That's why I hate to talk to people.

With certain people? Absolutely.

People who text: a) assume you have time to constantly check your phone and b)expect an immediate response.

If it is important leave a message and even call back. If it isn't then I'll get to it when I have a chance. I refuse to be ruled by my phone.

I don't agree. I text when I don't need an immediate response. Just text me back when you feel like it. If it's before 11PM, my phone will chirp. after 11PM it just holds it until I check it.

Exactly, if I needed immediate response, I'd call. I very rarely need an immediate response.

I think that you don’t understand texting.

This thread really is telling about ages.

I exclusively text except with my 88 year old mother who can’t handle anything tech other than her TV clicker. My 89 YO dad and I text regularly. My age...65.

Surprised by the responses.
I had to check the dates on this thread, I thought for sure it was another one of those resurrected from years ago.

Text all the time. To family and work folks. I'm a two thumbs texter. Some people talk-to -text. I should start to do that.

All you guys that don't text need to update your flip phone and start.

What planet do you geezers live on?

My parents are in their late 70s, and text all the time.

Every day. With my kids not least. Letting them know I love them. Mostly with a silly selfie. Just one way and return. No back and forth.

Just made me look.. I sent / received 227 texts today.. and that was a slow day.. and yes, I’m old.. lol..

I'm guessing many of you guys are attached to your phones?

I'm not...

I'm gonna purchase extra bags of fescue too.... just because :D

One more thing ;)....

My elderly parents' phones (when texting was enabled) were under constant fishing attempts via "text" by scammers/hackers.... some quite clever and insidious... but they had no clue. They never texted back, but the attempts were non-stop until I disabled it.

The common denominator.... a family member's phone has been to China a few times... go figure :(?

Depends on the recipient and the subject. It is very direct, immediate and convenient.

One spin to all of this.

I recently sold my Porsche 928 to a younger guy (think millennial) - 28 years old. He has been texting me frequently about the car and random questions etc, the texts can be used as a paper trail to verify a conversation and details, similar to emails rather than a conversation which can turn into a he said / she said.

Ill take texting over a phone call any day. What chaps my hide is when I text someone and they call me back right away. NOOOOO Idiot, I dont want to talk to you or I would have called! My brother does this all the time, and no he is not doing something like driving or whatever.

I like your brother :).

You wanna communicate with me? My terms...

Don't text me bro :D

I don't send texts if I can help it. I occasionally get them, but I don't check them very often.

Sometimes people ask why i didn't respond to their text. I tell them that I will, eventually when I get around to it. If they wanted an immediate answer they should have called.
There's a reason they call it a phone and not a texter.

I started texting years ago because of my kids who are now 28 to 40. We also use Messenger to send photos back and forth. I do hate group texts that go on forever and finally figured out you can mute them. It can save time for sure. My friend group will organize an evening in a few minutes with a few texts. "you all going to pizza tonight", "yep, what time", 6:30?, "great, see you there"

For work I text all the time along with sending photos. It's just the way things are done.

I hate talking on the phone. Co workers make fun of me because my conversations are pretty much rapid fire "Uh huh...yep....ok....ok....bye!".

I have some supervisors who only want to communicate by text. They feel avoiding all the extraneous dialogue that goes along with a phone call saves them a few hours a day. We are on the phone a lot.

The real difference is what type of conversation is it?

With most of my buddies, like most men, we get to the point, and skip all pleasantries of how are you and the family and the other stuff that is just fluff. A text is perfect for that, ask question, get answer.

Back in the olden days when I dated, and I called a new chick we might talk on the phone for a few hours of pure random stuff on zero importance just to get to know one another. I am not going to have a conversation via text. Talking is faster.

Dont call me. My terms. Old man.

LOL.... get a sense of humor... it'll help ya age better... or not :D.

And just how old is your brother btw ;)?

You should burn down your house.
That way, it can't get flooded

S! my man .... how the hell are ya? G50 :D

I don't have hours to waste on #s of texts like that. I see friends who are slaves to the phone every time it chirps.

I hate talking to people on the phone. Texting is fine especially with the younger generations Texting with a tenant right now. His roommate is moving out, and his gf is moving in. Roomie wants his deposit back, GF says not until she signs a lease. My property mgr is new ad overwhelmed. Fourth mgr in 14 months.

I text with texters and talk with talkers. When I text, I talk to the phone and it does the texting. My fingers dont work that well and really see no need when the phone does it for me.