What is a "normal" number of text messages for a 20-something to send each month?

[Dueller]

Teens and younger twenty-somethings use it as the preferred mode of communicating. When in their early teens we tried to limit them to 200/per month per our phone plan. We gave up and paid the extra $20 per month on our family phone plan for unlimited text. We've seen anywhere from 2000-6000/month PER KID. Although 19 y.o. step son is now down on the 1500 range .

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by JeremyD

kids these days hate talking on the phone - I know the best way to get to my daughter (16) is by texting.

The new grape vine.

I really don't mind as long as we connect when we need to.

[Cornpanzer]

Sorry, I just dont get it.
I tell my younger friends that a new top secret technology has been invented...it's like texting, but you can talk into the machine and the person on the other end can HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!!!! Thats right, you no longer have to type out a conversation...its called a TELEPHONE! Quicker, easier....duh! Making a 30 second phone coversation into a 2 minute typing process - craziness.

Let me get this straight...we are developing computers that you can simply speak instead of typing. Yet, millions of teenagers are using a device designed for speech to type messages to one another. Boggles the mind.

The response is always something along the line of.."Yeah, but I can text in places I cant talk...like school, church, the movies."

No pinhead, if you are in a place where it is inappropriate to talk on the phone, then it is just as innappropriate to text. I practically had to take my neices phone away from her at dinner one time because she spent the entire time texting her sister. The irony is that half of the time when the two of them are together they are not talking because they are mad at each other!

[look 171]

a 20 something year old should be talking to girls instead of pushing those little buttons on the phone.

I have never done it, not even once. I don't even return them. I can't wait to have the damn key board in the center of the steering wheel so you would not miss any of the important messages like how far are you from the restaurant. Freaking crazy world.

[look 171]

What ever happen to looking someone into their eyes and place your hand out and have a firm handshake and talk things over. My buddy's brother had a kid and they live an hour away in Orange County. He tex him while we were having lunch the next day. WTF's wring with a phone call???

[Rick V]

My wife was in Manhattan when they had the huge power outage. The phones didn't work but the cell towers had back up power. They were jammed up so I couldn't get in touch with her. we did manage to get text messages through. It is how we stayed in touch for a few days. There is a place for them.

[gprsh924]

Originally Posted by look 171

What ever happen to looking someone into their eyes and place your hand out and have a firm handshake and talk things over. My buddy's brother had a kid and they live an hour away in Orange County. He tex him while we were having lunch the next day. WTF's wring with a phone call???

I just got texting recently and I can say that often times I get frustrated with people and wish they would just call me. That being said, there are so many times when it is very convenient to text people, especially if it is a quick question or statement that doesn't necessarily warrant immediate reply. That and it is nice when you can't otherwise talk, or do not want to talk so you do not disrupt those around you. For instance, I ride a bus to a couple of my classes that are very far away and often text while doing so because nothing is worse than listening to the obnoxious a-hole on the phone next to you.

[DanielDudley]

I ran an unofficial survey for you. The average is 14 billion.

[Rusty Heap]

Proud to say ZERO text messages send or received.........call me a cave man, but I don't even own a cell phone.


too funny that "everyone wants to be connected" but also "don't bother talking to me, text me bro"

Just like email, it's taken me 20-30 seconds to type this but I could say it all in 5-6 seconds using my vocal cords.



Live talkers don't need spell check either.........unless you're from the east coast and Bahstun.

[BReif61]

Originally Posted by look 171

a 20 something year old should be talking to girls instead of pushing those little buttons on the phone.

Who do you think we're texting

[billybek]

I get most of my job #s and po. #s by text. It is handy when you have to complete paper work and bill a job.
Very rarely send. It is a pain on the phone I have....

[masraum]

I'm 38. In the last three months my texts have been (TX and RX combined) ~300, ~450 and ~ 350. I'll say that I probably average around 350-375/month.

Many of mine, are sent in the morning to make sure that the guy that I carpool with is awake and ready when I get to his house or to/from my wife. I also get some from my work to let me know of certain statuses.