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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

My 87 year old MIL texts. One of her several great grandsons will test her multiple times a day to check up on her. They all (the great grandsons) communicate constantly via text and often know more about what is going on than their parents. She (MIL) still lives alone in her house. They all think it is really cool to have a great grandma that has an iPad and texts.

In our Porsche club region the board members often send a group text to discuss an issue, or a change in plans. Far easier and faster than email. Many times an email gets delayed for some reason but text is virtually instant.

On top of that, telephone calls can come at inopportune times or may not be so important that you have to interrupt what someone else is doing, especially since you probably don't know what exactly they are doing. So a text is quick and simple.

Texts can even be used for things like "hey, I'd like to give you a call (to discuss something that's not so important that we need to talk now if you're in the middle of something), let me know when it's convenient for you."