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    Quote Originally Posted by ExoticEngineer View Post
    In that situation ^^ I see it being a good thing. But I cannot stand people who want to have a conversation via phone text! If I have to reply to a person more than twice, I stop replying. Eventually I'll get a phone call.

    I have more important things to do than stand around and have a 30 minute text conversation when it could have been a 5 minute phone conversation.
    EE, like always, you're on point, mami. A quick line is ok, but no, I do not wanna talk thru text. My fingers hurt and I wanna hear your voice so I can respond appropriately. Also, I hate when I accidentally erase everything I just wrote just when I'm about to send it.


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    The impersonal nature of text messaging is exactly why people like it.
    I agree, and this is exactly why a guy who wants to date me will never get a whiff of this if he can't pick up the phone and talk like a damn man. Texting is corny when you're trying to get with a girl. You are guaranteed to permanently lose ALL pussy points with me if you try to "holla" through text.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LatinaRose View Post
    I love txting! Hell B and I were txting each other when shes downstairs and I'm upstairs. Its convenient!!
    i do the same thing. i love it. its private, too, if youre having a conversation and dont want other people to hear you. plus it gives you more time to think of a response than if you were on the phone, and you dont have to have a constant conversation. its easy when youre in a situation where you cant make a call, too.

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    I don't think it's necessarily shallow. I mean, I am a textaholic, mostly because I get intimidated when I talk.
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    Let me clarify. When girls text me it's ok. But if a guy wants to get with me and it texting me: not ok.

    Okay, just thought about that and wanted to iron out the wrinkles.
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    I like it for certain things. Like if I am amongst a group of people and want to just silently send a message and tell a friend something or if I just have a quick question or comment I'll use a text.

    But I HATE the whole text speak language thing that bleeds over into regular internet use. Half of it I just don't even understand and don't bother to try.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scarlett_vancouver View Post
    Oh I f'ing love texting. I'm totally phone-phobic, so texting is perfect.

    It's either text, email, msn or in person if ya wanna talk to me, and it has nothing to do with how I feel about people. I say respect his preference, but make yours known too.
    I'm not totally phone phobic as I will use it when I have to do so. Otherwise, I prefer text messaging anyday. My memory can be shit at times so text messaging has come in handy.

    It may be impersonal to you. It is just a way of life and a useful form of communication if you don't want to be bogged down in an ACTUAL conversation (for me). I know I'm always doing something and can't always have the time to have a conversation with somebody... text messaging allows me to get back to the person when it is better for me.

    Otherwise I'm with Scarlett all the way It has nothing to do with how much I do or do not like you... just something I like to do and prefer over actual conversation at times.


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    I had a year long relationship almost entirely in text. We fought constantly because text messages are often misunderstood. I have a girlfriend who refuses to pick up the phone. She will try to give you directions via text. Obviously, we don't hang out much.

    I think if a guy is serious , he will take the time to call . Especially if you make it known that is how you prefer it.

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    If he's texting instead of calling, he may just be afraid of you saying no and it's easier to just not hear from you. If you don't like that, text him back (as painful as it may be for you) and tell him to call you to discuss the date or whatever. If you don't like text messaging, there are ways around it.

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    i take it back. text messages annoy me sometimes.

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    [Sorry, this turned out to be longer than I thought it would be]

    First, GL, his texting you has nothing at all to do with a lack of interest. Almost all social interaction for anybody under the age of about 35 is by text or IM. Under the age of 22, the figure approaches 100%.

    The early adopters of texting were high school kids, where texting started out as a surreptitious way to communicate in the company of others, usually parents or teachers, without detection. Even if the parent or teacher seized the phone, they usually didn't understand the language, so it was safe. If the teachers tried to read it out loud, they would just be laughed at. A little linguistic lesson: the younger you are, the more flexible and ductile the language will be for you.

    It's still this way. It's why all the cellular TV commercials for fixed payment plans feature a parent who it outraged and confused by a $3,452 phone bill and cannot figure out how that's possible. There aren't that many hours in the day to run up the charges. Texting is off their radar. (Although there is a very cute recent commercial where the mother is arguing with her daughter about texting costs entirely in textese.)

    There are so many things you can do with texting that you can't do with a phone conversation.

    -You can text while doing other things, like sitting in a meeting, where a phone call would be very inappropriate. This has given rise to the phenomenon of "praying," where everybody around the table in a boring meeting has their heads bowed as they are furiously texting, totally oblivious to what's going on in the room.

    Hell, I do this all the time, and I own the damn company.

    -Texting is more respectful of the other person's time. It doesn't demand immediate attention or that they drop everything to talk to you.

    -Texting can be more intimate than a phone conversation because you are more likely to say something daring or intimate because you don't have to deal with an immediate reaction. It's less risky, and allows you to be more revealing. It's why love letters in previous centuries could be more passionate than any conversation.

    -All interesting things on SW happen by PM, which is just a delayed text message. Look at the number of couples on SW. How many did you read about on the message board? (Insert really ironic comment about us right here). All the stripperfests and informal meetings are coordinated this way.

    -When you give out your phone number, it's implicitly understood that the most polite way to reach out to a new person is by texting. It's less intrusive and demanding and if there is no interest, that person can easily be ignored. The down side of this, of course, is that stalkers and losers who can't take no for an answer will keep texting you until you block their number. But they are easily cut off without having to buy a new phone, so there is less risk.

    -Nearly the only people I talk to by phone are my employees, clients or business partners as well as some media people -- the TV and radio reporters, mostly. Print reporters mostly call. I text with everybody else, including my own agent. This is actually a good thing for me, because I sound so young on the phone. Around 20 or so. A print reporter is not going to take a 20-year-old too seriously on the subject of national security.

    -I lost my phone once and actually said out loud, "Oh, God, I can't text anybody!" Funny how technology changes.

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    i'm a serial texter. the only problem with texting is there's no emotion or tones of voice, so things can be taken out of context or misread quite easily.

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    It strikes me as an easy medium to play people. No one can hear your tone so you can say any disingenuous thing you like. Texting for friends is good but boyfriends not so much.
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    wow... well, greenidlady, i agree with you... i fucking hate txt. i wish people still used the stupid phone. i only txt because everyone else seems to bug me on it and get annoyed at me because i don't check my phone all the time.

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    I don't care for texting. I have only used it maybe 4-5 times because I have one friend that gets in "moods" and this seems to be the only way to communicate with her while she is in these "moods" haha!

    About a year ago I was talking to a co-worker's daughther who had just started jr. high. I asked her if she and her friends liked to pass notes in class. She gave me this look like I was a totally idiot and said "No...we text each other". So apparently 13 year olds are texting each other whilst in class. Apparently alot has changed since I graduated high school back in 2000 .

    I just got such a kick out of that ! They don't know what they are missing . I still have a shoebox full of old notes from school.
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