How Often Do You Use Text Messages?

[SPKrazy]

I'm amazed at how often I find myself using them lately. They are a simple way to communicate with people.

Very cool. I thought they were kind of dumb and thought I'd never use them, but hey, I was wrong.

What about you?

:shrug:

[janx]

1. Only to reply to my 19-year-old...

who loves them.

[SPKrazy]

7. that sounds good

a good way to keep up with her (edit)

[janx]

20. HER

(in this case)

[TK421]

2. I'm not very good at texting, but I still get tons of text messages

from seasoned texters

[SPKrazy]

8. I can text but not really fast

but fast enough

[deucemagnet]

3. I have the 3-day weather forecast sent to me via text every morining.

Other than that, I don't use it much.

[SPKrazy]

9. hmmm

hadn't thought of that

[bigwillq]

4. All the time.

I would rather text than talk. :)

[SPKrazy]

10. I'd still rather talk than text

but texts get quick messages across

[bigwillq]

13. Let me rephrase that

I would rather text than talk for the purpose that cell phones are suppose to serve.
There is no need to call me to ask me what I am doing or when I will be there. Just text. So much easier, esp. when driving.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

16. you text while driving?

uhh...

[bigwillq]

25. I do.

:hide:

[SPKrazy]

18. eeek!

won't say i have never texted while driving, i have some shortcuts for messages to send while driving

scary though

:hi:

[bigwillq]

27. About as scary as talking on the phone

and driving. It can be done though.

[Fox Mulder]

5. I have unlimited texting, but I hardly ever use it.

No one ever texts me. :(

[SPKrazy]

11. Ah, well

to receive you might have to give?

[lost-in-nj]

6. I use it all the time!!!

Still learning the short cuts

but i'm having fun!!!!!!!
I only found out I had it this June!!!!!


great choice of communication!!!

:hi: :hi:


lost

[SPKrazy]

12. It is a great way to communicate

I often use it to see if someone can call me...

or to give a quick message

or sometimes an even longer one...

I love the sound it makes :rofl:

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

14. virtually never

I hate it, get a blackberry or something. It gives me flashbacks to this horrible old telephone system where you had to enter the extension by the persons last name in T9!

[SPKrazy]

17. I would rather have a blackberry

i will text my sister and it will take me 5 min to do it and she will reply in like 45 sec with as many or more words than I had

:rofl:

oh well

[Breeze54]

15. Never.

But I text message on DU! :P

[SPKrazy]

19. yes you do!

:rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

21. Never

If it's that important I'll call - if I don't get an answer I leave a voice mail.

Plus, on my plan it is too expensive.

[SPKrazy]

22. okay

:hi:

[zingaro]

23. Multiply daily. I'd be lost without unltd texting. Or broke. Or both.

[SPKrazy]

26. i relate to that

:hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Once every couple of months. I find them a waste of time.

If I have something to say to someone, I'll just call 'em and say it. If it's not important enough to call them about, then it's not important enough to tell them about it anyway.

The only time I use it is if someone asks me to send them one, such as "I'm gonna be in a conference - text me the game scores!" or "text me so and so's number", which is easier because on most phones, the text can be copied straight into the address book.

[SPKrazy]

28. good points

i like it because i can get someone a message without calling them

[Capn Sunshine]

29. Only with my (work) computer

Which sends me a note when various things happen in the market that affect my business. I feel so sorry for crackberry addicts; they don't realize how not urgent most of that communication is. I suspect they get a thrill of some kind texting back and forth. It reminds me of when only a few of us had cell phones back in the 80's. (remember those big grey walkie-talkies?) You'd be at the table talking with them and the next it was "I gotta get this". Crackberry people are like that now. They are only halfway with you, poised for their next text message.

[SPKrazy]

31. hmmm....

not a crackberry person

[madeline_con]

30. I ride the short bus

and we're not suppposed to use our cell phones. I usually get home about an hour after hubby and the boy, so I can text if I need to get in touch without actually being on the phone.

[lost-in-nj]

32. I forgot to mention

I look at my phone all the time for a TM

its not always there but when one is I LOVE it......


lost

[SPKrazy]

38. yeah i'm the same way

i love it when i have one

i miss it when i don't get one

guess i'm spoiled

[Shine]

33. I use them mostly in response to my teenager's texts to me

in his age range, "everyone" texts each other nowadays. Hardly anyone actually speaks on the phone, according to ShineBoy.

I still haven't quite mastered the iTaP thingie, I'm more old school, but ShineBoy can crank out texts faster than the speed of light.

It's kinda scary. :D

:hi:

[bridgit]

34. that would be never...

[KitchenWitch]

35. Maybe one message a month.

[SteppingRazor]

36. Only when forced to because someone texts me first, or...

if I'm in a place where talking on the phone is impossible -- say, a noisy concert or something.

[In_The_Wind]

37. I send text messages almost everyday.

It's easier than trying to sort out what I can and cannot hear. :shrug: Hearing aids aren't perfect, if ya catch my drift.

[SPKrazy]

39. that's good that they are available then

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

40. It cuts through the confusion.

It also encourages people to express themselves correctly. :hi:

[Orsino]

41. A couple of times a day, maybe...

...mostly to send love notes to my wife, or messaging with a friend or my sister-in-law. Occasionally with my boss or another co-worker.

Sometimes a day or two will go by without any texting. I guess I don't do a lot of it, but I had to have a real thumb keyboard for just that purpose. I've used a phone pad for texting, and I hated it.

[RetroLounge]

42. All day and all night...

It's become my primary form of communication.

RL

[MaggieSwanson]

43. I'm living in the text capital of the world.

No kidding. There are even signs that say "Don't Walk And Text".

I'm in the Philippines, and I get and/or give at least 20 a day.