Does it make me 'old' that I prefer talking on the phone

[closeupready]

to texting weekend plans, and things like that?

I mean, if you want to get together with a friend, pick up the fucking phone and say something. Jeez. How hard is that really?

What is this obsession with texting - isn't that just gobs more difficult than opening your mouth and speaking?

[kentauros]

1. It's also limited to 144 characters

(that includes spaces and carriage returns.)

However, as I am in a long-distance relationship, and don't have a phone smart enough to handle something like Skype, texting is perfect for us, what with the additional problem of about 18 hours of difference between us

[texanwitch]

2. No.

I have a smart phone now because of work.

I sometimes have to text, really don't care for it.

I don't really like talking on a phone.

I rather hear the person's voice than words on a screen.

[kiva]

3. I think so,

mostly because I'm old and have noticed this.

When telephones were first being installed many people feared that they could make you deaf or crazy. Then we got used to them and thought they were a great way to talk to people. Now we're back to people who say that they hate, or are phobic, or fearful of talking on phones...so maybe telephones only got about 150 years of fame?

[Demo_Chris]

4. No. I refuse to text, nor do I answer them.

If someone wants to talk to me they can call, and then I prefer they get straight to the point. I am not much for chit-chat on the phone.

[bigwillq]

17. You don't get that chit chat with a text

You get a straight to the point answer.

[olddots]

5. it's easier to masterbate when your texting in your car

I have never texted and use a phone maybe 4 hours a year -----It's easy I have no life

[Ron Obvious]

6. I have an old smart phone with a slide out keyboard

So I'm fine with texting now. You couldn't pay me to do it when I had to use a num pad to text.

[Locut0s]

11. And yet it's amazing how many txts were still sent in that era...

before full qwerty keyboards made their way onto phones. It's largely the reason for the horrible invention of the shortened spellings of "c u ltr" and the like.

[jakeXT]

7. So what's the tel. number for DU ? Do you have to call each thread individually? /nt

[datasuspect]

8. i still use telephone as a verb

and let people know that i am calling long distance.

[zanana1]

9. I'm even older because...

I miss the lost art of letter-writing. If you were to write to friends and loved ones, you would still have that communication from them in 20 years. So much is lost in testing or emails.

[Locut0s]

10. I think it makes you, one of those people who prefer to talk on the phone :P...

There are young people who prefer talking as well, I've met them.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

12. I think texting is the way we avoid conversation....

There are times I want to talk to someone and times I simply want to impart some needed information. Similarly, I'll tell someone to text me the info I need if I've already spoken to them recently. The variety among the texting habits of the population is as wide as that of the population itself.

The kids text because they can do it in the classroom, or the living room, without being heard. Wish I had had that ability when I was a kid!

[cyberswede]

13. I send texts when I don't want to disturb someone

For instance, when I need to communicate something to someone who's at work - I wouldn't want to cell their cell and interrupt them, but they can choose when to read the text & respond.

[pipi_k]

14. I've never been

all that fond of talking on the phone, and even less since getting older and losing a bit of hearing...more in my left ear which I try to avoid using.

But still, I'm finding it more and more difficult to understand people on the telephone, especially if they speak quickly or have high pitched voices. Sometimes it's both at the same time and it drives me absolutely nuts.

I'd rather do texting, or face-to-face talking, where I can at least do a bit of lip reading...

[CBGLuthier]

15. For some things texting is better

Especially when dealing with people who do not know how to end a conversation when you just need some simple info.

I am older and to be honest seldom text. I let my wife do it for me.

[bigwillq]

16. I just find texting to be more convenient at times

I like a good phone call, but I find it easier to text a yes or no question rather than call 3 or 4 times in a row and ask "where u at" "how long until you're here" etc etc

[sinkingfeeling]

18. No, I don't understand why people (DIL) want to text a

dozen back and forth messages instead of just speaking on the phone.

[treestar]

19. Depends

It is easier unless you are one of those people, like me, who ends up on the phone a long time. I have trouble getting people off the phone - too nice. Texting sure saves time. And you can read and understand instantly, whereas people can take forever to say a simple thing, or be hard to understand or hear, or the connection can be bad.