...or not. According to this article, many teens send over 100 texts a day. I can remember a time where I would read article about how popular texting was in Europe but how it had not caught on here. So much for that!
From the article: "Although teens make or receive about five calls a day, half of them send a minimum of 50 text messages a day, the survey found."
This absolutely applies to me as well. I never liked talking on the phone. I do it when I have to but if I have to choose between texting and a phone call, I'll take texting everytime. I often find myself staring at an incoming call and then texting the person "What do you want".
I like texting for several reasons. One, it's convienent. I seem to always get calls while I am in class or at work. Texts let me respond at my leisure. Another thing I like is having a chance to craft my message. If someone calls me, yes I will be my normal funny self, but with texting, I can craft a joke/comment to be its absolute finest. And lastly, I like texting because it saves me money. I have unlimited texts. I don't have unlimited minutes. Thus, I will continue to text away.
Another interesting point from the article: "Forty-three percent of teens who take their phones to school reported sending at least one text message from class a day, despite the fact that many schools have banned cell phones in class."
I find myself doing this as well. You know you are addicted to texting when you see you have a class in the Beering basement and your first thought is, "man, I can't get service down there".
At least I'm not as bad as the girl mentioned in the reader comments: "My 14 year old daughters portion of the phone bill for March 2010 had 13,943 texts. That is 465 texts a day. I knew she was sending quite a few, and we have unlimited testing so our bill has not gone up, but I had a heart attack when I saw that!"
Now THAT is impressive!
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