Why do young couples prefer text messaging over calling?

I think callling is way more personal. I understand there are instances when texting works better b/c you may be somewhere where you can't talk. But I would think the preference would be to call b/c you get a much better read on the what the other person is thinking/feeling.Why do young couples prefer text messaging over calling?
It amazes me that flippy young people are so into texting, when it's more intellegent to simply voice call someone.





Texting was designed to relay a simple short message to someone discreetly in situations where voice calling isn't an option--but it's way overrated and even more over-done.Why do young couples prefer text messaging over calling?
becuz alot of people have not grown up learning intimacy..closeness.. that is why we have so many younger folks in love with someone they have never met.. just talked with online. nothing is up close and personal anymore.
text messaging is like the little written notes during the old days. the cute innocent heart-beating feeling is part of the loving process. talking doesn't give you that kind of feeling because you try to avoid the silence. you don't have time to think about every word he/she said either. but the text messages are there for you to read again and again. you can save and keep forever.
Regarding my ex, I liked texting better because then I had it in black and white what he had said when he tried to say he didn't say something. It gave me proof.
i'm a young person and i prefer calling, but it depends who you're calling and what young person you're talking to. , i guess. its stupid if the only way you contact your partner by text because misunderstandings are inevitable. You dont get a sense of their emotion if they text you ';I had the worst day today'; as opposed to them explaining. Texting takes more effort too, imo
Yes you are right a phone call would be better than text messaging, if they have the time to text message then they have the time to make a phone call and leave a message on the voice mail box. it only takes 30 seconds to make a phone call
No Awkward silence, You can just type something that comes to mind and get a reply.





I like texting my ex-husband because we start fighting if we are talking for more than 2.5 seconds. I can text ';have my daughter call me'; and I don't have to listen to him ***** about anything =P
I'm 28 and men text me rather than pick up the phone and call. Like you said, at times it's ok, but it really does got on my last nerve!! How can we have a serious and important conversation via text message? Now if we were just passing time and talking about small stuff I wouldn't care if we actually talked or texted. But if we've got issues or are trying to make serious plans, I would rather speak to you face to face or be able to hear your voice over the phone.


So it's not just young people, everyone is turning to text messages.
I guess it's more convenient for some people, although I do know where your coming from...I also think that if you can't say something to a person straight to their face perhaps you shouldn't say it at all....
Short and to the point. Why waste minutes begging your parents for $50, when you can just text them and bypass the lecture?
I love talking to my boyfriend on the phone. We just text in between phone calls. I think its just an easier way to just say ';hi, i'm thinking of you'; in the middle of the day when you can't talk to the other person. Before texting, there wasnt really another way to get in touch with that person in one particular moment rather than sending an email and since most people keep their phones on their hips or in pockets all day long (and dont keep computers as such) that its just easier. especially when phone companies started unlimited texting etc.
You mean you don't want to take 10 mins to have a 2 min conversation?
b/c it's easier to say things in a text that you would be more scared to say in person
I prefer calling as well. Just to hear my bf's voice but some people either don't want to call and waste their minutes, since sometimes the calls are so short or its that the calls are too long, it was a bunch of dead air and really all they wanted to do was say , ';Hi, thinking of you.'; But yea, I still prefer calling.
it's easier to say stuff in a text message like ';i want you to come over and give me head.'; Were if you were actually talking to someone on the phone you might not have the guts to say it.
I agree with you that calls are much more personal.


Technology is great, but a nice voice is soooooo much better.
yes they perfer texting over talkin
playing with the phone is more important


and it better fits the way they tell others about stuff:





so like i texted this guy and i was like ...


and then he was like ...


and then i was like ...





well, you get the picture. more evidence of the dumbing down of society.





this is not to say that texting can't be useful. but i virtually never use it.





what's really annoying is if you email someone and you get trickles of info from them (brief one-liners per email vs. a paragraph or two that you've sent) and you have to keep following up to get a complete answer from them.
I guess because it is cheaper on the cell phone bill than calling
They aren't afarid to say what they're feeling. On the phone, it would lead to an awkward silence. They feel comfortable saying these things so the other person knows what they are feeling, yet they don't have to say it to them. Make any sense?
It's just their thing.
it is so much sexier
b/c when you're the phone sometimes you get that akward silence so that's why i text so much
i like to txt better than to call, cuz sometimes my friends are in class,so i can talk to them while they are in class, and see what they want to do later. and its called DAYTIME MINUTES!!!! it eats it away when u call, its not like a regular phone..u get so many minutes per month, and if you use them up talking bout non sense and then next time you really need them to talk to your parents cuz they dont know how to txt..thats why i have unlimited txting,and the minutes for my parents, but i pay for the phone myself..but yup thats y
True...but sometimes it is easy to write it because you can take more time to think about what you are going to say
Because then they don't have to worry about those strong but deadly silences...who knows. Calling is not only more personal, but it doesn't require figuring out where the heck the ';X'; is.
couples text b/c they just want to tell ea other they're being missed or thought of... and nothing else to say
Texting is impersonal but cost efficient and convenient if you just want to say one thing. Calling builds closer relationship than when you want to say more than one message.
i dont understand either, i totally agree with calling being better. but if you want your answer. for some people, its just hard to say things, if your on the phone, you're expected to keep up with the conversation or risk loosing yourself while he/she is expecting an answer right away. texting can work better for people because there is less preasure. anyone agree? its mroe soothing to give some time thinking about what you're gonna say, and better, put it in writing to see if it looks and sounds good