Do many of us on here text each other??

incognito · #1 2nd August 2009, 21:52

Just been wondering, ive got to a few peeps on here by email facebook. Is texting ok?? or is too much, e.g. one step from talking.

incog

Wheelie Bin Bird · #2 2nd August 2009, 22:01

Yup, I've got a few numbers of people from here, we txt and chat, also on MSN.

Problem with me is I never shut up

GhostOnMagneticTape · #3 2nd August 2009, 22:23

I hate texting a conversation with a passion, I'm just so lazy and lack any enthusiasm for it... I prefer a keyboard.

So no, I text no one from here.

Sea · #4 2nd August 2009, 22:43

I text a couple of people from here, but they are people I know from the chatroom and consider that I 'know' them reasonably well...

I still can't answer the phone to them though, lol
(sorry!)

Tailgate · #5 2nd August 2009, 23:05

I'd have no probs with texting people from here once I felt I'd gotten to know them well enough. The fact that, in a sense, it is another step closer to talking wouldn't bother me at all.

Leah · #6 2nd August 2009, 23:08

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Originally Posted by incognito

Just been wondering, ive got to a few peeps on here by email facebook. Is texting ok?? or is too much, e.g. one step from talking.

incog

If they have given you their number I'm sure they wouldn't mind. I text a couple of people from here.

Wheelie Bin Bird · #7 2nd August 2009, 23:15

Actually as a matter of fact I was chatting on MSN with someone from here the other nite, and we exchanged numbers, I rang him a frightend the life outta him!

Sea · #8 3rd August 2009, 01:56

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Originally Posted by incognito

Just been wondering, ive got to a few peeps on here by email facebook. Is texting ok?? or is too much, e.g. one step from talking.

incog

I didn't really answer your question with my reply before.
Imo, texting someone is a world away from phoning them...a text is not much difference from getting an email or an MSn really in that you can choose to ignore it, can reply in your own time, or can pretend you never received it (lol). A phone call is another thing altogether. So I would say that yes, a text is ok because ppl have the option whether to reply or not. A phone call however, is something I personally would keep only for people I knew very well and had pre-arranged with. Just my thoughts...I'm sure some ppl love to receive random phone calls but I don't like them even from pplk I know! :rolleyes:

Nikkos · #9 3rd August 2009, 03:33

If anyone wants to text me please pm me for my number i dont really get alot of people texting me would be cool and ill be sure to text you back!

Please someone pm me!

AAAli · #10 3rd August 2009, 04:15

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Just been wondering, ive got to a few peeps on here by email facebook. Is texting ok?? or is too much, e.g. one step from talking.

incog

Texting is fine, I text 5 or 6 people from here (well chatroom) and they pretty much all gave me their numbers very early into meeting them. But I'm sure it all depends on the person and how paranoid they are.

Go for it

hardy · #11 3rd August 2009, 07:24

Don.t mind texting or MSN but I often genuinly dont know what to say which appears a bit unfriendly.

Sea · #12 3rd August 2009, 13:11

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Originally Posted by Manks

Do you remember when we spoke, you were at the airport and your flight had been delayed. You sounded so stroppy, I was trying to be positive, but nothing I said worked. You were determined to be pissed off.

In fairness, sitting in a crowded airport, waiting for my travel agent to phone, barely able to hear anything over the tanoids, going away alone for several weeks, and about to experience 20 hrs of travel through remote Angola...I was never going to be in my most positive frame of mind for a chat! :rolleyes: I thought your call was going to be my travel agent!
Sorry anyway.

Sea · #13 3rd August 2009, 13:13

^ If you say so.

Tailgate · #14 3rd August 2009, 14:26

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Sophie

Good job people with SA don't make phone commercials....

I'd quite like to see a phone commercial made by someone with SA, it would certainly be different

skald · #15 4th August 2009, 10:12

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Originally Posted by magika

i like txting i only have 3 or 4 from here whoi txt from here. i like msn too but find i find it quite one sided, maybe im wrong but its always ME saying hi 1st , i know this sounds petty but its true. it would be nice when i pop online for someone to pop up and say hi to me 1st.

I have found this aswell quite a few people have asked to be friends on MSN but it is hard sometimes to keep the conversation going when it is one or two word answers.
I understand that for some it's the anxiety and SA maybe preventing them from opening up a little, but come on we are all safe in our rooms or homes in front of a pc or laptop.
But hey if it gives comfort that we are in the friends list then I'm happy with that

neski · #16 4th August 2009, 21:42

now i want to text people!! gis ya numbers

Winnie57 · #17 4th August 2009, 22:29

I have texted people in the past but texting's not really my cup of tea. Novelty wore off a long time ago, is far too laborious and seems impersonal (don't know why). Only would text if it was important or in reply to someone else's text..

GhostOnMagneticTape · #18 4th August 2009, 22:41

I agree Winnie, the novelty of texting someone is pretty non-existent for me nowadays.

What gets me is how some people get upset if you do not reply to a text within an hour or a few, they seemingly take it personally.

Spectrelight · #19 4th August 2009, 22:43

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Originally Posted by neski

now i want to text people!! gis ya numbers

078********

T · #20 4th August 2009, 22:48

Nope i don't text people from here unless i'm organising a meet and people want my number just incase they can't find me or got lost...

Wheelie Bin Bird · #21 4th August 2009, 22:51

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Originally Posted by Winnie57

I have texted people in the past but texting's not really my cup of tea. Novelty wore off a long time ago, is far too laborious and seems impersonal (don't know why). Only would text if it was important or in reply to someone else's text..

OI! I txt u!!

Paul Ll · #22 5th August 2009, 00:53

I have really cool friends (check list) but never talk to any of them

neski · #23 5th August 2009, 01:47

^ i only tick one of the above

QB you got it all going for you - still miss your avatar though

Peasie · #24 5th August 2009, 06:54

I have a nokia program on my computer which means I can compose and send a text on my computer and send it via my bluetooth connected phone. (a usb cable would also work). Very hand when composing really long texts.

It is quite funny with this phone being connected to my computer because of the range. I can leave my flat, go downstairs, outside the building and walk round the corner. I'll then hear a beep and my phone will tell me it is no longer connected via bluetooth.

So anyone texting me (receiving texts from me) should be able to tell if I'm connected to my computer. A long text will mean yes. Short "yes" or "no" answers will mean I'm not connected.

It is quite a handy program as a photo of the person calling will pop up in the corner of my computer when they phone me.

So if you have big fat clumsy fingers this program can make you out to be a super fast texter. Oh yes, another thing - when connected I text out words in full rather than textspeak.

StevieC · #25 6th August 2009, 08:43

god, i hate phones. I use my touch screen for the internet on the train. Ther only people i text are my sister, my mum, and a guy i used to work with who lives hundreds of miles away.

It's useless to me most of the time,and i'd be happier if they never existed.

(i FEEL LIKE RANTING TODAY!)

png · #26 6th August 2009, 10:35

Rant away Stevie

there're websites that'll let you send a limited number of texts per day from your PC for free as well, which can be handy for long messages. With some sites, you risk getting spam texts afterwards, but some are legit, e.g. http://www.cbfsms.com/

My phone's so old it only texts in capitals, which tends to come across all SHOUTY.

The only texts i send these days are to enter TV competitions...