https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:52:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146286 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:15:01 +0000 julijuli 146286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really the only time I text is to stay in touch with my 16 year old son. He much prefers it to phone calls. I do send emails via my phone though so maybe that counts? I have to say my son is way over the 150 per day mark. However, he's doing great in school, is responsible and has good social skills and we have a rule of no texting at meal times or when guests are over! He also brings his phone upstairs at 10:00 each night to charge it and so we know he's not texting all night. You'd be surprised at how many kids sleep with their phones and probably don't get a whole lot of quality sleep because they are getting interrupted all night long.<br /> *edited to add that my 12 year old really wants one and is not getting one until high school. I don't see the need when he's at school or with us 99.9% of the time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146278 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:08:42 +0000 Beth 146278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Call me vintage, too. I text once or twice a month at most.</p> <p>Texting is so laborious for me...my phone doesn't have a qwerty keyboard and I dislike text-speak, so I tend to text using full words. Besides, I usually have too much to say! Much easier to just call somebody and spit it out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146275 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:04:44 +0000 bella 146275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a timely topic! The results of a study on teen texting was just released today. </p> <p>Here is the link to the full study:<br /> <a href="http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones/Summary-of-findings.aspx?r=1" rel="nofollow">http://pewinternet.org/Reports.....s.aspx?r=1</a></p> <p>Here is a recap of findings:<br /> Based on a survey and focus groups conducted with teenagers between 12 and 17, Pew found that text messaging is by far the most common way that kids communicate with each other, more than chatting on the phone, e-mailing, using social-networking sites, or talking face to face. More than 75 percent of teens now own cell phones, notes Pew, up from just 45 percent in 2004. Around 72 percent of all teens, or 88 percent of teens who own mobile phones, use text messages to communicate. That marks a big jump from 2006 when only 51 percent of teens texted on their phones.Among those 12 to 17 years old, half of them send 50 or more text messages a day, while 15 percent tap out more than 200 instant messages every day. Results vary by gender and age. On average, boys send and receive around 30 text messages each day, while girls send and receive around 80 per day. Older girls are the biggest texters, with those 14 to 17 sending out more than 100 messages a day. Younger kids ages 12 to 13 are lighter users, typically sending and receiving around 20 texts each day.</p> <p>Here is an interesting article that lays out the negative effects of texting on teens:<br /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05.....6teen.html</a><br /> Here is the punchline: “Among the jobs of adolescence are to separate from your parents, and to find the peace and quiet to become the person you decide you want to be.” “Texting hits directly at both those jobs.” </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146261 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:49:09 +0000 MNsara 146261@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't see the keyboard to text unless I hunt down reading glasses So I use my computer instead to send a rare text to one of my kids - I bet those don't count.</p> <p>Today's kids are scary with their constant need to be available. </p> <p>I confiscate cell phones used during class in middle school thru 10th grade. At our 11-12th grade high school, I make them put it away while I stand there, and a 2nd offense means losing the phone, or taking themselves and their phone to the office (where they probably get a proverbial slap-on-the-wrist). But I have seen kids texting one-handed with the phone STILL IN THEIR POCKET!! So I can't 'see' it, I guess </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146244 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:35:18 +0000 Mellllls 146244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I once received the same text from the same person over and over again....over a hundred times! I told the person who sent it but she couldn't get it to stop. This had happened to her before. I freaked out because I don't have unlimited texting; thankfully my cell phone provider seemed to think it was their fault and took the charges off my bill. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146237 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:30:41 +0000 Theresa 146237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As someone who absolutely HATES the phone, I text a fair bit! Emails and texting are definitely my preferred mode of communication (unless I'm with someone of course LOL).</p> <p>I mainly text my 2 brothers, 1 of their girlfriends and a couple of close friends. We are all busy people and I like that a text or email means they can get back to me when they get a chance. If I have to tell someone something I'll often email them and then text them telling them to check their emails LOL</p> <p>But, my phone plan has a cap and as long as I don't spend more than $350 odd my bills are capped at $49 and I've never gone over my cap in the past year so I don't see any reason to reduce my texting!</p> <p>A friend and I were only discussing the other day that certain friends of ours (we are all in our 30's too I might add), seems to live her life publicly on facebook - we only found out she and her boyfriend broke up when she posted it there, so I think its becoming more common amongst not just the teenagers of the world...</p> <p>It scares me though because my 5 year old has said she wants a mobile phone for her birthday, she's definitely not getting one though!!! I think my policy will be like Khris' - if you can pay, you can play.</p> <p>DD's school has a policy that if you have a mobile phone it must be handed in to the office when you arrive at school and you get it back at the end of the day - I like that idea because I've heard some shocking stories from other schools... and this is only PRIMARY school for goodness sakes!</p> <p>oooops long rambling post again LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146198 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:20:00 +0000 Kristine 146198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I send fairly few, maybe one or two a day and not every day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146155 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:01:20 +0000 Debora 146155@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>shiny - I learned to text because, like you, I found it was the best way to get the kids to respond to my calls. They will for the most part always text right back.</p> <p>Khris - that's a good policy. DS didn't get his until high school.</p> <p>Marianne - thanks for the link to the article. I calculated his texts from the month before (no girlfriend that month), and he averaged about 35/day. Still a lot, but better than this past month!</p> <p>Joy - I sure do miss those days!</p> <p>Melliss - we did go to unlimited texting when I started texting because my texts were starting to add up. Looks like I'm going to have to lay down the law with DS now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146150 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:33:00 +0000 Louise 146150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think i text way more than i think, when I get my phone bill most of my phone allowance goes on texting x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146148 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:30:56 +0000 Mellllls 146148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I send very, very few. My parents have generously kept me on their cell phone plan since I was in college which does not have an unlimited texting plan so I must pay per text. I would text slightly more if I had an unlimited plan but appreciate not having to get my own cell phone plan. I agree that texting is convenient in limited circumstances but widespread use hinders interpersonal communication skills and well as reinforcement of grammar, punctuation, etc.</p> <p>Debora, I hope you have an unlimited texting plan on your son's phone! From what I've heard and seen with my teenaged cousins texting is the IT thing to do to communicate...much like AOL instant messaging was when I was a teen. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146145 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:25:05 +0000 Anonymous 146145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No texting here. I call or email. Yay, Khris! I love your attitude and totally agree! Our kids didn't have cell phones or texting yet, but we had the same conversation about game systems when they were at home. At a young age they need to learn social and communication skills, not be up in their rooms playing video games or texting instead of writing real sentences and having real conversations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146144 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:22:36 +0000 Cathy G 146144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Texting is so quick and easy. I send an average of five per day--not too many. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146130 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:55:08 +0000 marianne 146130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>0 for me too. My phone is very basic and I don't even think I have text messaging in my plan. I do see texting being more convenient in certain situations.<br /> Debora, your son is only slightly higher than average, supposedly:<br /> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8633435.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8633435.stm</a><br /> (happened to see it in the headlines today) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146100 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:10:55 +0000 Debbie 146100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter are very into texting but me not so much. I can call faster. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day/page/2#post-146090 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:47:26 +0000 RoseandJoan 146090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't send any, I'm vintage in many ways ;0) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146089 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:46:07 +0000 taylor 146089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>0...I can't see the keys well enough. My kids preferred communication and they know If they text me they will get a call from me instead, so they just call me:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146074 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:42:02 +0000 chewyspaghetti 146074@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm avoiding this issue with my kids by not getting them cellphones. They think it's cruel, but a phone isn't a toy and it isn't necessary for a kid who is literally almost always with a parent. I've told my kids that when they are old enough to get their own contract and pay for their own phone/bill- they can have a cellphone, but not before then. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146061 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:02:45 +0000 Laura 146061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, DePaul University. It's a great school but hello students, you are in a big city and need to have your wits about you!</p> <p>It's actually surprising to me that more of us aren't way into texting. I feel better about my complete lameness in that area now thanks to you all.</p> <p>Debora, you have to let us know how the conversation goes with your son. Because in about 4 years I am sure to be having the same conversation with my son! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146059 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:56:21 +0000 shiny 146059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Probably about 10 a month. I hate to text, but my DD15 is a texting fiend, so that is the best way to get her to respond. "Can you pick me up" "Y" Or, "Where R U?" I keep it short and simple. She teases me because I use text-speak and only just figured out how to make a question mark...</p> <p>Otherwise, my texts are to my girlfriend - just to confirm we are on our way to meet her. She has an iphone and she'll send me long detailed texts, which I respond to briefly, or I just call. :-)</p> <p>My preferred communication is by email, hands down. Email first, phone second, chat a very distant third, then - even more distantly - text. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146056 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:42:45 +0000 Debora 146056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MPJ - good point, I just checked my in-box and I have quite a few in there. I think I actually did send or receive all those texts. Most of them are to and from my children.</p> <p>Srujana, Maya, Kate, and Khris - I agree, sometimes it is a lot easier to just text rather than to get caught up in a long phone call.</p> <p>Rosie, you have a very valid point!</p> <p>Kate, i wonder the same thing about today's kids feeling the need to broadcast their every move. I see it on Facebook, too.</p> <p>Kristen, I can see why texting works so well for you.</p> <p>Natalie, good point about choosing your words and letting the respondent answer back at his or hers convenience. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146053 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:36:53 +0000 Natalie 146053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I exchange at least 10 texts a day, most with my daughter away at college, the man I'm dating (calling him my "boyfriend" when we're both over 50 seems preposterous, but there seems no other good word), and girlfriends. I find texting a good way to communicate: I can choose my words more carefully than I'd be likely to over the telephone, and texting lets the recipient respond when it's convenient. I </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146051 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:25:19 +0000 Kristen 146051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am hard-of-hearing, so texting has been a godsend to me. I only use my phone to talk to my sister or parents, and everyone else is via text or email. And if my family would get into texting more, my life would be even easier! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146043 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:09:38 +0000 chewyspaghetti 146043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High 5 Maya- I feel the same way.<br /> Oh Laura- is that DePaul University? My mom went there </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146042 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:05:27 +0000 Rosie 146042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kids these days! I used to text more, mostly with my mom, if you can believe it! I probably averaged 300-450/mo, but I have definitely cut back, partially because she got a smartphone and now emails instead. For a while I really liked texting, but recently I have become tired of it, preferring more "real" forms of communication! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146017 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:33:09 +0000 Kate 146017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Debora, that G-Ma thing had me laughing, I wish my G-Ma would text with me! However I am facebook friends with almost all of my extended family...</p> <p>I've been sending about 40-50 texts per week. Most go to a friend/neighbor to coordinate the meals and errands we do together (we both live alone and I don't have a car). I also will text my boyfriend and brother before calling them to see if they're free; both have crazy schedules and getting a text while busy is a lot less annoying than getting a call. Beyond that, not much. I hate having conversations via text, so if we need to send more than a couple to get things sorted out I just call. </p> <p>Laura, I have the same fear. There's also this sense that everyone wants to know and should know what you are doing ALL THE TIME. Rather than being in the moment, kids are texting and tweeting about what they're doing! It's also funny how quickly this happened. I'm 23, and my siblings are about to turn 20 and 18, and I feel like their peers obsessively text more than mine, and it gets worse the younger you go. </p> <p>My favorite is the kids who text while riding their bike! and without helmets! I want to yell at them not to fall and die, but then I fear that trying to tell them would cause them to fall off their bike! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146011 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:17:40 +0000 cciele 146011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>0, for me too. Maybe once a month or so. I hate typing on the phone!</p> <p>151 per day, I can see a teenager do. Seems like one of their primary methods of communication, unfortunately. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146009 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:15:31 +0000 Maya 146009@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Debora, how does your son have time for anything else? Like sleep?</p> <p>Some days I don't send any, other days I send maybe 10 max. I hate talking on the phone, so whenever possible I prefer email or texting. Calling is a last resort that I absolutely dread. I can't have an entire conversation via text though. Once it gets past about ten messages, I just stop replying. Texting is for "I'm here, where are you?" or "Want to grab lunch?" kind of questions...not "Let's discuss our policy in Guatemala" or whatever... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146007 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:09:15 +0000 Srujana 146007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I text pretty much all the time. There only a handful of people that I routinely enjoy being on the phone with...everyone else gets a text. For me, its the easiest way to stay in touch and keep track of all my friends/family when everyone's so busy...and my phone makes it way easy to type out long messages. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146002 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:55:02 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 146002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(I re-read your message - it's possible your son is actually texting, but if you were surprised to see that you yourself had sent/rec'd texts, it's possible your phone company is charging you for something you are not actually doing!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-how-many-text-messages-do-you-send-a-day#post-146000 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:53:24 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 146000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is it definitely texting? Because my (stoopid) phone plan charged me for "texting" when I was actually sending IMs. I was pretty irritated about that and have since found an IM app that will let me chat for free. (I tend to IM my sister a lot when I drop my oldest daughter off for art class.) </p>