Rant on texting

Ok so I am going to have a rant today about texting and why I generally despise it. I understand the premise of texting. It can be a very useful tool if you want to ask a person one question or let them know one piece of information quickly without going into details. However, I really dislike how our society now prefers texting over having a phone call. When I have something to tell a friend, I hate that I am now programmed to think maybe I should text them instead. That's ridiculous in my opinion! How many times have you called a friend to ask them a question and then you talk for 15 minutes catching up, building on your relationship, learn about something going on that they wouldn't have told you over a text. In my opinion, relationships are becoming more shallow as we disengage from one another. People are loosing vital communication skills and the ability to write complete sentences because we are so used to writing quick phrases for our texts. Of course, this is just my opinion and I know others who disagree with me but as for me I will only text when necessary and don't be surprised if you get a phone call from me too see how things are going :-)