Txting for conversation. Good Idea?

4COL 1DR IYKWIM BC I'm txting.

Today it has become common to talk to each other in words or shorthand words rather than to sit face to face and talk. I see some advantages to texting when you need to provide some information that can be responded to at the receiver's leisure. Alternatively, I see a major disadvantage in texting someone to carry on a conversation. When one shares a real time conversation, word or text is only one element of this conversation. There also must exist an element of body language and tone of voice that you cannot transmit with a written message. Even during a phone conversation it is possible to sense some body language by listening to the tone of voice. Texting was never meant to carry on a conversation. Over recent history, I have experienced many hurt feelings and miscommunication when someone chooses to use texting as a substitute for conversation. A generation is coming up today that thinks it foreign to have a face to face or phone to phone verbal conversation. I have put a great deal of thought into this subject and I suggest that those who read this should be guarded in the faith you put into the method of communicating by text. Take care in what you send others, you never know who may hear(read) your words. Make sure your message is clear, and work fast to correct any misinterpretation. Better yet, pick up the phone and call or sit down face to face. It is easier this way.


BTW LY mean it!