Do people just not ring each other any more, is this normal?

This. Can’t stand talking on the phone - it demands all your attention. Whereas you can read a text whenever you want and take your time to reply.

I'm 37 and love texting but I really really miss phone calls!

I don't even know what the etiquette is any more to call someone for a chat so I just don't bother. Even though every time I've taken the plunge and done it it's been great so I don't know why I don't do it more.

Well articulated. Pretty much what I want to say.

Nah. Im 48 and yes we had text messaging years ago but people still chatted on the phone loads. It’s only fairly recently that they stopped.

It’s the other way around, actually. At time of writing, 66% of respondents (so two thirds) think OP being unreasonable. Which Is actually slightly lower than I’d have expected.

I would rather send 50texts than have a phone call, I absolutely hate talking on the phone.

Seriously, I think in 15 years I’ve only had about a dozen calls with DH! The only person I call is my dad as he can’t cope with texting at all.

Text messages all the way for me. Unless it’s a super long thing I need to get across to people. I hate talking on th’e phone to. Never use voice notes though.

61, prefer texts or WhatsApp most of the time. Phone calls are good if you need to sort out details on something, which would mean multiple back and forth texts. Otherwise texts all the way for me.

I love phone calls and loathe texting. My best friend and I have a daily phone call after we’ve finished our respective school runs for about 45 minutes or so - either in the car on my commute or on speaker while I do housework. I way prefer it to texting because it’s hands free and because I’m not thinking about what I’m doing I find I get loads of housework done. I call DP for a quick chat and to say hello to the little ones in the car when I pick them up, I call my sister who lives abroad for a chat, parents etc etc. everybody knows if they want to get in touch to just call me. I am horrible at replying to texts, if I can’t get to them straight away I either forget to reply or leave it too late then feel guilty and stressed about it so put it off! I would text if there was something urgent and I knew it would be a bad time for the other person - busy evenings etc with the kids. But I just call people and we all have an understanding that if we’re busy we just don’t answer and will call back when we can. Long live the phone call!

OK, people are worried that conversations on the phone will take up too much time and there'll be too much idle chitchat, but what happened to the ability to say, "Sorry, I have to go now"? And I still maintain that to say one "hates" talking on the phone is a wee bit melodramatic!

Yep. Tonight I’ve been messaging friends, posting on here, playing games on my phone, looking at holidays on Jet2 and watching tv all at the same time. To talk on the phone I’d have to stop doing all of those other things

And contrary to the ‘not wanting human contact’ I was out with a good friend last night at a social event where I also chatted to numerous friends and got to meet new people - as well as listening to music, dancing and drinking wine!

I can’t believe a third of people said YABU! OP I talk in the phone all the time. And I reject attempts to have text convos. It’s just not the same. When I was a lone parent of young children phone chats + wine were what passed for my social life. People need to connect properly.

I’m weird but I don’t like making phone calls so I rarely unless I really have to or feel guilty because certain people are always calling me. However I love when people call me, usually it means they have something interesting or funny to say and it would lose meaning in message form. So I chat squire a bit every day but mainly because I am driving the calls not making them.

Texting is ok but prefer phone calls because I can cook, clean and do other things while I’m chatting.

It’s not traumatic, it’s just dull. And a complete waste of time.

I can communicate just as well via a message, much faster, with as many people as I need to, in X second bursts, while I go about my day. I ‘speak’ to my friends and family most days, and we generally know what everyone is up to. I enjoy this. I would enjoy speaking to all these people on the phone far less, wouldn’t have the time (or inclination) to do it with the same frequency, and there would be no actual benefit.

I hate the phone. My call log is things like phoning for a repeat prescription, booking the cat’s jabs at the vet and so on. The only person who ever rings me is my hairdresser - he owns the salon and I look after their social media as a side hustle. (He’s dyslexic and prefers to talk on the phone rather than type out messages.)

I hate voice notes. So annoying. Can't glance at them and decide if urgent, forget what was said and have to relisten
People gas on for ages so have to listen to bullshit.
The only ones I let off are my dyslexic friends.

I always hated phone calls, so relieved to not have to make them any more. I don’t miss anything about them whatsoever!!

I see my friends and family in person, but I don’t want to talk to them on the phone. I’m 48.

Exactly this.

I haven't really spoken to any of my friends on the phone in ages, now that I think of it. I'm late 40s and it's always Whatsapp.

I did have an hour long conversation with my brother last night but he lives in another country. I also speak to my Dad and Aunt regularly.

My mum and DH are pretty much the only ones I would have a telephone conversation with.
nearly 57

Traumatic? Lol

Im an 'old un' and I said upthread I hate it. I cant hear that well so I hate them

Also I recognise what others are saying that its fine when chatting to someone face to face, the conversation is more instinctive and spontaneous and natural but on the phone you're on the spot to some degree.

Its fine at work, I much rather phone someone but not at home.

I do both talk on the phone and use Whatsapp. I don't like voice notes.

I phone my young adult DC and my sister, no longer phone friends apart from occasional video chats with 2 long distant friends
But i do miss a proper natters on the phone!!
I uses to have really long phone conversations with my friends as a teen.
I dont think texting is at all the same. It is quicker but not the same connection.

It’s not traumatic. And I’m not young btw, I’m 45. It’s just insanely tedious. I have lots of things I want to do if I have time to do it - housework, reading, watching things I want to watch on tv, decorating or whatever else. I don’t want to spend hours or even half an hour chatting on the phone at a time that is decided by the person who calls me, in what could be answered in messages whilst I’m doing something else. Phone calls take up more concentration, I can’t multi task when having them properly and they annoy me. That’s it.