Are you a calling or texting person?

[NameChangr678]

So I hate texting and emailing. Absolutely hate it and get stressed when I have texts waiting I need to reply to, like a chore. I always worry the texts will sound weird/rude/too friendly/insincere and re-read them over loads. I leave it up to 2 weeks to text people back. I love calling however - IMO a phone call sorts out everything. I talk to my mum/best friend for ages and don't mind ringing strangers/customer service at all. I wish calling was the done thing...

My partner is the complete opposite. Texts everyone all day, HATES ringing, avoids it like the plague. Won't sort out stuff like broadband if it involves the phone. Talks completely monotone and gives one-word answers, can't wait to hang up.

So which are you?

A texter. I hate being put on the spot to give an answer, much prefer to have time to contemplate my response.

I hate talking on the phone. Like, to the point i will watch it ring & walk away until it stops unless it is a pre-planned call or DDs school

I'm a bit crap with texting too tho tbh. I read a message, plan a response in my head, walk away to do something else & then assume i have replied because i did in my head.

I agree completely @spaceraidersrock. If you know me and you're phoning me, it better be a matter of life and death. Unknown number? You've got no chance, mate.

I'm a texter.

Phone calls give me anxiety attacks.

Text please.

I will talk on the phone but I would never phone anyone myself!

If it's my mum or sisters, normally FaceTime. Other than that, text.

Text. Unless dire emergency
I take around 150 calls a day at work, I do not want to speak to anyone on the phone

Texting

I only talk to my Mum and Dad on the phone (and even then they're both big texters /whatsappers at 71 and 77 respectively!) I ring DP randomly through the day but apart from that its texts only. Phone calls are just for emergencies. My friend and I have very ocassional reason to ring each other, and one of us will always txt first to say "I'm about to ring you!!!! Don't worry nobody died!"

Prefer to text as I find phone calls intrusive

TExt or email depending on the recipient and their preferences.
Never phone call unless there really is no alternative or it’s very urgent. I hate phoning people!

Generally a texter but I tend to facetime my mil (who lives 5 mins away...) and best friends, which is like calling I guess! My sister and I do voice notes, which is a good compromise!

I'll only make calls if it's a dire emergency. I have been known to put my phone in flight mode and just turn Wi-Fi on when I'm at home

I'm a texter/emailer.

Mostly because I spend all day having to deal with shit on the phone. I hate it. I'm currently on hold to FedEx trying to establish why one of their drivers is a useless twat.

I'd rather email them about it so that I sound calm and rational, but unfortunately I need to speak to someone urgently.

I'm a texter/emailer. I don't phone anyone except my DM.

Do not phone me except in the case of dire emergency. If I can do something via email or text message, I will. I hate being on the phone.

Text friends and family mostly, though sometimes a phone call to chat if I haven’t seen them IRL for awhile. Phone call to anything official, unless an email or website chat box seems more appropriate. Loathe contacting corporate entities via Twitter or Facebook, as all responses seem to be perkily prescripted ( Hi!) but missing the point entirely.

Text or email, definitely. I hate, loathe and detest talking on the phone. My best friend is the opposite, and I get horribly anxious when it's 'my turn' to ring her, put it off for days, then get anxious about how long it's been, to the point where I'm paralysed by anxiety. I hate the whole notion of phone ringing- it's like someone striding into your house uninvited and going 'RIGHT, you're talking to ME now!' regardless of what you're in the middle of doing.

That said, I would give anything to be able to pick up the phone and call my mum one last time. She was the one person I didn't mind ringing - same time every evening, right after Neighbours :)

Absolutely hate phone calls and will ignore them. All my friends know I will only respond to texts/emails/WhatsApp/fb.

Anyone who insists on calling me will receive a text. if it really needs to be discussed verbally I'd prefer to just meet up. Which can be arranged by text

Anything that requires sorting housewise etI will just use email / live chat / contact form

I like both, I will happily talk or text/email. Can't beat the phone for a good chinwag or for making an enquiry about something or booking an appointment, far better than waiting for an email. I use text/whatsapp/email a lot too. I could spend all day chatting in person too, love it.

"Anyone who insists on calling me will receive a text. if it really needs to be discussed verbally I'd prefer to just meet up. Which can be arranged by text."

Hear, hear, @ByeGermsByeWorries!

Increasingly text. I phone if I really need an answer urgently, or if speaking to people like my parents, who don't do technology and don't even have a computer or internet access, let alone a smart enough phone for anything other than taking or making basic phone calls.

Lots of people prefer to text or WhatsApp as you can mute things and then just respond later the same day at a convenient point. Phone calls are too intrusive if you are at work, school etc. Schools too increasingly update via text, Twitter etc. as well as email.

If you know people have texted you and you are leaving it for up to two weeks to respond because of some silly hang up about the fact that they didn't phone you instead then that is pretty rude in my opinion. Don't be surprised if you start missing out on things, or if some people start not bothering to contact you at all because their interpretation has been that you cannot be arsed to reply.

That probably isn't what you want to hear, but this is the way communication happens now, like it or not.

Text.

And NEVER leave me an answer phone message. I will not check it. I will ignore it anxiously.

Neither. I much prefer pigeon post and failing that, running away and hiding.
I have a massive family and there's always a tiny mole hill that's being molded into a big, dramatic mountain
If it's important I will ring but mostly it's text for me. Much simpler.