To hate texting?

[HforHavana]

Just that really.
I absolutely hate texting. Unless it's something important then I probably won't respond. I just hate the small talk and constantly being accessible.
My friends have picked up on it and just make jokes about it now how I'm the worst texter etc which is fine.
However, I think other people such as MIL think I'm being rude. I'm not being rude, half of the time I respond in my head and then it gets forgotten about. I just don't have the mental capacity to draw a conversation out over a longer period of time, instead of picking the phone up and calling the person.

Group chats are another ball game. I'm in a few and I just take in all the info and stay quiet. Again, I'm not being rude, I just don't want to get into the conversation and then have to spend time engaging with it all wondering when it will end.

So aibu to hate texting?

Aren't you texting now on mumsnet

Texting is the best invention of the modern age for those of us who hate talking on the phone.

I'm the complete opposite to you. I don't pick my phone up unless it's a call I'm expecting and I know what it is going to be about. I'd be much, much happier to receive a text and am grateful they exist.

YABU - it’s a good way of communicating non-urgent information, especially to a group. If you don’t like ‘chatting’ and small talk, then phoning people is way worse. Texts put you in control of how and when you respond. If you find that stressful then just mute people you don’t want to engage with, and perhaps set a time to check regularly to make sure you haven’t missed anything that does need a response.