I have only texted for about the last 3 months. My daughter who is doing everything she can to get on budget, her ex really tore up their credit score, has given up cable, internet and phone. She has the same no contract phone as I do and only has 300 talk minutes a month but unlimited texting. So texting is the main way I can communicate with her. And it has really brought us closer. We are both night owls, her later than me, and we talk a lot during the night. I still text with one finger, don't know how to find the emoticons, am glad for the spell check but do enjoy it now. I am so terrible at it that there is no way I would ever do it when driving. Even if I was good at it I wouldn't text and drive though. It takes me long enough to turn on the phone, get to the messaging section no one would want to be on the road with me.