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Which is better and which should you use when and where call or text? Calling you could get an answer and talk instantly and texting you have to wait for pauses to answer back and forth. Some people just have a preference and only like texts and calls when it’s really important. Some people prefer calls and don’t like answering texts. Some people like a balance of both. so which is better?

Texting is simple and easy. You type whatever you want, send it, then walk away and wait for an answer. You can do whatever you want while you wait for a response, you could eat cereal, play a video game, run heavy equipment, or just lay back and relax while you tan. But what if they take too long to respond, or their phone is dead and they aren’t near a charger? What happens then? You just have to sit there and wait for a response or you could send another text and hope they see it now. And now that you get a text back you have to take a few seconds to read it, think of what to say, type it, misspell a word and fix it seven times, send it, and then wait all over again. But what if you’re texting someone who is a big texter and they instantly text back always, I’d be more likely to always text that person because I know the response is gonna be there instantly. And what if I text someone that only likes to call, and so they see the text but don’t answer until later in the day when they aren’t doing anything? Then I’d be very likely to never text them unless is a question or topic that I don’t need an answer to until later or the next day.

Calling is instant. I pick up my phone and hit someone’s contact and call them and after a couple of seconds, they either instantly pick up or not. And when they pick up you can instantly get into what you need to talk about and all they have to do is listen and then instantly respond back. Every question can be answered within a matter of seconds, like if I wanted to ask my father if I could go to a buddy’s house, he could respond back and say absolutely you can be safe, and now I know I can go. But what if they don’t answer then you could either leave it alone and go back to what you were doing or you could call again. Everything is an instant response because it’s either they answer and tell you what’s correct or not. Or they don’t answer and you can take it as a no or depending on what you needed you could think of another reasonable solution. Everything on a call is instant.

But at the end of the day it’s all on preference, do you yourself prefer to call or text, and does the other person prefer the same? I personally like both but if you want an instant/important answer then please call me, but if it’s something simple then text me. But I have some friends that are texters to whom I always text, and I have friends that are callers to whom I always call. And then I have friends that are both to which I do whatever is easier for me at the time, or if it’s super important I’ll call them. But it’s all up to you and who you are talking to to decide which is easier and better.

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