When communicating with a friend, do you prefer text or phone call?

I don;t text, and am a phone person. I like to catch up by phone, or email on occasion but talking, voice to voice is my first choice. For someone that gets on your nerves emailing or texting would be best, obviously. haha

I’m very happy with texting for short updates and making plans but also just general catching up. I think it has made some friendships stronger. For lengthy chats, though, I usually talk on the phone. It does seem like with most of my friends now that we make appointments for a phone call rather than just picking up the phone as we did in the past.

Never phone. Just text or FB message

I can’t explain it but I am kind of phobic about talking on the phone, even with friends, so I prefer to text.

Text. I despise the telephone. I’ve had too many bad experiences not being able to understand what the other person is saying. So many people multi-task when they talk on the telephone and it makes it that more difficult to understand what they are saying.

@Mariah I don’t have that problem with friends but I do with prospective dates which is an impediment.

Some people I enjoy talking to, even though it is somewhat intrusive. This woman isn’t one of those.

@Mariah I’m with you. I’ve read that many people dislike the telephone because of the complete lack of visual cues; it’s awkward to have a conversation without eye contact and seeing the other person’s reactions. I guess that’s why I avoid social phone conversations. I just don’t feel comfortable.

I’ve wondered if that’s it – but then I wonder why texting feels more comfortable? In text we’re lacking even more cues – tone, inflection, etc.

It tends to depend on my mood. If I’m enjoying the quiet, and it’s a pleasant little chat, I prefer to text or FB message. For a real give and take full on conversation, I prefer talking.

It depends on the friend, what I’m doing and as @canidmajor suggested, my mood. Some people I love to have a chat with on the phone. Other people I’d prefer an occasional text. However, if I’m working, I really would prefer people don’t phone me. So I prefer if we plan ahead to talk on the phone rather than spontaneous calls.

I prefer phoning, but it’s just me being too impatient to wait for the response. The phone gives me immediate response and it’s harder to ignore a phone call than a text message. When I’m sure the person is available though, I use Facebook message.

Text? You mean like a Morse code kind of tap dancing thing with those metal noise makers on your shoes?? I phone.

You have talked about this friend before, and thankfully I have no friends that fit that description but for this friend I would say text, because she could bog down a great deal of your time with a voice phone call.
For me I prefer a live phone call, but I do have one friend that loves texting, and has an iPhone so I can text from my computer, but I HATE texting from my cell phone,when forced to text from my cell it is very brief short texts nothing else because I have a flip phone and refuse to get a damn smart phone that does everything but walk the damn dog.
I don’t need nor want a smart phone that you have to charge every damn day,my flip I only have to charge every week to week and a half.

I prefer texting my friends, but calling my family. I enjoy facetiming my best friend occasionally, and I almost always call my mom instead of texting her. The only time I text her is if she didn’t answer her phone.

I prefer to text generally!

Sorry while I can understand texting has it’s place, especially for people like @jca has, but for the most part it can be great for quick note but to have a full blown conversation via text, count me out while you say it can be less intrusive ,maybe but to say it also requires less energy,nope not buying that one to peck at a micro key board requires less energy than plain talking uh again not buying onto that one.

For me it’s easier to text because I generally find talking on the phone to be an awkward, uncomfortable experience. There are a few people (my boyfriend, dad and two very close friends) that I have no problem talking on the phone with but with everyone else in my life, I tend to find it difficult.

Well, @SQUEEKY2, the good news is that we still have choices. A conversation by text insures that one can complete their thoughts without interruption. Sometimes that supersedes the “energy requirements” you mention. And sometimes it’s simply about the ability to have a conversation at all. When my daughter worked at a coffee shop we could converse by text, but not voice. The advantage in that case was that we both recognized that there would be an episodic quality to the convo, as she had customers to tend to from time to time. Where people are reluctant to interrupt a voice conversation to place an order, if they don’t even know a conversation is happening, it is not off-putting.