What kind of texter are you?
Complete sentences with punctuation?
Lots of texts or one long text?
Shorthand? Lots of ur? Stuff like that
Or not a text person
Emojis or not?
Me, lots of small texts with correct grammar and punctuation.
And I’m a big emoji user 
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Complete sentences with punctuation….always have been. But now with dictation it’s even easier 
. Also all one text and also big emoji fan.
Yes to emojis for friends and family texts. Yes to punctuation and no to “shorthands” for all texts (except maybe the period at the end of the last sentence). After about 5 texts, I prefer to take the conversation to FaceTime or to call.
Complete sentences with someone I don’t have an established relationship with. If it’s someone I text with often like my family or very close friends, we will often have our own texting in-jokes and shorthand phrases, complete with emoji stand-ins for whole concepts.
I have a couple of friends who use shorthand.
I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to decipher what they are trying to say.
With autocorrect I don’t even understand how they do it!
Complete sentences with occasional shorthand that is familiar between the parties. I tend to send whole paragraphs as a single text but more than that as separate texts. I do use emojis sometimes, and my family has a group text for meme dumps, video links, and random news articles we share- that stream tends to have more abbreviations and text speak as it’s the most casual conversation I have going with anyone.
Largely complete sentences.
Space between thoughts.
Lots of ! and lots of …. 
With family gifs and emoji’s.
I also am a fan of using the microphone for longer texts with family. Often it’s just easier to send an audio text! Also easier to respond if I’m walking the dog or myself this way.
With people I know well I don’t worry if I spell some words off due to mistyping. People will know that “jist” means “just”!!!
My H is a lax texter. Incomplete thoughts and sentences. Often just a word or two response. Annoys me!
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Usually complete sentences
Often longer texts vs multiple short ones, changing only if the topic changes so the end parts don’t get lost
Yes to emojis, no to most shorthand other than FYI
Yes to punctuation, except for the last “.” which I’m trying to break myself of in order to pretend I’m younger and can adapt to new ways of doing things
I also prefer texts that share important info or pictures - a few per day max most of the time. I have one person who texts me oodles of times most days - I was 32 behind once within an hour or so span - and the texts are often about people I don’t know or her everyday life that I don’t care about, eg, “Going to the store now” or “just got up.”
I still find texting tiring. Seems more work than calling someone, especially when the “conversation” lasts awhile. I have started dictating a lot.
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I’m the complete opposite. One short phone call can drain me for hours but I can send a million texts/emails and read the responses without losing a step in my day or what I’m doing. My doctor says that phone calls that I don’t initiate trigger my anxiety, but even with calls I make I get a huge knot in my stomach. I make my phone calls while driving (over Bluetooth) whenever possible. Focusing on the road makes my anxiety take a backseat.
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Complete sentences with punctuation. No emojis. No shorthand. I use it mainly for communicating with my kids.
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I’m so glad you said that. Phone calls make me so nervous even to those I love.
And other than my husband, an unexpected call makes me wonder what is wrong.
I call my mom while walking because the thought of calling while doing nothing, I will keep putting off.
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Are you me? I could have totally written your post. Especially the 2nd sentence.
I really dislike phone calls except for problem free calls with my kids (haha) and occasional calls (VERY occasionally) to just a couple of out of town friends/family.
Texting is my love language.
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oh gosh, yes. We are a texting family. If a kid calls, I’ve tried to teach them their first sentence needs to be “nothing is wrong.” I hate the phone. Always have. Even as a teen. Our family group chat gets dozens of texts a day on average. I don’t text many people outside of my family, and I don’t call anyone.
Complete sentences in one long text. My kids make fun of this.
Lots of emojis, but not a gif person. H is a gif person.
I text fast with plenty of typos. My family can figure it out. H is SO SLOW trying to get every single word right. Drives me nuts watching him text.
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I spell it out but frequently miss that autofill has changed a word for me. I’ll use an emoji now and then.
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When my pharmacy texts to see if I want a medication filled, I reply with a Yes or No.
That is the vast extent of my texting life.
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This is my attitude. I like texts for information bits or quick questions. I hate them for conversations. I have to admit though texts are good for going back and confirming information given while having a conversation. By the way I’m a full sentence punctuation person too. I also use emojis.
Yeah, I don’t mind texting for comments such as, “On my way!” but for longer conversations, it’s a pain. Time-consuming and we end up texting over each other.
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Hearts and thumbs up to a lot of texts that don’t need much if any answer. (DH tells me he’s on his way home for example.) I have a lot of clients who post complicated questions in text from which I just hate. Luckily I have pushbullet installed so I can answer them on a real keyboard. I don’t use many emojis or abbreviations and tend toward full sentences. I despise GIFs.
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