GF texts me to much, need a better solution (iPhone + G1)

[Daiden]

So just because a girl texts means shes insecure?
I said before, my wife and I text all day long about goofy/stupid stuff about our day as our work day goes on. I don't see any harm in it and we both know we're not going to respond back right away.

I wouldn't call it insecurity, just dependency (which isn't really a bad thing).

 

[Rodimus Prime]

The problem is you don't want to spend an extra $10 on your girlfriend? Just looking at my bill from last month, I sent and received a total of about 2500 texts, so while I feel your pain I will tell you to suck it up and get the unlimited texting plan. If your GF is not worth a few extra bucks a month than you may want to look into finding a more independent woman.

being worth the extra money is one thing.

This does not remove the option finding a cheaper alternative to the mass texting she is doing.
I think you and many other people bashing the OP fail to see this logic. If he can have his cake and eat it to then more power to him.

He is looking for a good alternative to mass text messages.

 

[daihard]

This does not remove the option finding a cheaper alternative to the mass texting she is doing.
I think you and many other people bashing the OP fail to see this logic. If he can have his cake and eat it to then more power to him.

He is looking for a good alternative to mass text messages.

Totally agreed.

Every penny counts. If you have worked to earn your own money, you should know that.

 

[outphase]

This thread reminds me why texting costs as much as it does: because people are willing to pay for it under any justification such as "just $10/month isn't too bad."

8 years ago, when texting wasn't as popular as it is today, pay-per-use rates were 5¢/message. Now that people won't stop texting, prices rose to 20¢/message with discounts for a bucket. Supply and demand at work.

If someone wants to save money, who is anyone to say that he is in the wrong?

 

[TeamDNA]

OK MAYBE I HAVE TO TALK IN ALL CAPPS FOR THIS DUDE TO LISTEN..

TEXTFREEUNLIMITED from the appstore ...YOU CAN TEXT ANYONE ON NETWORK FOR FREE... THEY DONT HAVE TO HAVE AN IPHONE..

AND WHEN THEY REPLY TO YOUR TEXT IT GOES TO THE APP THAT HAS PUSH NOTIFACATIONS

DOESNT USE ANY OF YOUR TEXT [/COLOR]

 

[Rodimus Prime]

This thread reminds me why texting costs as much as it does: because people are willing to pay for it under any justification such as "just $10/month isn't too bad."

8 years ago, when texting wasn't as popular as it is today, pay-per-use rates were 5¢/message. Now that people won't stop texting, prices rose to 20¢/message with discounts for a bucket. Supply and demand at work.

If someone wants to save money, who is anyone to say that he is in the wrong?

worse part about it is text does not cost the carriers jack ****. They are raising the cost because they people are willing to pay for it. Our government takes a hand off approach to it. The prices raised on text all all at about the exact same time. Same as forcing data plans on smart phones at the EXACT SAME TIME.

The cellphone service providers have to much control over the prices. They can raise prices quite a bit and there is not anything we can do about it. We are to the point we need those services and can not give them up.

 

[redman042]

I really don't see the problem with e-mail, it's just as convenient as text but it's free. The only slight downside is you might get the messages a little later if you don't have push enabled.

The biggest problem with email in this particular situation is that his GF tried it and didn't like it (as a substitute for texting). That pretty much closes the books on that idea. He doesn't just need to find a solution here, he needs to find one she will like and accept. Otherwise she'll just say "can't you just spend the $10 on a better messaging plan?" C'mon, you know women...

Besides, I kinda see her point. Email isn't threaded (not in a clean, easy to read way), and you have to go through several extra steps to send a message (click email, click compose, pick name, enter subject, type message, click send). It's much faster to text or IM once you have a thread started.

 

[iPhone 62S]

Besides, I kinda see her point. Email isn't threaded (not in a clean, easy to read way), and you have to go through several extra steps to send a message (click email, click compose, pick name, enter subject, type message, click send). It's much faster to text or IM once you have a thread started.

It's as good as threaded with the quotes that go on the end of every message.

As for extra steps... Apart from the subject line, there arn't any, and you can just send messages with blank subjects anyway.

You can also reply to a message the same way you would a text, so the convenience thing applies to e-mails as well.

Of course, if the OP's GF dosen't like it, there's no way to force her into it, but your points wern't really valid.