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I have a love / hate relationship with texting. Texting is one of life's more convenient yet complicated inventions. I am unfortunately addicted to this simple way of communication. I hate texting because no matter how hard you try, you can never seem to convey the exact emotion you want to. Sarcastic texts come across rude and romantic texts come out vague. There are also those you can call the textually challenged. A textually challenged person usually takes an hour or more to respond to you, and when they do respond, their text doesn’t answer the original question you asked or contains numerous spelling errors. It is also very difficult to recognize whether the person you originally texted is the one who is responding to you, especially in the case of shared phones. On the other hand, I really love being able to engage in conversation with someone new without the worry of cracking voices or awkward pauses. One of the best (and worse) things about texting is - lying. It is easy to say that you never received a text message or that you replied to one, but the recipient's phone is to blame. I have a love / hate relationship with texting. The sad truth is, I'll never be able to give it up.