What are your views on texting?

Well well well. This post is long over due. Finally a good friend asked me this epic question...

"What are your views on texting?"

Let me get straight to the point.
I AM SO OVER TEXT MESSAGES.

I call it the "texting without a purpose" phenomenon. I wish I could go back 50 yrs and see what dating was like pre cell phones, facebook, instagram, twitter. All of it.
I can only speak from my experience as a young 27 yr old woman.... but I get more whats up texts then I would like to admit.

Not only do I get a lot of "whats up" texts.. I also get "Hi", "Hey", an occasional "yo" and "wyd"

I know what you're thinking. This cannot be what my dating life has come to...

Oh but it is. And not surprisingly the bored Mr. Texters all text at the same hours of the day. High volume times are Friday nights between 8-10pm and once again on Saturday night.. usually a little earlier... between 6pm and 10pm.  Sometimes I cant keep up.  But the real question is..... why even keep up. These bored texters, Instagram messengers and facebook messages never appropriately inquire about myself or my time.
oh! And I forgot how they text u one syllable... then when you respond they don't respond for hours. #icant lol. I really cannot deal. anymore.

So what has this overwhelming amount of whats up texts amounted too. Not much....

It HAS stirred up good conversation and questions when hanging with the crew. Some seem so simple yet...complex

- Can a person actually successfully date in these modern times without texting?

- Do men even call anymore?

Welllll for now I do not have the answers to the text message conundrum. I do know I'm over it...  For lent I'm giving up bread and texts :)

What are your thoughts ?!?!