Parents and Texting

I'm sure I'm not the first person to notice that parents and texting don't really mesh. I think its due to a combo of not understanding how to do it and just thinking its plain stupid. Take my parents for example. My Mom: "honey I tried texting you the other day..it took me about five minutes to type out 'Hi, I hope you are having fun, i miss you' and then when i finally went to send it, it said 'Messaging Error: Not Sent' I was sooo mad..that's the last time I try that!" And then you have my Dad: "You better not try to text me because I wont respond. It's so stupid, why don't you just pick up the phone and CALL!" I can see their point to an extent; the other day I had a very lengthy texting conversation with my friend and and I was so absorbed in it and it took me forever. When I was finally done talking my mom looked at me and was like "you know i bet that would have taken way less time if you'd just called her." Thinking on it I bet she was right but texting just seems so much more convenient, and in some ways it is but definitely not in all circumstances. But back to the parents thing. I don't really understand their opposition to texting. I mean back when there weren't any telephones and people just wrote letters I don't think anyone was opposed to the telephone when it was invented. I don't think anyone was like "phones are just stupid, why would anyone want a faster and more convenient way to talk to people?" Provided you cant send naked pictures of yourself over the telephone, so there's a point to the parents. But really texting can be very convenient is some situations..like in class when you really need to talk to your friend...i mean..just kidding. But seriously when you just want to send someone a quick message or see if your friends want to meet up. Plus you don't have to wait for them to answer the phone and you wont get off on a tangent or have to engage in frivolous conversation. I suppose not all parents are totally against it and i should be lucky my parents even let me have it on my phone. Who knows maybe one day there will be texting revolution and parents will succumb to the evils of T9 Java Powered texting. Until then let there be peace between the flying fingered teens and their cord wrapped parents (but hopefully by now they've at least upgraded to cordless).