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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 609870" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Next year, when both of my last kids move out, husband and I are downgrading our cell plans and I'm going to go from a smart phone to just a regular phone with texting. Will save us probably $150-$200. Our cell bill is huge. Once our kids move out, it is up to them to pay for cell phones. It isn't that much for one person and they don't need unlimited access plans. Jumper will work while she is at college and Sonic already has a job and gets social security. </p><p></p><p>I'm always amused by Jumper, who is very much a text phone kid. My older kids did not grow up when everyone had a cell phone. Jumper almost never talks on the phone. She texts. Same with Sonic, but Jumper is far more of an active texter. I am convinced that the day is coming when phones will be obsolete and everyone will text with larger text lettering for older people..lol. by the way, I hate texting. I forget to check my text messages. As stated earlier, half the time I forget my cell phone so I am NOT always available. My husband always has his cell phone on him, although he still has an old fashion flip phone...lol. But if the kids need one of us, and my phone has been left at home or in the car, they can always reach their father.</p><p></p><p>I don't mind change or progress. But I'm too old to change my habits where I carry a phone around all the time and check it diligently. We don't have landlines, but if we did, people would have to wait until I was home to get hold of me and all of us oldsters managed to stay alive with only land phones available. I do like that I can text Jumper "Where r u" and she will get right back to me as she is anywhere and everywhere and sometimes forgets to tell us where she is going. Rather than having to worry about her, she will just text me back and I know. That's about the only time I text and all I text.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 609870, member: 1550"] Next year, when both of my last kids move out, husband and I are downgrading our cell plans and I'm going to go from a smart phone to just a regular phone with texting. Will save us probably $150-$200. Our cell bill is huge. Once our kids move out, it is up to them to pay for cell phones. It isn't that much for one person and they don't need unlimited access plans. Jumper will work while she is at college and Sonic already has a job and gets social security. I'm always amused by Jumper, who is very much a text phone kid. My older kids did not grow up when everyone had a cell phone. Jumper almost never talks on the phone. She texts. Same with Sonic, but Jumper is far more of an active texter. I am convinced that the day is coming when phones will be obsolete and everyone will text with larger text lettering for older people..lol. by the way, I hate texting. I forget to check my text messages. As stated earlier, half the time I forget my cell phone so I am NOT always available. My husband always has his cell phone on him, although he still has an old fashion flip phone...lol. But if the kids need one of us, and my phone has been left at home or in the car, they can always reach their father. I don't mind change or progress. But I'm too old to change my habits where I carry a phone around all the time and check it diligently. We don't have landlines, but if we did, people would have to wait until I was home to get hold of me and all of us oldsters managed to stay alive with only land phones available. I do like that I can text Jumper "Where r u" and she will get right back to me as she is anywhere and everywhere and sometimes forgets to tell us where she is going. Rather than having to worry about her, she will just text me back and I know. That's about the only time I text and all I text. [/QUOTE]
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