Some of the most personal conversations I've had have been over text messages, and yet there seemed to be a lot of classmates in my psych class who thought texting/IMing was one of the worst ways to talk to a person. I found that I am more "me" when I'm TX/IM. I like how it gives you the ability to stop and think about what you are going to say. You can't talk on the phone then pause for 5 min. to collect your thoughts. I also prefer TX/IM because I HATE looking people in the eyes when I talk to them, which kinda puts people off. I feel I could tell someone how I really feel (love, hate, disgust etc.) better thru a text than I could face to face. Just because they can't see me or hear my voice doesn't mean I'm not 100% into the conversation. I know everyone has different preferences, I just don't think it's fair to say that certain conversations shouldn't be done in a particular way.
