Texting has enabled quicker, wider, convenient communication with others.
Where it was once not possible or very difficult and slow, it has now become an easy and very available way of communicating.
I don't like the "text speak" language, so I have never even bothered to learn it. I text in full.


But my point here is that apart from the advantages of text communications, it has also brought many disadvantages and problems.
It seems that adultery and extra-marital affairs and `playing around` uses text to make secret arrangements. It can also lead to being found out. People check out other people's phone (often without their knowledge or permission.)
Texting can also enable deceit, cheating, lack of honesty, intrigue - these can be made easier by texting. (To say nothing of the hideous use of texting and phones while driving.)

So do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? Can texting cause major problems?