Now here's a reason not to have text messenging

I don't have one of those bells n whistles cell phones - no fancy ring, no color screen, etc.. and esp no text messenging. My opinoin is, why. Why do you need that when you can just pick up the phone and call the person. Why make yourself so available? And, it's also a distraction....as this poor kid found out the hard way. He will have to live with this for the rest of his life.