Text etiquette

I am still not one of those guys that has embraced the texting revolution but I have maintained the phone upgrades every year.  I feel there is nothing like talking whether by phone or face to face.  This is becoming  old school communication and its happening fast and right in front of me.  I try to resist it  and one way  is my response time to text messages is not instant.  This is not because I want to it is because I never know when they arrive.  I am sure this could be remedied easily but its just  not very high on my priority list.  If it was an emergency I feel  they would have called because  everyone that I know  knows they call me and I am there.  I guess I said all that to say I love the new technology and all that they  allow you  constant  and instant  contact  with friends and family but  when a  new fad  causes you to become rude and other wise distracted I'm not ok with it.