I hate it too, there's a woman from my college much older than me trying to video chat me and it's making me a bit...what's the word...creeped out. Even worse I thought she was my age until a couple weeks ago.
sounds like y'all are just socially anxious and scared to talk to to people lol
texting is fine for light, causal conversation, but when large amounts of information need to be relayed back and forth, talking is usually the better option