I have a friend who knows that I keep shabbos and texts me anyways. A few weeks ago on motzei shabbat when I checked my phone I saw 3 missed texts and one missed call from Friday night. It was not for an emergency and it hurt me to think that she thought that I would answer back – and this was a regular ashkenaz bais yaakov girl.
aries, I agree with you. The one and only time I texted on shabbat (2 years ago) frightened me – I didn’t tell my parents and they still don’t know. I was afraid I would be punished/yelled at. Instead I told one of my friends who gave me a rabbis number who saved me from doing it again…