RU4REAL?

I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but dating someone whose primary form of communication involves only his thumbs is quite a bummer. We meet, swap numbers, and then it's a colorful exchange of 3-letter abbreviations and the stupid overuse of emoticons. If I try to call, I get his voice mail, then he'll immediately text me back: "Sry! cant PU 2 LOUD hre, LOL! WatRUdoin?" He seems to have a real voice, if I recall correctly, and a fairly good sense of people skills, so why the hell can't he use the phone for its God-intended purpose?
Oh well, I guess it could be worse.