Do you find it really tough (almost impossible) to keep in touch with people who do not use email and/or social networking sites?

I have several friends (elderly women) who I only keep in touch with by phone. They don’t use email or social networking sites like Facebook. I find it really hard to keep in touch with them, because of my busy life. The phone calls get farther and farther apart, and more labor-intensive and something I find myself dreading (the inevitable small talk and apologies about why it’s been so long). Whereas, if they were on email or FB or other social networking, we could be in touch many times per day.

I was talking to a coworker today about one of them, who is our former coworker. We were both saying how we find it hard to keep in touch with her, and it would be so much easier if she used email.

Do you find this happens to you, too?