First comes the Facebook request, and then come texts, as far as grandparents are concerned. If you haven't noticed already, older people are becoming quite tech-savvy these days.

They can tweet, blog, and selfie as well as the best of 'em. At 85, Rex Redstone created quite a buzz with his selfies and some say he's the oldest Instagrammer -- and he probably has more followers than you. Last week, former president Jimmy Carter, 89, sent his first text message. And he's not alone.

Grandmas and grandpas all over the world are coming around and embracing technology. Here are 15 reasons they are the best thing to ever happen in the history of texting:

Sassy grandma

They sure are persistent...

The conversation I had with my grandma today.. She loves texting hahaha😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qgsfbt5hsY — Sami schnyder (@GreenEggsNSam9) June 20, 2013

They're still getting the hang of this whole texting thing...

My grandpa got a new phone with texting & now he won't stop texting me.... pic.twitter.com/f5qjs81wiA — Sarah A (@sarahalllen4) February 23, 2013





Oh, Nana...

Let's discuss this text I received from my nana. pic.twitter.com/SeiN5Mmunw — Erin Mckenzie (@erinjaymckenzie) October 3, 2013

They're naughtier than you think...





It's normal to have a texting conversation like this with your grandma, right? pic.twitter.com/DTDUFWcV — Allison Levy (@allisonlevy) February 6, 2013

And completely disregard punctuation...

They might have texting confused with e-mail...

They're a little random...

Just a random text I get from my grandma.... pic.twitter.com/t0j60f6NFn — ⒿⓊⓁⒾⒶ (@juliazepeda2) April 7, 2014

So this is what retirement is like #textsfromgrandpapic.twitter.com/Oc9wh1D4TR — anusha (@notreallyanusha) December 4, 2013

Grandmas are sometimes women of few words...

I think my grandma is confused with this whole texting thing.. pic.twitter.com/OWyOCOcazi — Jocelyn (@PunkyDuran) April 26, 2013

But they sure choose their words wisely.

Text I just got from my grandma>>we werent talking about what you're probs thinking about, but it applies to so much pic.twitter.com/bpzG7RGQE8 — Connor Grimes (@ConnorGrimes14) March 20, 2014

Now go make sure grandma is in your contacts list.