I Can't Express Myself Through Texting

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I've never felt comfortable using things like "lol" and "haha" because it feels like I'm copying everyone else, and I sort of felt like those were okay for other people to use, but not me. Instead, I use a smiley face for when I think something is funny.

As well as this, sometimes I really can't think of something to say besides obvious, boring things like "That looks good ," and if someone sends me a funny photo of someone who looks weird, "He looks weird " (he expected me to say something more like "Haha, what is that?" and thought I didn't find it funny, even though I did).

Both of these things can make me seem like a robot, or like I'm not showing the real me. I really want to change that, but I don't know how.

My best friend (who sent the photo) understands and has told me "Everyone is allowed to use it " about "lol" and "haha," which helps me feel better. He also told me I should say "haha" when something is sort of funny and "lol" if it's very funny, which helps, and I'm going to start doing this.

Does anyone have any other ideas for how I can express myself better? I can feel how boring I am sometimes, and I've always thought everyone else is more interesting/fun to talk to than I could ever be, even if it's just because they use words I don't or they type differently.

It's very similar for me. Sometimes I just don't reply to texts because I miss the context or think that it's informational only and does not require a reply. I am also very neurotic about texting/e-mail/psting, it has to be orthographically and grammatically correct and precise in meaning so i spent a lot of time preparing and editing my messages. I also start to get anxious I guess if I don't receive a reply immediately.