IMessage to text message transition doesn't work.

I've asked a few people this question and no one seems to be able to answer it.
I have an iPhone 5 and I also have a data plan and wifi at home. Whenever I message someone else with an iPhone once we're both in wifi or using their cellular data the message sends as blue or as an iMessage.However when I turn off my data or wifi say to save battery life and I continue to message that person who has an iPhone my message sends as green or as a SMS text message and the person receives it as a text but it does not prompt them to reply as text rather it prompts them to send it as a iMessage which I won't be able to receive until I either turn wifi on or turn back on my cellular data. I've tried this with a few of my friends who have iPhones and its always the same thing. When I had my 3GS it never did that before so I'm wondering why it's doing that now, If anyone could help me I'd be eternally grateful.

it's the whole point of iMesage
if both are online the msg is send as IM at only the cost of data
if one or non are online the msg is send as sms at the cost of sms

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