IPhone always sends first message as SMS for iMessage

my phone always sends the first message as an SMS.  when the other person replies it then switches to iMessage.  other times it sends as an SMS, then when I look back at the first text 20 minutes later, it is now a blue bubble instead of green as it was when I first sent it.
also, i am working on WiFi and the iPhone keeps attemping to send the message as SMS.  along with that i also tried sending a text with "Send as SMS" OFF, and it still sent as a text message with a green bubble.
I have a iPhone 5, through Sprint.

i got around this by learning the hard way, sending texts internationally.
1.) within your iMessage settings make sure you have added your email address under "You can be reached by iMessage at:", and make sure there is a check mark next to that address.
2.) after you've done that, under "Start new conversations from:", uncheck your phone number and place check mark next to your email address.
for me this stopped the sending of TEXT message, and sent an iMessage using my email address.
still haven't figured out how to send iMessage while on airplane mode though.

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