Send as SMS instead of iMessage?

So me and my dad recently got iPhone 5's. When ever I text him on his number or he texts me on my number it ALWAYS sends as an iMessage. This is really annoying because I press his number to send my message as an SMS but it still sends it as an iMessage. We both have apple accounts and emails to send iMessages to. could someone please help me?

T4K3N wrote:
Well, my dad isn't very 'tech savy' so its kind of confusing to him, the whole iMessage "deal"
?? But the messaging app and interface are identical either way.  Just set up an iMessage account, in message settings enable "send as sms" and message away.  If the other recepient(s) have iMessage accounts and devices, it goes as iMessage.  Otherwise it goes as SMS. 
Apart from the color of the message bubble, what difference does it make?

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