Shut OFF group messages?

I got my iPhone 5 a few weeks ago. I set my GROUP MESSAGES to OFF. When I would send a message to a few friends. It always said "OUTGOING" at the top and when they replied, it went into their individual message thread and only to me, which is what I wanted. Then suddenly it started going as a GROUP message.
The only thing I changed was I put iMessage to ON, as I was told I was showing 'green' instead of 'blue' and I could then use iMessage on my macbook and phone.
Now I'm 'blue' to all other iPhones, but the group message is back!! What is going on? Is this a bug or something?
Here's my settings:
iMessage ON
Send Read Receipts OFF
Send as SMS ON
MMS Messaging ON
Group Messaging OFF
Show Subject Field OFF
Character Count OFF
I would think GROUP and iMessage are two seperate things! Am I wrong and I just have to keep iMessage off? Then I won't be able to get iMessages on my phone??
For me to just turn off iMessage everytime I want to send a group message seems ridiculous to me. Settings are there for a reason....and if GROUP is OFF, GROUP should be OFF? Right???
Thanks in advance,
Bette

I do not think Adobe realizes the extent of how difficult this. PDFs are the future of reading, and it is really hard when you have to click on the message twice to open a document, when one click should do. It does not make ergonomic sense. If anything Adobe should open the documen and display that message as an afterthought. I am getting osteoarthritis in my index finger from this. I do not like to update, because sometimes people just like to run a simpler and faster software without the frills. Sometimes one just wants to simply read a document. It would be really nice (and honest) if we were not nagged constantly to update software, and Adobe would make a quick fix for this...how hard can that be with all their software developers...that is something I would be willing to pay for. It just damages the relationship between the customer and the client, because they are getting us at our most vulnerable. I think it hurts adobe in the long run and will allow only pdf readers to become more popular. Please Adobe help me!

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