When I send a text message, the iPhone 4s sends it via email rather than to the mobile phone number I wish to message. How do I change that default?

My wife (who has a Droid) asked me to text a photo to her. I went to Message on my 4s, selected my wife as the target for the text, selected the photo, and sent the text. Rather than appearing on her mobile phone, the text went to her email. When I selected my wife as the person I wanted to text, I was not given any choice of the target phone number or email address...it just defaulted to her email and did not tell me that is what it was doing! I did find a solution, but it's more complicated. I have to go to Contacts, select my wife, and then I'm given a choice of how I want to send the Message. Why doesn't the iPhone do this in Messages in the first place?

I am not sure what you mean.
Do you mean the From field?
You can change it by tapping it, it will give you options based on the other email accounts set up.
You can set a default account here:
Sttings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > scroll down to the Mail section & you will see Default Account. You can change that to your gmail account.

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