Multiple Contact Texting...?

[coco]

I love to text so this is an issue for me, might not be for many. On other phones I can create a text and also select multiple contacts before sending the text out. I have not been able to figure this out on the iphone? It is a pain to have to type the same message out several times to different people.

Is this just me being "stupid" and there is a way round this or is everyone having the same issue?

Thanks. Any help would be much appreciated.