Phone contacts vs email contacts

[ono]

Hello,
I just moved from a standard brick phone to an android
(Galaxy s advance(GT19070), android 2.3.6.)

My contacts have synched with gmail and now instead of phone numbers I have a long list that includes phone numbers and email addreses.
My logic says if i want to call or text someone , i need the phone number, and if i want to email them, i will go to the email application, why do i need to have all the contacts bundled together?

Is there a way to not have the gmail contacts included in my "contacts" or is it something i just have to get used to?
Am I making any sense?
Thanks for any guideance.
ONO

 

[nyydynasty]

you can edit what gets displayed in your contacts list. Open your contacts and then open your settings and change the display settings.

 

[ono]

Genius , thanks : )