How to send an SMS instead of iMessage, without turning iMessage off?

Is there any way to send SMS's by default to one certain contact whom has an iPhone, while leaving iMessage on? My friend doesn't receive my iMessages even though he has an iPhone so I've been turning iMessage off to text him regularly then turning it back on because I contact others using iMessage.
But I just realized it charges me a little bit every time I turn iMessage back on. So is there a way to send an SMS instead of and iMessage without turning it on and off?

After sending the text by iMessage, hold down on the text and let go, as if you were going to copy the text, it should say "send as text message." Hit that and the message should turn green instead of blue. That allows you to send a regular text message without having to turn your iMessage off.

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