Texting: Complicating Relationships Since Middle School

" Fast replies make me feel like you actually want to talk to me. But slow replies make me think you're talking to someone better "

Although texting seems like it has made starting relationships easier, I think it has actually impaired the way that men and women interact. Instead of being able to communicate in person or even through letters, it has made everything almost too easy. Not a lot of effort goes into sending a quick "hey whats up :)". Instead, people are able to send mass texts, reply when it's convenient or even not at all. There are certain connotations that go along with texting etiquette, such as timing or smileys. Now more than ever, it is so easy to confuse the meanings behind texts, whether the sender in fact does mean to just send a friendly hello or is hinting at more than that.


As we mentioned earlier, girls tend to over think every little thing guys do and say. And texting has made this so much harder, since now messages must be sent with a certain tone, otherwise they can be easily misconstrued.


Even though it might be a communication disability, there are some perks to texting. For example:

• there's a certain feeling we get when we see your name pops up in our phone
• if it took us forever to reply we were most likely analyzing the characters and grammar of your text, reading it in the possible tones of your voice, then thinking of a suitable reply that would make you think and keep the conversation going
• even our small and stupid conversations mean a lot to us. it means that even though we have nothing to talk about, we still want to talk. we want to be on your mind
• things that you say to us have the ability to stay in our mind for long periods of time
• if we like you, we don't care how tired we are or how late it is, we just like talking to you
• when we don't reply late, late at night, its not because we didn't care. it's because we fell asleep talking to you because we didn't want to end the conversation
• we love love love good morning texts. it makes our entire day brighter
• if we send YOU a good morning text, it probably means we woke up thinking about you
• sometimes when we get a text from you, we don't read it right away. we want to prolong the excitement as long as possible. sometimes we just give in
• however long it took you to text back, we either double it, if we can handle it, or reply in half the time. we do this to prove a point, although it seems to not make any difference
• smileys every other text means that we like you. no one sends that many smileys, unless they're drunk i guess
• we're dying to talk to you but we refuse to text first
• there seems to be an unspoken rule. if person A says good bye first, they should be the one to start the next conversation
• if we like you enough, we get this goofy smile when we text you. sometimes we don't even realize it until our friends say, "oh, i know who she's texting"

<3 KAK & EAV