Is Text Messaging Hurting Your Relationship?:
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Texting is great for quick messages to keep your partner up-to-date about plans, to ask what to get at the store, to touch base, etc.
Acceptable Times to Text:
- A quick "hello"
- "I am thinking of you" (to be followed with a phone call or in-person expression of this same sentiment)
- "I'll call you shortly" (but be sure to follow up with a phone call)
- "I love you" (when you already have established these three words in your regular vocabulary)
- "I am on my way home" (or on my way over, etc.)
Take it the Right Way
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Texting allows you to easily send your partner a message and let them know you are thinking about them. But too many couples are substituting texting for in-person, intimate contact to say important things to each other. Individuals are losing their ability to communicate with each other and relationships are failing more and more often due to the lack of communication.
Texting may be referred to as "communication" -- but it isn't really! Not in the largest realm of open expression and vulnerability that occurs in a relationship. It is far easier to text a message telling a partner that you want in or out of a relationship than to do it face-to-face. But, it is much more effective to do it in person. It is fairer to you and to your partner. And in the long run, the quality of your relationships will greatly improve if you can learn to communicate, both verbally and nonverbally, your full range of feelings and thoughts to another person.
Make Quality Time
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A high percentage of individuals who consult advisors are dealing with relationship issues that have a lack of communication at the core of the problem. To improve your relationship and your ability to work out partnership issues, communication is essential. If you are serious about your partner, talk to them face-to-face! And as a general rule of thumb, texting should make up no more than five percent of your conversations.
