It dawned on me recently that some of my best friendships—meaning ones that I’ve cultivated in person first—are now largely limited to text. But not just any text: In fact, the virtual back-and-forth ...

As a teen, texting was second nature. I knew T9 like I was born with a flip phone, and my text conversations would last the entire day. (That is, as soon as I got an unlimited texting plan.) Kids are ...

Whether you’ve been friends for a week or 20 years, text messages can be a great way to show your friends that you’re thinking about them, regardless of whether you frequently see them or are ...

Texting back can sometimes feel like a task too big to tackle, even when it comes to friends we value and conversations we genuinely want to have. As it turns out, not texting back is a relatively ...

This might be the answer to why people aren't texting you back Actual text I recently got from my teen daughter: “nooooi those dotty bits on eyelids lowk annoyinghagsh n can you get calrisuns or smth.

You love your friend to pieces. She’s a sounding board, a support system and someone whose presence in your life you really cherish. The vast majority of the time, you get along like gangbusters, but ...