EPTyour distance to her heart is directly related to the distance between skins
Texting vs Face-to-face communication - Page 4
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
your distance to her heart is directly related to the distance between skins | ||
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Sovetsky Soyuz
Russian Federation905 Posts
On June 20 2011 13:35 Manifesto7 wrote: Sounds like homework to me. Fo'sho! | ||
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
This is the best post on TL. | ||
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RA
Latvia791 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32056 Posts
On June 20 2011 14:42 Manifesto7 wrote: I always laugh at the guys on the train who have two cellphones. One is for the wife and one is for "work". The phone is the #1 way people get caught cheating imo. Two phones is always either a drug dealer or a cover up for some other type of nefarious activity. It's like the biggest red flag ever haha | ||
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TheGiz
Canada708 Posts
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
On June 20 2011 13:35 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: What? No. And if I may add, lol what? Seriously? You're asking if millions of years of evolution can be trumped by a cell phone then no. Texting isn't better than face to face. | ||
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Kaila
United States29 Posts
On June 20 2011 21:50 Kaonis wrote: My girlfriend doesn't have a cell phone. Most loving relationship I've ever been in, too. Things like that often really depend on the person. I too had a boyfriend who didn't have a cell phone, and he was the most difficult person to get a hold of as well as a cheater. This thread defeats itself since people are talking about personal interaction versus technological and are ignoring the human element. It is up to you and the person you are interacting with to find a proper balance and to not be awkward in person. | ||
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Playguuu
United States926 Posts
On June 20 2011 23:51 Hawk wrote: Two phones is always either a drug dealer or a cover up for some other type of nefarious activity. It's like the biggest red flag ever haha Haha, sounds like Breaking Bad. Guy was a drug dealer and his wife thought he was cheating on her. In college I noticed how prevalent cell phones were. Girls would stare at their cell phones instead of meeting people. Biggest signal they were in a relationship or had a grand sense of self-importance and not worth even talking to. It's irritating how the more they "connect" to people the more they push "outsiders" away. Maybe that's what they are going for, but I think a lot of them were just faking it. | ||
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drewcifer
United States192 Posts
okay so i added nothing to the conversation, but isnt op a troll? User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Piste
6177 Posts
On June 20 2011 14:49 Kaila wrote: Sometimes it's more about their own insecurities than a distrust in you. I had an ex go through my text messages and AIM conversations twice. It was a deal breaker in the end, but I understood that he had issues from previous relationships which led to his actions. Then again, I always wonder about people who have more than one cell phone. Seems rather unnecessary unless you're up to something illegal. how is that not distrust? | ||
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Kaila
United States29 Posts
I didn't say it wasn't distrust, I said it was more about his own insecurities. | ||
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pQylling
Denmark139 Posts
On June 20 2011 13:44 Gaius Baltar wrote: My girlfriend never texts. She comes when she wants, always wearing the same red dress. I don't think other people can see her and sometimes she hits me, but I love her all the same. Did you make that TL account just to post that? You win +1 internets for that reference sir! | ||
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Precipice
United States121 Posts
On June 20 2011 13:31 Astrapto wrote: Hey TL. So today I was thinking of how friends and bf/gf's can grow closer together through texting, but then that intimacy doesn't come through when seeing each other face-to-face. You might know each other's deep thoughts and feelings, but have trouble talking in person. Have you guys experienced this, or something similar? Facebook can be similar. Has technology killed relationships? What do you think of the medium? When saying something for a first time, people tend to feel much safer doing so through texts. The reasons are rather simple. First, you feel less attached to your message so the danger of making some teenage statement like, "I want to kiss you" is much lesser than actually trying to kiss someone. Similarly, when a person reads a text message, divorced from your body and facial gestures, he/she can interpret it as they wish. So, if the person you're texting wants to read less commitment in your words, they will; if she wants to read more, she will. The point is that it is a weakened form of communication. What I think is causing you issues is that when you have these chats with her (or whoever) you develop a picture of the relationship based on your intentions and hopes. That picture, however, has never been tested against the picture that she has in her mind when she reads that message. When communicating with people in person you are able to understand the extent to which they agree or disagree with your statements: the result is that you gain a level of understanding for how they think about things that are "subjective". That is, just because subjective is personal, does not mean you cannot figure out someone else's subjective thoughts and opinions. Communicating with someone, intimately, means understanding their subjectivity: it means understanding exactly how they interpret what you say and what those words mean to them. Thus, when you meet up in person, you are not sure of the extent to which her "I want to kiss you too" meant the same thing that it did to you over the phone. You are then afraid to pursue it. The other relatively simple concept is that a "thing" spoken is different than a "thing" written. | ||
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Craton
United States17250 Posts
Look at the account name of the poster. | ||
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Astrapto
United States69 Posts
On June 21 2011 00:55 TheGiz wrote:
This is helpful and seems pretty accurate, thank you. | ||
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Roeder
Denmark735 Posts
It is in some cases impossible to read and comprehend messages when they're filled with smileys. Is the person serious? Is the person afraid to sound serious? But RL > digitally, no doubt. | ||
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
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Astrapto
United States69 Posts
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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