{"id":224152,"date":"2010-01-25T00:40:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T05:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=140105"},"modified":"2010-01-25T00:40:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T05:40:42","slug":"how-texting-can-ruin-a-new-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/224152","title":{"rendered":"How Texting Can Ruin a New Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember when you used to have to talk to someone face-to-face or actually reach them on the other end of the phone in order to ask them or out?\u00a0 Emailing and instant messaging have made it easier to get to know someone or start up an exchange with someone you just met, but <strong>texting has completely transformed the dating game<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With T9 and QWERTY keyboard phones, texting is extremely <strong>quick, easy to access, and always available<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can be in the middle of work, school, or out partying and be able to quickly shoot out or respond to a text.\u00a0 When you trade phone numbers with someone you are interested in dating, it will be easy to start a <strong>relaxed texting correspondence<\/strong> without having to schedule awkward dates right away.\u00a0 Texting can actually be so easy that <strong>it can cause problems<\/strong> early in the first stages of dating&#8230;here are some <strong>texting traps<\/strong> to be aware of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t ever text while inebriated.<\/strong> The &#8220;drunk text&#8221; can put you in an embarrassing situation with someone you barely even know.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a lot easier to text someone you just met than to call them, so don&#8217;t let yourself send something out that you will regret.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-140121\" src=\"http:\/\/images2.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/1088345_communication_4.jpg\" alt=\"1088345_communication_4\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Text in the way that you would speak.<\/strong> If you want to be polite, sophisticated, and mature on a first date, then you should act the same way in your texts.\u00a0 There is no need for adults to use shortened text lingo (b4, cu l8r, to be honest I don&#8217;t know anymore..) unless it suits your personality.\u00a0 Receiving a text in teenager speak sends a message that will be judged quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t rely solely on texting for communication.<\/strong> Don&#8217;t let yourself develop a dating relationship with someone where you only communicate by text and never by speaking on the phone.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a lot more personal to speak to someone in person and will go a long way towards figuring out where you want the relationship to go.\u00a0 For all you know this guy could be texting tons of girls at the same time all night long!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t over text.<\/strong> While it&#8217;s easy to see that it&#8217;s inappropriate to call or drop by all the time, it&#8217;s not as easy to stop yourself from constantly texting.\u00a0 It can seem like you are moving too fast if you suddenly want to be in contact by texting all the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The biggest point is that while texting is an easy way to relay information, it is <strong>not the best way to represent yourself<\/strong> or <strong>get to know someone<\/strong>.\u00a0 You might think that you are getting closer to someone because you flirtatiously exchange texts constantly, but real face-to-face time is going to determine if the relationship is worth pursuing.<\/p>\n<p>Image: sxc.hu<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/how-texting-can-ruin-a-new-relationship\/\">How Texting Can Ruin a New Relationship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember when you used to have to talk to someone face-to-face or actually reach them on the other end of the phone in order to ask them or out?\u00a0 Emailing and instant messaging have made it easier to get to know someone or start up an exchange with someone you just met, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}