Texting: A Great Way to Ruin Relationships

Ok, honestly people, stop texting!!

No, I'm not going to give you a lecture on why it's bad to text and drive, we all know that. Nor am I going to give 5 medical reasons why texting will give you cancer or some other CDC bogus junk study of the day. What I will tell you is that you need to stop texting important conversations with others!

Texting is such an impersonal way of communicating. You get little to zero space to write what you want, it's slow and conveys virtually no emotional data.

In order of the worst to best forms of communication, they are:

• Texting
• Smoke Signals
• Carrier pigeon
• Telegram
• Email
• Hand written letter via snail mail
• Phone Call
• Face to face interaction

I've seen so many couples lately who start our meetings off with, "well you texted me _______" and then a fight occurs. Really, people?

Don't get me wrong, texting is not bad in and of itself. But, it really doesn't replace actual conversation.

I'm rooting for you,

~Eric

Eric McClellan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Woodbury. He works for Counseling Psychologists of Woodbury, PA. www.cpwmn.com