Texting Issues For Couples

How well do we communicate by text?

That’s such an important question — and one that every modern couple eventually has to navigate consciously. When handled well, texting can become a thread of connection; when handled poorly, it becomes a scoreboard, a source of anxiety, or a proxy for presence.

For grins, do you know any couple that does texting really well, for the reason intended and when (not if) it goes sour, they quickly repair?

Rare, but if you do know that couple, learn from them!

Here’s a full framework for a couple learning to balance closeness and autonomy through texting and time apart.

(6 pages)