Sarah Chiappetta needed some career advice a few months ago, so she turned to a close friend. When she laid out her dilemma over text, her friend's response was suspiciously helpful. Chiappetta says ...

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 ...

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I’m going to start leaving group texts. Not because I don’t like you. In fact, it’s the opposite. I like you enough to want something more personal, more meaningful, more real. And group texts are ...

Sometimes, we get caught up in our daily chaos and forget to respond to a few text messages, but we all have that one friend or family member who’s consistently non-responsive online and in group ...

You get the group text followed by 20-plus annoying dings from people you don’t even know saying the same thing back.

Dear Don’t Group Me: With the exception of family or close friend group chats, you’re right that these sort of mass messages lessen the thoughtfulness and cheer of a holiday greeting text.

When the larger group gets together, they let everyone know about the event through a text chain, which they have declined to include me in. I do get invited to quarterly birthday parties (there’s a ...