Nowadays we text in order to communicate. But how many text messages are too many?
Well, technically you can text as much as you desire. But the amount you text could have an impact on your relationships.
We have adapted to a new form of communication and most people do not see anything wrong with it compared to the controversy it used to cause.
Many people prefer to send a text message than make a phone call to start a conversation. Some text multiple people at a time while others only like to text one person at a time.
Not all, but some use it to have conversations on a daily basis, while others just use it to communicate in a fast and more effective way when needed.
According to a study done in 2015 by informate.com , Americans make or answer six phone calls each day and send or receive, on average, 32 texts per day.
How can texting affect your family relationships?
Usually, you are constantly with your family so you would not text them as much as you would with others. People feel more comfortable calling their family member on the phone instead of texting whenever they need to speak with them about something. Maybe just on certain occasions when you cannot reach them, family members will text one another.
On another note, it can get irritating when someone in your family sends you a text when they are in the same household. It is almost like a sense of laziness over convenience. You wonder why they can’t just get up and walk to the next room to have a conversation instead of texting you. It also takes away from verbal and face-to-face communication which is necessary to keep a strong relationship.
How can texting affect your friends?
Usually, friends would prefer to text when they cannot hang out. If you are girls, usually there is a lot of gossiping going on, talking about clothes, celebrities, boys, or where you are going to hang out next. When guys text it is probably not as detailed, but the same concepts apply.
Really close friends would usually not get bothered. But if you are not that close and one person is texting the other all the time about irrelevant topics, it can get annoying.
How can texting affect your love life?
Pretty much everyone knows that when you first start dating, too much texting can be a turn off for the other person.
When you become more serious in the relationship, texting becomes more comfortable and you might send text after text without a response and not have any shame about it. This mostly occurs because you know your partner will get back to you eventually. And most couples do not see a problem with repeatedly texting their partner back and forth every day. They love it.
But even if you are in a long-term relationship, cooling off on the constant texting could actually benefit your relationship and make it healthier.
So, in the end, it all really depends on who you are texting and how much you are texting them that can either make or break a relationship.
