Its instant message transmission speed means you can instantly communicate with friends and loved ones and know how they are doing. Since it is cheap and easy to use, many people opt for this method to maintain their social circles and create new ones. Furthermore, research shows that people tend to communicate via text on topics that they may not be able to express through face-to-face interaction. Many people find it difficult to, say, ask a girl out, but with texting they are able to do it without going through emotional torture. Furthermore, communication with anonymous people or even people who have not seen each other for a long time is possible and simple via text messages. Therefore, when examining the effects of texting in establishing and maintaining relationships, it is clear that this form of communication is limiting. While it is cheap and fast, it is also riddled with cases of miscommunication and suppression of expression. In line with this, the inability to read nonverbal cues or bodily movements, an essential part of expression, makes it difficult to maintain relationships with the people you write to. Since the art of texting is possible and easy through both friends and strangers, habitual texters and those in relationships find it easy to cheat and even move on since they lack the emotional intellect needed to maintain and build
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