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When digital relationships create intimate but incomplete knowledge

I realized I know exactly what his bedroom ceiling looks like but I've never held his hand and something about that feels backwards.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Technology creates its own hierarchy of intimacy that doesn't match physical progression.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Long-distance relationships via technology?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.