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When You Feel Closer to Your Partner Through Texts Than In Person

I feel more connected to my partner when we're texting than when we're actually together in person and I don't understand why.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mediation of technology provides just enough distance to feel safe in intimacy that becomes threatening when bodies share the same space.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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