We are in the age where spending time with people is possible without even having to be in the same room. If you have a friend that you met online, a long distance partner or any other relationship ...

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 ...

The gorgeous social network Path is spinning off a messaging app that can text, not just your friends, but every business in the U.S. Path, the gorgeously designed mobile social network that’s never ...

The more surprising check-ins (from those who hadn’t been in contact recently) tended to be especially powerful. Liu and her fellow researchers kept the bar for what counted as reaching out ...

Picture this: You're home alone, watching The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina on Netflix, while your significant other is out having a blast with their friends. Maybe you just want to check in on them, ...

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Imagine, just for a moment, that you're in a group text with three of the stars from Friends. What would Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe have to offer you? Probably a lot. For their real-life counterparts, ...

When the larger group gets together, they let everyone know about the event via group text, which they have declined to ...

What you say in therapy stays in therapy. That's the beauty of it. Except, however, in the case of three close friends, who tried out text therapy and decided to share their sessions with the entire ...

Pranks have always been part of the fun in the Drummond household—just ask anyone who's fallen victim to their ongoing rubber snake gag! The family loves hiding a toy snake around the house, waiting ...