Text Messaging

February 21, 2024

In Love? Share Screenshots Of Your First Messages Together

How did your relationship go from “hey” to heartfelt? We want to see the messages that started it all — and hear about what happened next. […]
July 14, 2023

What’s in a Screenshot?

Leaked text messages list the “boundaries for romantic partnership.” Evan Agostini/Invision, via Associated Press Last weekend, Sarah Brady, a semiprofessional surfer, posted a number of screenshots […]
November 7, 2022

The Newest Habit in Couples Communication: Fighting Over Text

Want to fight fair? Some couples advocate taking it to the texts. On a Tuesday in early October, at around 5 p.m., Robb Loeb was with […]
August 11, 2022

How to Use a Lockable Storage Box to Curb Our Addiction to Devices

Looking to escape distractions? Lock them away in a box. Humans have a natural talent for concentration. I recently watched a kid crouching among pebbles at […]
January 29, 2022

Group Chats Are Falling Apart

It wasn’t until the outset of the pandemic that Sarah O’Dell fully awakened to the allure of the group chat. Stuck at home in Redding, Conn., […]
May 18, 2020

The Joy of Having Plans Cancel Themselves

ImageCredit…Illustration by David Furst/The New York Times The Joy of Having Plans Cancel Themselves By No longer do I have to make creative excuses for the […]
April 24, 2020

How to Create Screen-Life Balance When Life Has Shifted to Screens

If you’re like most people right now, you are spending a lot of time in front of screens. This makes sense: In a time of social […]
December 21, 2019

Trying to Reach the North Pole? Check Your Wi-Fi

When Alan Kerr’s daughters confessed that they no longer believed in Santa Claus, he shared a confession of his own. “I told them the truth,” he […]
October 15, 2019

Forget DMs. Celebrities Want You to Text Them.

Diddy wants you to text him. So do Paul McCartney, Sophia Bush and Marshmello. Over the last few months, some celebrities and influencers have been posting […]
May 26, 2017

Modern Love: Wanting Monogamy as 1,946 Men Await My Swipe

Modern Love By LAUREN PETERSEN Leaving Michael’s apartment one Tuesday morning, I smiled and said, “Have a good class today.” That may not sound like much, […]