You want to meet a loved one. Discussions on discussions are held days before, in order to find an audience year, which you can use together. And if now she company not one person, but more? Chaos. And when you finally do, it will be a long time since you last saw them friends you. You often feel that you miss them from your everyday life.

“So what,” you will think. Me too message you will try to fill the void. Two lines will epigrammatically describe the news of the day. In an audio you will explain what happened to you and concerns you. With a funny meme you will show the ones you love that you are thinking of them.

And that’s how it goes everyday life of most of us. When we finally meet, we complain about the time we don’t have. We always wish we could hang out more. And yet, we will accept the most demanding one work that they suggest to us and then we will take advantage of a few precious moments of absolute solitude and quiet at home.

And you know something? That’s quite alright.

Often, we hear discussions and reflections about where the relationships of today, much of which is based on this digital, remote Contact. Texting is a simple way to show someone that we were thinking, that we cared, that we wanted to share parts of our lives, even if they weren’t there to live with us.

So are “(digital) pen pals” a new type of relationship? And if so, does it matter that we now form and maintain our relationships to a large extent this way?

THE Rachel Wilkerson Millerauthor of “The Art of Showing Up: How to Be There for Yourself and Your People” and its editor-in-chief Self, says yes to this new trend. According to her, technology has simply replaced the way and not the essence of communication. “As long as those who use texting don’t feel that it changes the quality of their relationships, I don’t see where the harm is. After all, I don’t think this new trend is very different from the older habit of writing letters to each other,” he says in Purewow.

It’s true: Letters served as a means of recording our lives, as an exchange of information, and so are now real-time messages. “It is the person you turn to and have the need to share with them simple everyday things that gives value to the relationship and not the way you choose to do it. Messaging creates an extremely easy and simple flow of communication and information. So why not?” asks Miller.

Let’s not forget, after all, that this way kept communication with our loved ones alive during the pandemic, when we couldn’t meet anyone in person.

“It’s a wonderful way to connect with everyone about all the important and trivial things,” adds Miller. She argues that texting doesn’t necessarily mean that in-person contact should be replaced entirely by digital communication, it’s just that it’s an easy way to stay connected with loved ones more regularly.

It remains, however, important that they exist limits on the use of technology, in order to maintain your mental health and well-being, but also to build your interpersonal relationships on the right foundations. “It’s important to disconnect regularly, because otherwise you risk losing touch with the real world,” she concludes.

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