Times have changed. Nowadays things are different, even in romantic relationships. Instead of receiving a love letter, boyfriends or girlfriends receive love messages. Texting can be useful for making small plans, but it tends to decrease the couple's intimacy. It can create problems that may or may not be solved, but would have been less likely to be created if it weren't for texting. Texting can lead to silly misunderstandings, make partners feel like they always need to be in contact with each other, create a tendency to solve problems and express feelings without being face to face, and make them wonder if they really have what their partner has. pay attention or not. These frequent misunderstandings are quite common with texting. You never really know if your boyfriend or girlfriend was sarcastic, angry, serious, happy, joking, and so on. Without facial expressions and tone of voice, you can't know. For example, I was texting my boyfriend and asked him an innocent question. He responded quite angrily. I was completely taken by surprise and very confused. I didn't know why he was so angry. I reacted angrily because it seemed like he was being rude and offensive for no reason. We finally decided that what he thought I was being rude and sarcastic about, I really wasn't. This simple question was inserted into a long angry conversation simply because there was a misunderstanding. If Jacob, my boyfriend, had been with me, or maybe even just on the phone or on a video call, such as Skype, FaceTime or Oovoo, he would have noticed that my tone of voice was completely random, and the likelihood of a misunderstanding would have been less and probably not even a big commotion would have been created. However… half the paper… in many bad ways. This is why I believe most conversations should be done face to face. It prevents stupid arguments and allows the relationship to grow more than a text-only relationship. Ongoing contact via text is fine if it works for both partners, but emotional conversations, complex issues, and other serious intimate conversations should always be done in person. Face-to-face intimacy is completely different from texting. First of all, you really know you have their undivided attention. Plus, you can say whatever you want while writing. It actually takes guts and courage to say it to his face, and doing so greatly increases intimacy. This intimacy is very important. Without it, the romantic relationship is just another relationship or friendship. Intimacy is what makes a relationship romantic.