The Epic Fail of the “Getting to Know You Phase “

You see on throwback movies of a guy and girl on their landline phone falling madly in love with the voice that’s on the other end.  Or what about the scene where someone is rushing to phone booth just to check in with their romantic interest. Let’s jump even further back when people sent post cards and love letters to the person they were falling so deeply for. How about that effort? The big question is texting a romantic interest in the “getting to know you phase” considered true way of getting to know someone?

Texting and dating is the modern way of getting to know someone you are interested in. Haven’t you  heard of so many situations where people are catching feelings for someone because of words sent through text messages without ever hearing what the person sounds like on the other end of the screen. Ideally we would love to believe that everyone is truthful about who they are when texting someone. But we must admit that it is so much easier to create who you want to be or even them to be via text. You can express many feelings through text with no emotion behind it whatsoever. The person on the receiving end of the text has no choice but to visualize how you sound and what you are like. Think about it, if you never communicated over the phone,you are left with your own perception of that person. Verbal communication is a much better method of to getting to know someone. You can actually hear their tone. Conversations can become endless and you have a better opportunity to really ask and receive the information you need to know about the person. Actual phone conversations will   help eliminate stringing a situation on. You can feel a better connection through verbal communication. A person is more likely to have the courage to ask you out sooner. You will be much more comfortable agreeing to go out with someone that you’ve had good conversation with. Let’s get back to really communicating .