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Texting

typical Oct. 24, 2022

Tom Brady Is Buddies With Ron DeSantis?It appears the quarterback is texting through his rumored breakup.

By Claire Lampen
romance Sept. 23, 2022

30 Adorable ‘Good Morning’ Texts for HerStumped on a sweet text to send to your lady? We have you covered.

By the Cut
group text Sept. 2, 2022

Would You Exit The Group Text?Why breaking up with the group chat is hard to do.

By Angelina Chapin

group text July 22, 2022

I Make Ceramics to Keep My Hands BusyNo one wants to get clay all over their phone, you know?

By Joanna Nikas
friends forever? Mar. 16, 2022

All Our Best Friendships Exist Over TextSix people on what they get out of text-based relationships.

By Katie Heaney
it’s complicated Feb. 17, 2022

Texting Is the Only Way My Husband and I Can Argue Without Destroying Each OtherBless those three little dots.

By Kate Willsky
love these days May 30, 2020

The Art of Flirting (Over Text)On openers, emojis, and general etiquette.

By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
love these days May 29, 2020

The Best Way to Flirt in IsolationIt’s much more intimate than Zoom.

By Emilia Petrarca
the cut opinion pages May 8, 2020

iMessage Reactions Are Lazy and TerriblePlease, don’t “heart” or “thumbs-down” my texts.

By Amanda Arnold
love and war Apr. 30, 2020

Who Wouldn’t Want to Wake Up to a Romantic Text?Ideas for when you want to send a special someone something in the morning.

By the Cut
self Apr. 22, 2020

How to Remove Yourself From a Group TextFor when your notifications get out of control.

By Madeleine Aggeler
imagined conversations Mar. 2, 2020

What Do Taylor Swift and Katy Perry Text About?Pete Buttigieg? Coronavirus? The Sopranos?

By Kelly Conaboy
netiquette Jan. 23, 2020

Does Jeff Bezos Know How to Text?The Amazon CEO flubbed an all-important number swap.

By Brian Feldman

ukraine scandal Oct. 4, 2019

Ukraine Diplomat Desperately Tried to Take Notes on a Criminal ConspiracyTexts between top diplomats reveal that committing an impeachable offense is like doing any other office job in the world.

By Max Read
party report May 29, 2019

Nicole Kidman Is the Emoji Queen of Big Little Lies’ Group ChatAs for Reese Witherspoon? She’s a GIF gal.

By Devon Ivie
texting May 17, 2019

New York Might Fine People for Texting While Crossing, Bankrupting Us AllThere goes my bank account.

By Lisa Ryan
relationships Dec. 21, 2018

Why Do My Exes Always Text Me During the Holidays?We’ve reached the time of year when your ex really “hopes you’re well.”

By Ella Cerón
select all Oct. 3, 2018

Trump ‘Texting’ the Entire Country Was Already the NormThursday’s FEMA alert test was strangely chill.

By Madison Malone Kircher
crime May 10, 2018

Woman Accused of Stalking After Sending Man 65,000 Texts and Using His BathtubShe was arrested and charged with threatening, stalking, and harassing an unnamed man she met on a dating app.

By Amanda Arnold
science of us Apr. 23, 2018

I Want Everyone to Stop Following This Terrible Piece of Dating AdviceIt doesn’t make you “honest” or “a good communicator.” It makes you kind of a jerk.

By Maria Del Russo
select all Feb. 13, 2018

Teen Texting Panic: It’s Back, Baby!What are they saying, and why is it always horny?

By Brian Feldman
it’s complicated Jan. 9, 2018

The Worst Part of Dating an Older Guy Is His Texting HabitsThe difference in how we use our phones makes a small age gap feel much wider.

By Ashley Fetters
select all Nov. 27, 2017

Grandma and Teen Who Spent Thanksgiving Together After Texting Mix-up ReuniteThanksgiving 2016’s most heartwarming story continues into 2017.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Oct. 24, 2017

This Hotline Will Text Creepy Dudes Back AnonymouslyThe perfect number to give to that dude at the bar who won’t stop bothering you.

By Paris Martineau
select all Oct. 17, 2017

We May Be Severely Underestimating the Car Fatalities Caused by Cell PhonesThe way we collect road-fatality data has a serious problem.

By Paris Martineau
select all Aug. 10, 2017

Uber Now Lets You Communicate With Your Driver From the AppIn-app messaging is coming your way.

By Paris Martineau
who among us? June 23, 2017

Leonardo DiCaprio Parties Just Like You (on His Phone, Ignoring Everyone)Who among us?

By Gabriella Paiella
June 16, 2017

Woman Who Urged Her Boyfriend to Kill Himself Found Guilty of ManslaughterMichelle Carter sent her boyfriend, Conrad Roy, numerous texts urging him to kill himself.

By Claire Landsbaum
Mar. 2, 2017

Kristen Stewart Does Not Speak Emoji“With text and social media … it’s a new language.”

By Claire Landsbaum
select all Feb. 16, 2017

Enjoy This Growing Spreadsheet of Texts People Wish They Could Send Their Exes“I should have hit you harder with my car.”

By Madison Malone Kircher
sex Nov. 2, 2016

The Timing of Sexts Says a Ton About Your RelationshipDigital foreplay or electronic anxiety?

By Drake Baer
teens Sept. 20, 2016

This Teen Texted Behind Donald Trump on Live TVWow, Donald Trump is really struggling with millennials.

By Claire Landsbaum
Sept. 13, 2016

If You’ve Been Ending Your Texts With Periods, Everyone Thinks You’re a JerkTime to stop being awkward.

By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro

select all Aug. 11, 2016

That Whole ‘Don’t Text and Drive’ Thing Still Applies to Your FeetThis has been a public service announcement.

By Madison Malone Kircher
Aug. 2, 2016

Linguistics Explains Why Ending a Text With a Period Is So AwfulIt’s all about context.

By Cari Romm
June 10, 2016

The Period Isn’t Dead, But It Is Niche NowNobody needs them to end a text message.

By Brian Feldman
May 18, 2016

Finally, a Device That Lets You Send the Smelly Text Messages You’ve Longed ForMmmmmm, sunscreen.

By Madison Malone Kircher
box office futures Apr. 19, 2016

Allowing Texting in Movie Theaters Was an Awful Idea, But an Understandable OneJust as theater chains risk losing business to home viewing, they also risk destroying what it is that makes moviegoing distinct from home viewing.

By Kevin Lincoln
Apr. 14, 2016

Sign of the Apocalypse: AMC Might Allow Texting in TheatersOh no, the horror.

By Brian Feldman
select all Mar. 28, 2016

New Jersey Lawmaker Wants to Ban Texting While Walking, Which: Good LuckYou can pry my smartphone from my cold, dead hands (after I’m run over by a truck).

By Brian Feldman
Mar. 18, 2016

A New Jersey Lawmaker Wants to Fine People for Texting While Crossing the StreetIt would be treated as jaywalking.

By Samuel Lieberman
cut cover story Mar. 1, 2016

Does Encouraging Suicide Make You a Killer?A teenager sent her depressed boyfriend hundreds of messages prodding him to kill himself. Now she’s been charged with manslaughter.

By Marin Cogan
language skills Dec. 8, 2015

Study Proves Only Jerks End Their Texts With a PeriodPeriods are the “k” of punctuation.

By Jessica Roy

select all Dec. 3, 2015

A Dickcember Fairy Tale, or How a Dirty Chain Text Improved My Dating LifeHOE-HOE-HOE season has arrived!

By Eve Peyser
getting it Oct. 29, 2015

Stop Flirting by CommitteeWhat gets lost when we workshop every text.

By Alana Massey
correlations Feb. 4, 2015

Can Emoji Ever Be Sexy, Though? Supposedly, emoji users have more sex.

By Maggie Lange
neuroscience Dec. 23, 2014

Texting Is Supercharging the Part of Our Brain Connected to Our Thumbs Thumbs up to the sensiromotor cortex.

By Jesse Singal
digital culture Nov. 16, 2014

Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji: The Rapid Evolution of a Wordless TongueAre words on the way out?

By Adam Sternbergh
digital culture Nov. 16, 2014

Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji: The Rapid Evolution of a Wordless TongueAre words on the way out?

By Adam Sternbergh
nanny state Nov. 11, 2014

Dear Cyclists, the City Council Is Coming for Your Cell PhonesYou’ll have no choice but to upgrade to Google Glass

By Katie Zavadski