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Dating and relationship interactions are often awkward and uncomfortable. This is especially true during essential conversations, like asking someone out, asking for more commitment, or breaking up ...

The lack of face-to-face contact when texting can lower some folks' inhibitions (and, presumably, IQ) to such an extent that ...