As smartphones get smarter day by day, messages are fast replacing phone calls, with convenience being a key driving force. A study conducted in 2021 by a media marketing platform states that young Indians would rather chat when they wish to communicate than call. However, the rise of texting comes with its own set of problems, big or small. If you argue with your partner via messages to avoid confrontation, you’ve been bitten by the F bug; experts share words of caution.
What is Fexting?
Recently, First Lady of the US, Jill Biden, said in an interview that she and her husband, President Joe Biden, fight over texts to avoid arguing in front of secret service in the White House. She called it fexting — fighting or arguing over texts. The word has since caught the fancy of internet users.
Fexting: yay or nay?
When we spoke to millennial couples who’ve been fexting, some said they see it as a red flag, while others don’t think of it as that big a deal. Vaishnavi Nagar, a student, who has been in a relationship with Saksham Yadav for five years, says fexting bothers her. “You lose the emotional essence of what you want to convey over texts. Sometimes, even a ‘Good morning’ sounds angry over text, let alone having an argument. It’s better to have a conversation in person than to keep waiting for a text and then judging its tone. It’s not a fruitful method to come to any conclusion,” says Nagar.