How Texting Improved my Marriage

Say what? Texting can improve a marriage? Um, yeah!

A few months ago Walter and I got new phones and changed our plan. We now have unlimited texting. Gosh, is it amazing. Before we had pay-per-use texting so we pretty much never used it. But arm us with an unlimited plan and a QWERTY keyboard and watch out! In a matter of days we picked up on how useful this texting thing can be (I know, we are way behind the times). 

Now we can have little snipits of conversation all day long while I'm at home and he's at work. (He's out and about all day so we rarely ever email each other) He'll text me good morning if I was still sleeping when he left the house. If the kids do something cute I'll let him know, and maybe even text a picture. He'll text me if he sees a funny sign or has an idea of something to do that evening. I'll even text him to vent if it's a particularly frustrating day.

Bottom line is that we are communicating more, and that is a good thing. The days can be long with Walter out of the house for 10+ hours sometimes. There isn't always a chance for a phone conversation with his work demands and screaming kids on my end, but a quick text can let the other person know you are thinking about them. In an odd way it just makes me feel like we are working more as a team, a partnership, which is what marriage is all about.