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Okay kids. I know that you sleep with your cell phones, and to sext is to exist. (I made it up, okay – it flows). Before you hit ‘send’ on that clothesless photo, just remember what mom and dad are doing okay? You’re welcome for the sweet dreams.
Since an article in – (brace yourselves), AARP magazine piqued the interest of social scientists, ‘adult’ sexting has become the stuff of study and psychological anualysis, and that anualysis is extremely interesting. We have the same old psychological hang-ups, but texting has allowed us to keep intimacy at arm’s reach – or conversely, jump the usual barriers in a flash.
Perhaps the research was limited to one small Mormon community? Call me a cynic, but does it seem accurate that the majority of adult sexting goes on between married couples? After watching Cristen Conger describe the dynamics and the motivations different people have for sexting it appears that it is here to stay. Am I the only one who feels that we – as a nation are busily communicating more, but interacting less?