How Digital Communication Transformed My Life and Love Story

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Welcome, my loyal and cherished readers, once again to my blog.

Today, I come to talk to you about digital relationships, a truly fascinating topic.

Nowadays, with all the social networks and how globalized and open our world has become thanks to the internet, we communicate digitally at an incredibly fast pace.

Especially since the events of the pandemic, we’ve seen how a large number of people who were not previously accustomed to interacting or building relationships with others through the internet were forced to do so, understanding that this is a medium to carry out work and handle other responsibilities.

And if we take a closer look, we realize how beneficial it is for us to be able to work from home and learn a new form of communication.

This is where today’s topic begins: digital relationships.

There are certain ways to establish these digital relationships.

In many cases, as I’ve mentioned, it involves having conversations with your boss or employees digitally, through WhatsApp or emails—things that are very implicit and that people learn as they explore these new technologies.

At first, those who are more resistant to online communication, especially older adults or people from rural areas who are accessing technology for the first time, find it very difficult to understand symbols like smiley faces and the various types of emojis.

And surely, in many cases, they’ve been misinterpreted.

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This reminds me of an example I’ll share with you next.

When I met the great love of my life precisely through a digital medium, text messaging was already in fashion at the time. WhatsApp didn’t exist yet, but text messages did.

I wasn’t very fond of texting and preferred to communicate via email with the people I talked to.

But I remember that by accident, I received a text from someone asking me where the wake or funeral was and offering their condolences.

I found the message very curious and thought the most correct and prudent thing to do was to tell the person that I wasn’t the intended recipient of the message, as they had made a mistake.

I imagined they’d want the message to reach the right person. And that’s how I met one of the great loves of my life, Nancy.

She told me her name was Nancy, we started talking, and I began communicating with her through text messages.

In fact, this wasn’t the first time because we moved from texting to talking on the phone. I would call her, and we’d talk for hours.

This led to me also getting to know her sister, her mom, and some of her friends over the phone.

And well, eventually, this led us to meet in person in another state, 12 hours away from where I live.

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After thinking about it for a long time, I decided it was worth taking the adventure of traveling to meet her. I had already seen photos of her because she had sent them to me via text and email.

I had some level of trust and knew what she looked like.

Then the day finally came—I went, met her, and spent 30 days with her. They were the best 30 days of my life because I truly experienced love.

It was a really beautiful experience. We both felt very connected and very happy.

What I want to say with this is that the relationship began with a text message, getting to know each other and talking about our preferences and the things we liked.

This gradually led to a deeper and more meaningful relationship.

So, in this sense, I think it’s great to get to know each other digitally and for there to be a protocol—not a written moral code, but a kind of digital ethics or norm.

I believe digital relationships are very positive, but I also think we need to take many precautions.

It would be necessary for institutions to create educational programs to teach young people how to establish healthy, productive, and positive digital relationships.

I think this is an important issue to address, and this is what I can say about digital relationships.