texting

When did we start measuring how good a friend someone is or how important we are to them by their response time to texts and messages?

You look the other way and pretend not to notice or be bothered. Finally, you crack.

Before you know it, the spouse and his or her extra-marital friend are comforting each other, turning to each other for advice, sharing details of their intimate life and relationships, and texting each other with increasing frequency and intimacy. As the excitement of their forbidden friendship grows, the dynamics in the marriage deteriorate. After all, three's a crowd.