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Attending to know somebody used to take many kinds: handwritten letters, cellphone conversations, in-person heart-to-hearts. In the present day, we textual content. We slide into D.M.s. Relationship apps and social media have made it easy to start out a dialog. Nonetheless, it may be onerous to know what precisely to say. We requested readers of the Fashionable Love column to share the early messages — the banter, emojis and wit — that made them fall for one another. — Kate LaRue
The texts beneath are from actual threads which have been fastidiously excavated (screengrabbed) from the telephones of readers. They’ve been evenly edited — and reanimated — for readability and your enjoyment.
