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If you regularly receive texts from your dad that are totally devoid of emotion (but full of periods), here's why.
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Our expectations influence how we interpret all communications. If texting is how we normally maintain relationships, then we assign meaning to the symbolic indicators of emotional experience like emotions, extra spacing, punctuation, capitalization. My Dad, however, texted short messages in caps. He didn't see all caps as 'yelling', he saw short texts as efficient and easier to read. If you're having interpersonal issues over text, you can't fix it using texts. Clarify the assumptions on both sides, F2F or by phone. It'll save you a lot of hurt feelings.