i was thinking earlier this morning about this, every time ive said it it's kind of a lie

i'm better at conversation irl (provided im already extraordinarily comfortable with the person and am in a pleasant environment that is easy to retreat from) so kasey pow wows

like yea expressing myself in text sucks but i think that's just a skill issue probably. vc is cool because tone is a huge benefit and voices sound pretty. voice notes strats are interesting but tricky to get right (for the recipient as well)

and for some relationships, i'm actually finding i prefer the limitations of those mediums anyway, which isn't all that surprising

annie is best over text, danii is best on 1:1 call, kasey is best irl, juliet is best with a yet to be discovered communication method (permeable group vc and lots of alternative options seems to work decent for now), hailey is best with casual life updates and the occasional midnight chat

meeting new people is challenging for finding how to get to know each other with whatever communication methods you have access to, and once you have one settled on something workable it can be hard to have the self-awareness and self-control to keep things in the proper medium