Tips for tactful texting
The Emily Post Institute’s guidelines include, for example, these two emphatic texting no-nos
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The first text message — “Merry Christmas” — was sent Dec. 3, 1992. Since then, billions of texts have been sent. And even though texting is far from the practice of formal letter writing, some of the same etiquette principles apply.
The Emily Post Institute’s guidelines include, for example, these two emphatic texting no-nos:
1. Informing someone of bad news.
2. Breaking off a relationship or friendship.
Verywellmind.com in September offered some do’s and don’ts:
‒ Do compliment, send funny memes, comment positively, encourage, etc., in order to build a relationship.
‒ Don’t text exc...