> The other party misses out on all your social cues and tells, which probably makes the exchange feel less vulnerable.
This is precisely why Tinder never worked out for me. Not seeing someone truly react to what your saying, just the filtered reply to it. Every conversation felt stale and awkward.
When starting a relationship, one of the most important things at first is to "not come on too strong". The other party misses out on all your social cues and tells, which probably makes the exchange feel less vulnerable.
Further, since you know hardly anything about the other person at the start of a relationship, text lets you conveniently project your own emotions onto the other person without their tone getting in the way.