Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Best Self Magazine

    What Is a “Real” Relationship in the Age of Social Media?

    by Amy Daughters May 14, 2022 4 minutes
    What Is a “Real” Relationship in the Age of Social Media? by Amy Daughters. Photograph of letter writing by Debbie Hudson
    Photograph by Debbie Hudson

    Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

    A quest for meaning in modern day relationships inspires one woman to send hand-written letters to 500 “friends”, leading to unexpected discoveries

    —

    How many people can you actively be in real relationship with?

    While that seems like a simple, straight-forward question the reality is more complex. First, how do you define the realin real relationships? Are there certain criteria we need to meet? Is there a checklist? Do we need to show up at certain events or make a minimum number of phone calls or texts? Maybe it’s checking in at least once a week?

    Furthermore, if you are indeed it, does it have to maintain a certain level ofdeal?

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Best Self Magazine

    Best Self Magazine3 min readCrime & Violence
    An Invitation to Peace
    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes — We live in a world where war coverage is live, social media keyboard warriors are loud and fierce, and racism and “anti-thisism” and “anti-thatism” ring loudly in our ears. Every day, we are bombarded with negativ
    Best Self Magazine4 min read
    When a Pregnancy Follows a Loss
    Estimated reading time: 6 minutes — She was a beautiful baby, with long black eyelashes and big dark lips. I will never know the sound of her coo or the color of her eyes. They never opened. My first child was born dead. Stillborn. She moved and gre
    Best Self Magazine7 min read
    How I Left: Reflections on My Journey into Marriage…and Out
    Estimated reading time: 10 minutes — My grandmother was fourteen when a man in her Southern Italian village asked to marry her. He was twenty-eight, a stranger to Gramma. She said, No! But her mother told her, “Marry him. He’ll take you to America.”

    Related Books & Audiobooks