Don't text. Be there.
When was the last time you dropped by to share good news with a friend or a family member?
We mean the old-school definition of “dropped by.” You didn’t text them. You didn’t FaceTime. You didn’t send a wild-eyed emoji followed by a million exclamation points. OK, maybe you did that, too, but when was the last time you actually got in your car, drove to someone’s house, and shared good news with them in person?
It’s been a while, right? Because it’s just so easy to pass along happy thoughts and warm wishes with our phones nowadays. It got us thinking — is virtual time together just as valuable as face-to-face time? If you’re going to be there for the people you love, do they have a preference for how you do it?
Because, sure, it’s incredibly quick and convenient to spew heartfelt gifs and “likes” into the ether, but we wanted to know if being physically close to someone makes our interpersonal interactions inherently more satisfying.
Does seeing a flesh-and-blood smiling face make us feel better than the cutest smiling emoji ever could?
So, in collaboration with Ford, we decided to poll people about what it means to “be there.” The results could not have been clearer.
People overwhelmingly declared that they felt most valued when their loved ones moved beyond their screens and took the time to BE THERE for them.
When polled about the various ways they could interact with a loved one, 55% of the respondents said they felt the most loved and appreciated when their significant other spent time with them in person — the clear winner.
For the rest of the results:
- In second place, 30% said they feel most loved when someone “shows up unexpectedly to surprise me.”
- 12% feel the most love from texts.
- Only 3% preferred when their S.O. posted something sweet on social media.
That means a combined total of 85% of the respondents felt the most love when they were visited in-person.
And the majority of the survey’s subsequent data backed up that conclusion.
- 26% said that their first response to hearing that a friend or loved one received good news was getting in the car to congratulate them in person.
- Calling was the most popular option for good news at 51%.
- Texts and social media clocked in as the third most popular option for good news with 22% of the vote.
- Thankfully, 52% said they prefer to visit the important people in their lives when they received bad news.
- 37% preferred to call to commiserate over bad news.
- Only 11% thought it was best to offer their bad news support via texts or social media.
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