He would say about Sarah, "All day long the contents of my heart would slide down my arm, past my sleeve and into my phone. When we were together I chafed from overexposure, but when we were apart I would lose my sense of identity and grab my phone" (Simpson). On the contrary, he would describe his communication with Patti saying, "Her letters were often entirely visual, scattered magazine collages. I would hold an unopened letter for a while, delaying gratification. After reading them, her intimate stories wouldn't fall to the bottom of my in-box and disappear, but stay with me, under my bed, waiting to be reread" (Simpson). Simpson is proving the point on how exposing love to one another, when distant, has to be something a person can cherish and hold on to or it may not work out in the long run. Although the quick delivery has its perks, technology took over his life with Sarah, leaving their relationship empty of the juices love beholds. .
Furthermore, relationships have been altered so much that they are barely relationships today. In the article, "What to Be My Boyfriend? Please Define," by Marguerite Fields she discussed how a relationship has broken into three different categories such as, "dating someone, versus when I was hooking up with someone, versus when I was seeing someone" (Fields). It was difficult for her to describe what each meant now because the word commitment has been extremely altered into "just hanging out." She then spoke about the conversation with her friend Steven and his relationship with his "hook up buddy," so to speak. He said, "I don't mind if she sleeps with other people. I mean, she's not my property, right? I'm just glad I get to hang out with her. Spend time with her. Because that's all we really have, you know? I don't want her to be mine, and I don't want to be anybody's" (Fields).
