Texting, emailing, and instant messaging have taken over from the good old days of just talking on the phone. But there's something to be said for having a real conversation. For one thing, a phone conversation is much harder to misunderstand than an email or a message. Talking is connecting folks. That's the truth.

When you hear the word “attraction” what do you think of? The first thing that comes to mind is probably sex. You’re not alone there. Most of us equate attraction with sexual desire, with how a person looks, and how it would feel to touch them. Attraction is important for good sex, no doubt about it, but there’s a lot more to attraction than just the physical.

You’re taking the bus, you’re walking down the street, you’re sitting in a café… What do all these situations have in common? No, you really can’t guess? It’s obvious, just look around you right now. I bet you the people surrounding you are all — drumroll please — on their phones.