Matthew and Erica had always been attracted to each other, and while that wasn't enough to make their relationship work, they found out they could still be loving friends.
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Chat histories have become the modern version of a cache of yellowed love letters, a record of relationships that endured or went awry. In Love in the Time of GChat, couples show us the online exchanges that punctuated their time together.
The Beginning
Erica liked flirting with Matthew. But she wasn’t sure that she wanted to date him. Erica hadn't thought of herself as "popular" in high school but away at liberal arts college she was making friends easily and attractive upperclassmen were suddenly interested in her. Matthew was a freshman like her, and strangely sexy but sort of crude and small-townish. Still, they chatted a lot online.
