​Human beings are connected. The necessity to establish emotional connections with other people was already discovered long before smartphones, social media, and video calls. It was identified by the British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1969). His Attachment Theory suggested that the urge to gain proximity is not subordinated to some other desire. Rather, it is central. The drive is being more and more manifested today on screens. Sexting, chatting, online relationships, and online communication are now common media where human beings start, nourish, and strengthen intimate relationships. A meta-analysis carried out by researchers shows that about 38.3% of young adults send sexts. About 41.5% receive sexts. Additionally, 47.7% are involved in two-way sexting (Bonfanti et al., 2023). They are not fringe behaviours; they are a part of the modern world of intimacy. This article explains the way in which digital expressions of sex and emotionality are changing the meaning…