Emojis in text messages boost relationship satisfaction by making people feel emotionally heard and connected.

Emoji often add a bit of emotional commentary to text. An emoji smile, wink, thinking face or exploding head each can convey exactly how you feel.

The more I see the emoji, the grumpier I get – the more that cartoon face morphs into a youthful Ronaldo. Because although the point of a wink is often to share a joke, I’m starting to feel ...