messaging apps might be a convenient way to communicate but think twice before you start relying on them for those matters of the heart it is hard to understand my flat mate sometimes but this one day she left me entirely stumped he left me at seen im never talking to him again she said and it took me a couple of minutes to realize she was referring to a whatsapp conversation the reaction though still seemed a touch dramatic upon further questioning i found out that leaving someone at seen translates to reading someones messages on whatsapp and then not responding this it turned out can have all kinds of prickly ramifications its an obvious truth instant messaging has become the primary mode of communication for many people especially for those involved in romantic relationships rather than ask for your email address strangers can now openly prod you for your phone number just so that we can whatsapp is the commonly heard excuse seemingly innocuous the mobile messaging app hardly proves to be impersonal in the long run psychologists say that services such as whatsapp can have a direct and sometimes adverse impact on your psyche and your most intimate relationshipslast seen at splitsville clinical psychologist and hypnotherapist namrata dagia says a lot of the behavior on the part of todays youth is impulsive simply by looking at some images or by swiping left or right relationships are formed or forgotten many couples communicate extensively through whatsapp and this creates a lot of problems for them whatsapps last seen feature especially gives rise to negativity anxiety and suspicion in relationships examples of misunderstandings are everyday enough to be easily identifiable a girl texts her boyfriend at 1 am and he says he is almost asleep the next morning she checks that his whatsapp screen was last seen at 330 am she is livid and he has hell to pay why didnt you respond to my texts who were you chatting with these are just some of the questions that he has to reluctantly answer the unsuspecting boyfriend finds himself between a rock and a hard place disabling the timestamp feature will only lead to further resentment doubt and a needless barrage of even more indignant queries mirror reader priya bakshi name changed claims to have had quite the unforgettable whatsapp experience the 28yearold says this guy i was interested in turned out to be a christian grey from fifty shades of grey his behavior on whatsapp proved that since whatsapp allows you to see when someone is online bakshi found that she had little place to hide she adds he would get very anxious when i would be online and not respond to his texts he once texted me asking where i wasit just so happened that i had fallen off the local train and was wincing in pain of course i hadnt replied to his whatsapp message i was still reeling from the fall he went and called