id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt pg15bc40j9g Michael F Penta The Ol' Ball and Chain: Negative Effect of Intimate Long Distance Relationships on New Tie Formation in Personal Networks 2013 .txt text/plain 97 3 35 Using data on the cell phone and email behaviors of 196 college freshman attending U.S. university, I examine the effect that the presence of an intimate long distance relationship has on the formation of ties during the first weeks of school. I theorize that the development of new relationships is limited by the presence of these relationships due to the time and energy required to maintain them. cache/pg15bc40j9g.txt txt/pg15bc40j9g.txt