He is an assiduous reader of classifieds and has built over the years a tight network of virtual liaisons with women of all ages, attracted and charmed by his texts full of passion and cunning. Nicolino Pompa is also the father of four adult sons, with whom he entertains difficult relationships made of contradictions, violence, betrayals and of mostly implicit, yet well visible rash feelings. SMS is not only the portrait of Nicola, but also an actual narrative-essay on relationships in the time of digital, virtual, broken-up communication.