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Lovers Turn To Text Message To Say It’s Over
Dec 15th, 2007 by Jefferson
U R dumped–one in seven say they have suffered the same fate as Britney Spears’ ex-husband and been told it’s all over via text message or e-mail, a survey said on Friday.
While hiding behind technology might appear a cowardly way of splitting up, it contrasts with the 4 percent who simply drop all communication with their lovers without notice.
“Most of us send e-mails and texts everyday, so it comes as no surprise they are now being used to ditch someone–however distasteful this is,” said Rob Barnes from Moneysupermarket.com, which carried out the survey.
“The results show 1 percent of the population would use a social-networking site to dump a partner. It would be interesting to see how this changes as sites such as Facebook and MySpace become more apparent in our everyday lives.”
One of the most high-profile victims of dumping by text was Kevin Federline, who reportedly received news that pop singer Spears was filing for divorce while being filmed for a television show.
The survey said 15 percent of the 2,194 people questioned had been dumped by text or e-mail, although a quarter of those in the most tech-savvy 18- to 24-year-old age group would choose the traditional method–a letter.
It makes sense that a significant chunk of folks in my “tech savvy” age group would choose a more expressive and, I imagine, thus a more mature way of ending a relationship. Many technologically-savvy youngsters are simultaneously learning more about how to handle themselves emotionally, which leads to more mature romantic interactions at a young age.
I found that more about emotional maturity and its connection with age can be garnered from a number of interesting books, most notably Emotional Intelligence as well as the less scientific The Indigo Children.
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