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Posted on 10/14/2005 1:57:52 PM PDT by martin_fierro
"Ur dumped" -- research shows text a popular way of ending romances
Fri Oct 14, 1:11 PM ET
SYDNEY (AFP) - Breaking up is supposed to be hard to do, but young Australian couples have found an easy solution - send a text message and move on.
Research shows young romantics are increasingly using SMS text messages to manage, and even end, their relationships.
Macquarie University researcher Natalie Robinson studied the texting habits of 100 young people aged 18-35 and found SMS messaging increased when relationships were beginning or going through a rocky period.
Robinson said couples, fearing rejection, wanted to avoid direct contact when their relationships were strained.
"People used text messages to show their negative feelings rather than talking face-to-face," she said. "This might be because text messages were less confrontational and more distant."
The clinical psychologist said she was surprised to find 15 percent of participants had dumped a partner via text messages.
Robinson said one of her friends had been ditched in a text message and found it an unpleasant experience.
"She was very angry because it was so impersonal and because they had been together for a couple of years," she said.
Overall, women were more likely to send texts telling their partner how they were feeling, while men were more comfortable with practical texts such as "I'll pick up dinner on the way home".
Robinson said people often used texts to keep tabs on partners who were out socialising with friends, creating the potential for friction.
"The receiver of this message may interpret this in a number of ways, such as, 'my partner cares about me and just wants to know what I am doing' or alternatively, 'my partner is suspicious and doesn't trust me and wants to know what I am doing'," she said.
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Interesting - a good friend of mine broke up with the psycho b*tch from h*ll and while this was going on she would send him a zillion text messages a day. Which of course made him even crazier. I asked him if anyone besides her sent him text msgs and he said No. So I told him to turn of the text msg service on his phone. Problem solved.
turn your text msg feature back on, marteen, i have something to tell you... ; )
I got dumped via text message. What a cheesey thing to do. How difficult is it to TALK to someone and say "its over."
btt ive gvn u the best yrs of my life
that is horrible. you are well rid of anyone that would do that.
U r ded. bi bi
If anyone sends me a text message, for any reason, I send them this:
U r ded. bi bi.
Then I kill them.
I've got 47 dots engraved on my phone.
Oh man,
thats awful!
Good riddance to them.
Wlcm 2 dumpsvil, popul8on u
L O L
J00 bin PWN3D!!1!
UR A BD BRKR UPR
Its a shame, as she was a lovely Persian girl. Broke my heart!
A "Dear John" text message.
In muslim countries, though, you have to text, "Ur dumped, ur dumped, ur dumped" or it's not official. Muslim women often complain of repetive use injuries that stem from replying, "Lululululululululululululu!!!!".
(you probably have to be in my head to understand all of that)
UR A LO TALKR
That stinks. BTW, I like the tagline, have you spent some time on the Jersey Shore?
I am a protege of Dr. Weird. He replaced me with some dork named Steve, however.
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