Mobile love on the rise

The fear of being caught with a love letter and the hazards involved in its safe delivery are now things of the past as text messaging has become the most reliable and quickest tool of exchanging sweet nothings -- be it college or work place, reports Sify News from India.

In a country where parent interference is great, teenagers are free to communicate with the friends of their choice, without fear of their parents picking up the phone.

For couples living apart in long distance relationships, mobiles are a real lifeline. And for others, cell phones can be a real bane when their other half endeavours to keep track of each and every movement they make.

The article mentions a nice website devoted to poems, called poettext.com, with a special section for micro-poems to be sent by text message. "Just a click of the mouse and your beloved can receive as SMS poems of Robert Browning, John Keats, William Wordsworth, W B Yeats, S T Coleridge and a host of other poets at any time of the day".

emily | 1:08 AM | SMS Dating |
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