March 13, 2004
Text culture bad for relationships
The Scotsman News reports relationship experts believe text messages can play a mixed role in relationships.
"Texting has also become an integral part of new relationships. Dubbed ‘silent dating', many new couples will often text for a week or more as a way of getting to know each other before meeting again.
Last year, a survey of Nokia phone users revealed that 44 per cent used texting to tell partners they loved them, while 53 per cent used it to apologise after a row".
But on the flip side, an increasing number of men and women are using text messages as a way of avoiding real communication, such as dumping their partner by SMS.
According to Scots psychologist Dr Jack Boyle said: "People don't want to convey bad news face to face and so resort to other modern methods such as texting, e-mailing and even faxing. However, people want to be told personally so that they have a chance to respond and talk about deep emotions."
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