Texting makes breaking up not so hard to do

Dear John letters are in danger of being consigned to the dustbin of history as almost one in 10 people has finished a relationship by text message, according to a survey, reports UK Telegraph.

Some englightening figures from the survey carried out by Sicap, a Swiss messaging services provider:

-- Nine per cent admitted to having dumped a boyfriend or girlfriend by sending an SMS. Among those aged 15-24 the figure rises to one in five.

-- Almost half of women, 45 per cent, owned up to secretly checking their partner's messages, compared to 31 per cent of men.

-- Three-quarters of 15 to 24-year-old use texts to flirt vs 44 percent of adults.

Among those under 25, the survey found:

-- almost two-thirds had argued

-- 23 per cent had been stalked

- 20 had dumped a boyfriend or girlfriend and

-- 4 per cent had quit a job by text.

emily | 2:40 PM | SMS Dating |
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