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Hey, You’re Breaking Up on Me!

Posted in Mobile | Posted on 02-13-2007 | 151 views

An article from the Washington Post explores the latest trends in relationship communications. Do you think it’s appropriate to end a relationship using a text message?

By January W. Payne

Washington Post Staff Writer

Jason Sherman, 25, admits he sometimes finds it hard to say what he means: He once broke up with a girlfriend by text messaging her on his cellphone, and he says he has used e-mail to deliver similar news to other women.

“I’m one of those people that it’s hard to speak [my] mind in person,” said Sherman, of Independence, Mo. “It’s a lot easier to say how I feel [electronically]. You can get more out, and you don’t have to worry about somebody yelling in your face.”

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