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Sweet <3, It's Not U, It's Me

Posted Dec 14, 07 3:27 PM CST in Arts & Living Gossip Technology 

(Newser) – Emails and text messages are becoming the dumping grounds for a new generation of lovers, with one in seven people saying they've been broken up with digitally. Moreover, survey results out today reveal that while face-to-face showdowns still beat Facebook as the preferred method for breakups, 1% of respondents would use online social networks to part ways, Reuters reports.

"Most of us send emails and texts every day, so it comes as no surprise they are now being used to ditch someone—however distasteful this is," says a spokesman for the website that commissioned the survey. And distasteful or not, using technology to avoid confrontation already has a star-studded pedigree: Britney Spears reportedly texted Kevin Federline to ask for a divorce.

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"Most of us send emails and texts everyday, so it comes as no surprise they are now being used to ditch someone -- however distasteful this is," said one pollster.   (Shutterstock.com)
1 in 7 surveyed in London say that they've been dumped via text message or e-mail.   (Index Open)
The "text message break-up" has become the ultimate way to avoid confrontation.   (KRT Photos)
Former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre shares a text message from his nephew with the media during a press conference Friday, Oct. 19, 2007 Rye Brook, N.Y. On Thursday Torre rejected a contract offer...   (Associated Press)
The Blackberry 7230 is one of the latest cell phones with a keyboard for quick entry of names and text messages.   (KRT Photos)
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