Informal breakups: E-mail, text and Twitter

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  Posted by brian Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:44am PDT

  Show some respect and break it off face to face.

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  Posted by gwen Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:48am PDT

  Yes, I feel a person deserve more than a text because that's the coward way out for anyone and plus it's not fair to the other person. have a heart and if you have one use it.

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  Posted by Darkness Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:00pm PDT

  I agree, this texting twitter crap is BS, if you've been in a relationship have the balls to break it off face to face or at the very last resort over the phone.

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  Posted by Sandra Winn of Moms Fighting Fat Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:17pm PDT

  Yes, I agree that texting and/or twittering a breakup is the coward's way out; twittering a breakup is much worse though, in my opinion, especially because the one being dropped is being publicly humiliated.

  Cowardly breakups aren't knew though, I remember in the 80s plenty of people didn't even know they were no longer part of a dynamic duo until they were informed by a friend. Geesh, somethings never change.

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  Posted by Mrs. McCleave Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:59pm PDT

  well in sept 2007 my husband broke up with me on text messages and was seeing another chick in new mexico on a job. well i got the guts to go to our house that we bought and take everything and trash his clothes he left behind

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  Posted by Doktor Eevol Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:04pm PDT

  Now people are breaking up via Twitter? Good god. And to think people like this are breeding and bringing up the next generation to be just as gutless as they are.

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  Posted by johnj Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:23pm PDT

  I always try to have some class. Breaking up with someone in a text or e-mail is far from having any class yourself. Sure it does suck to do it in person but, it is the less rude way of doing it. I dated a girl a few month ago that was eight years younger than me. She would text when she should have called and broke things off with me in a text message. It not that we were together long only a few weeks it just the principal of it that pissed me off. By doing this by text shows you have no respect for that person and you never did.

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  Posted by conrad Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:26pm PDT

  I myself, think that it is absolutely ridiculous to break up via text or twitter. It shows how cowardly a person is, and there is never closure which is the biggest reason why I dont like it: however, we are in the 21st century and that is what the world has come to. It may not be right, it may be cowardly, but it is also the downfall that comes along with technology. People of the older generations call out my generation because we can get in contact with the person through a cell phone and no longer had to through a land line. Times change, and it is what this country has come to.

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  Posted by AmandaG Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:42am PDT

  Well, if you have no reason to break up with someone that way then yes, I would say it's cowardly. However, if it's a situation where you feel danger is lurking, then by all means, you have a right to make sure you're safe. I broke up with my ex fiance over the phone, along with telling him that if he ever showed up where I live again, he was being watched. I still moved though because my ex was a very scary man. There was that fear that he'd show up and kill me and so I kept knives all over the house, in my car and was highly vigilant before I was able to. Even though it's been a long time since I broke it off with him, I still watch my back.

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  Posted by monica Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:21am PDT

  I think it is in poor taste but might be easier for some especially if you have had two dates or so. Past that, Im not sure I would even consider this as a means of ending something.

  I never got closure from someone that did this to me and it still hurts to this day.

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