Online /Text Breakups.

It has never happened to me, I have a buddy who got a text message that said... "forget you ever knew me, and lose my number." Ouch! He still has it saved to this day.

I've never experienced a breakup in the form of textmessaging/emails. I have to say that I think it's a bit of a weak way of breaking up with someone, you're breaking up with the person so atleast they deserve to speak to you about it in person and have some questions answered.

Yeah, I've broken up online before...twice I believe. one time, I just couldn't stand the guy anymore, the relationship was hitting the floor and we both knew it. We were just like "forget it, it's over" We didn't decide to break up, then IM each other the break the news, we were just chatting online together one day and got in a fight and decided it wasn't worth it anymore. The other time, it was a "long distance" relationship. He lived an hour and a half away and was cheating on me, I had a feeling, he wanted out, I wanted to not be cheated on, so we said we were going to "take a break" which we both knew meant it was over.

I think breaking up tartly is already bad enough. Breaking up via text messages just make this stink even more. But I have to put myself into the shoes of the person and surprisingly, I find myself no longer against the idea. Nowadays, so much of our communication takes place via emails or text messages. Thus, it is quite natural for breakups to occur that way too. Phonecalls or face to face talks may not be appropriate if one of both parties cannot stand the thought of meeting up again.

If you're just breaking up with someone because the time for the relationship is over and there's nothing to be gained (and usually much lost) by staying with each other, anything other than a face-to-face is gutless. BUT, if you're breaking up with someone because they did something disgusting like cheat on you, then it's totally appropriate. A simple "Don't ever talk to me, contact me, or call me your ANYTHING" would about do it. The person receiving the message will know absolutely why you're writing it, and there's really no point to explain. Just cut it.