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As increasingly high-tech dating sites pop up, and as texting and instant messaging make up more and more of our daily social interactions, many of us have found ourselves immersed in digital-age dating, without any sort of consensus on the guidelines.
We here at Switched can at least make some suggestions: Never ask somebody out on a date via text, IM or e-mail; always break up with somebody in person (with a possible exception for long-distance relationships); and never-ever post MySpace or Facebook bulletins about your relationship troubles (We've seen it happen.).
If, beloved Switched readers, any of your own experiences, horror stories or guidelines come to mind, please let us know. Apparently, folks today can use all the help they can get. [Via: Newsvine]
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Subscribe to commentsMarcoNov 16th 2008 1:21PM
I only have good experiences with online dating. I am a subscriber to many websites. Maybe a good way to start things is to select the right dating site for you. You can find hundreds of Dating websites reviewed on http://www.matebook.net
Jonathan SkywalkerNov 16th 2008 2:53AM
Yeah I hate it when girls break up with me via sms or im. It's just so frustrating that they havent the gaul to do it in person. It's kind of cowardly actually, because they haven't got the courage to do it to your face. I absolutely will never do that to a girl, and I never have.
Jonathan Skywalker
http://www.surveymethod.net
ari anneNov 24th 2008 11:41PM
text dating: HATE IT! what kind of interpersonal relationship can you have with a cell phone? and it's not to great kissing one goodnight. but it's easier for guys these days, i've experienced, to have these types of relationships then to actually have to interact with another person. and text breaking up? i actually once got a text message from a guy i had been dating that it couldn't continue b/c he was married. we had seen other a few times, i knew where he lived (and was supposed to go to his house the afternoon that he texted me and broke it off that morning) and we had spoken at all hours of the day and night. must have been one open marriage!
ari anneNov 26th 2008 11:34PM
text dating: HATE IT! what kind of interpersonal relationship can you have with a cell phone? and it's not to great kissing one goodnight. but it's easier for guys these days, i've experienced, to have these types of relationships then to actually have to interact with another person. and text breaking up? i actually once got a text message from a guy i had been dating that it couldn't continue b/c he was married. we had seen other a few times, i knew where he lived (and was supposed to go to his house the afternoon that he texted me and broke it off that morning) and we had spoken at all hours of the day and night. must have been one open marriage!
Tanya1201Nov 25th 2008 1:29PM
I've been broken up with via email by a guy I'd been long-distance dating (Philly to DC) for nine months. He called me about two weeks before he sent the break-up email telling me how much he enjoyed the Christmas gift I'd sent him but didn't give me any indication that he was going to break things off with me. Then, about 10 days after New Year's I got an email telling me "he'd met someone with whom he was more compatible" and that our nine month relationship was ambiguous. Boy was I crushed! Then I was angry and then I got over it (for the most part). I've since forgiven him and moved on (we still trade occasional emails), but I'm never doing a long-distance relationship again. It's hard enough getting people to be honest with you when they're in the same city with you, but the distance just seems to complicate matters (especially if one person isn't mature enough to handle it -- his cad-like behavior proves he obviously wasn't).