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Ditched via digital

Digital dumping is on the rise, according to a survey, with growing numbers of people preferring to use email and social networking websites to break up with their partners.

Over one third of 2,000 people polled (34%) said they had ended a relationship by email, 13% had changed their status on Facebook without telling their partners and six per cent had released the news on Twitter.

By contrast, reports Reuters, only two per cent had broken up via a mobile phone text. The rest had split up the old-fashioned way by face-to-face conversation (38%) and by telephone (eight percent).

“Digital dumping will soon take over when it comes to ending a relationship,” said Sean Wood, Marketing Manager for DateTheUk dating service for whom the survey was carried out.

“It’s often easier, quicker and avoids any misunderstandings.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .