“People in their teens and 20s feel more comfortable using a text message to communicate something serious than having to confront someone. It is instant gratification – and delayed mortification. At some point they will have to yell at each other.”
–Delly Tamer, chief executive of online wireless retailer LetsTalk.com, commenting in an article that says Britney Spears let Kevin Federline know she was breaking up with him via a U R Dumped text mess ( video on UTube.)