No way! That's just disrespectful! And cowardly! And foolish because that's a time where communication is KEY. It's important to be able to get clearance and closure and be able to ask things and hear the person's tone. Plus, breaking up over texting... It's too easy to just say what YOU WANT and then just stop talking to the person you're breaking up with.

no...i think that the only suitable way that two people should break up is in person.

Only if I feared for my personal safety but still needed to let them know I was finished and outta there.

Give the other person some respect... at least call them!!!

Not at all!! My husband (yes.. HUSBAND) just asked for a divorce over text message. Its not ok at all. It just shows you that he has no balls.

yes its very bad to send a simple message and say that we are breaking up.a relation for years does not only values to a 1 rupee message. the cares, the responsibilities, the time spent together, the lovely moments, the promises, cannot be even compared with all the stars in the sky....what is an sms?????i am also a victim of this case...... i hate breaks ups!!!!!

Hmm, I think it's not always cut and dry. I knew one of my bfs was gonna dump me, but wasn't gonna see him for a few days. I asked him over SMS and he said he wasn't gonna tell me until we were face to face. When he finally did it face to face, it was blatantly just a load of bull to try and hurt me less. I always wished he had just told me via sms, cause he kept me hanging for days. In my head I made the whole situation bigger than it had to be, and in the long term made it harder to get over him. So I do think that sometimes, it is ok to break up over SMS.

I actually disagree.

Morally, we should all do the right thing and face the poor sod and tell them we want to part company. However, the fact is that saying and doing are very different things indeed - very different. Sometimes, you just can't face the person and the thought of saying your piece and watching while you demolish the relationship and reject them is too much to even consider doing. That's why you send a text message or do it over the phone. If they like you but you've gone off of them, you will feel bad enough as it is and the thought of heaping another load of guilt onto your own shoulders by having to watch them crumple up and die before you, is not just punishing yourself further. Add to that the fact that you know that they might try to guilt you into not dumping them if you do it face to face and a text message grows ever more appealing. If you are unhappy in a relationship then you have to summon the strength to end it and this can take time and a huge amount of emotional and motivational energy but you do it because you are not happy. In other words, you put your own happiness first when you terminate the relationship - you have to, there's no other way. This alone is a huge obstacle to face and it can take everything you've got just to make your decision and stick with it. You simply have to take care of yourself first and if this means sending a text is the easier option for you, then you send the text because if you don't look after yourself first, then nobody else will. And that, is not selfish, it is human and it is what happens in life.