The newest trend - getting dates by SMS
The newest trend on the market is men asking women out via their cell phones. The Mobile Marketing Association did a study where they found that 44% of men between 13 and 34 use their mobiles to flirt or date via text message. It seems to be a good way to avoid rejection with most guys using this as an easy way out. They don't have to pick up the phone, they simply drop you line over the phone.
Though this may not be fun for women, men now have the opportunity to avoid the laughter and humiliation of asking someone out that is not interested.
The downside really affects the ladies. A man without enough guts to ask you out for coffee will probably be just as chicken to ask you to marry him, or something similar. Even worse, he could be just so lazy that it is a job for him to dial a phone. The divorce rate is the only thing that is seeing the upsides of this, now about 10% of women and men use their phones to break up.
[Via: LA Times]