Nothing says "I love you" like a text message.

Nothing says "since you refuse to call me back and only text message me all the time, I guess I'll have to break up with you over text message" like an angry boyfriend.

So last night we were all hanging out, and my friend Jess was texting back and forth with a boy (who up until last night was sort of her boyfriend). She didn't want to go to a party he was at, she wanted to stay with us. She realized that not only did she not want to go to this party with him, she didn't want to go out with him anymore. He called her. He called her a lot. She didn't pick up. She decided it would be more delicately handled if she avoided calling him and only sent him text messages. He called her, again and again. She refused to pick up the phone. He then sent her a message that went something like this. "Since you refuse to pick up the phone I guess I will just have to break up with you by text message. You're a great girl."

Interesting. So how did this happen? She wanted to break up with him and he ends up breaking up with her in one of the lamest ways possible. The text message breakup is totally unacceptable, especially if you've dated someone for longer than say a week.

So this leaves Jess in an interesting position. She technically has the upper-hand. She was the "mature" one now who refused to have the breakup conversation via phone or G-d forbid text message. He knew it was coming, he wanted to nip it in the bud. So now what does she do? Does she call him to make it official? Does she leave it where it is and just never ever speak to him again? I guess it all depends on how mature she wants to be and if she ever wants to actually talk to this boy again. I would probably let it lie for a while and maybe call in a week or something. Is that weird?