One in four people has already broken up via text message

[hasan018542]

It's over, it's over - when love for your partner is no longer enough or the arguments become too big, often only a separation can help. More than one in four Germans (27 percent) have already used their cell phone or smartphone to break up via messenger or text message.

This is especially true for younger people: 40 percent of 16- to 29-year-olds have already ended a relationship via text message , compared to 35 percent of 30- to 49-year-olds. This is less common among older Germans: 25 percent of 50- to 64-year-olds have experienced a relationship ending via WhatsApp or SMS, compared to just 10 percent of those over 65.

This is the result of a representative survey netherland gambling data commissioned by the digital association Bitkom among 1,006 people in Germany aged 16 and over. According to the survey, one in ten (11 percent) has even broken up via social networks such as Facebook or Instagram. 6 percent have done so via email.

Most respondents (79 percent) do not think it is okay to break up via text message or email. Only 19 percent see it differently. Here, too, there is a clear age difference: 33 percent of 16- to 29-year-olds think it is okay to end a relationship this way, as do 28 percent of 30- to 49-year-olds. However, among 50- to 64-year-olds, the figure is only 11 percent - and 7 percent of the 65+ generation.

However, Germans most often ended their romantic relationships in person (68 percent). 44 percent broke up over the phone and 14 percent through another person. 7 percent said they had already ended a relationship by suddenly breaking off contact, known as "ghosting ." 6 percent broke up by letter.