With teens preferring text messages to talking, it’s probably no surprise that 40% of teens 13-17 think it’s acceptable to tell someone “I love you” for the first time via text; 35% have actually done so, according to app and texting software developer TextPlus. One in three teens who text this sentiment don’t spell the word love, but prefer to use <3. Their top three sayings are “b mine,” “I <3 U,” and “ur hot.”
Teens sometimes press send a little too quickly. Three in 10 (30%) admit to accidentally texting “I love you” to the wrong person at least once. [Telecommunications]
Source: TextPlus (Gogii), Tricia Bertero, Chief Marketing Officer, 13160 Mindanao Way, Marina del Ray, CA 90292; contact@gogii.net; www.textplus.com.
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