Modern day romance is always on the fast lane. There is not even time to properly end a relationship. A survey says one in 10 people are dumped through a mobile phone text message. Around 25 per cent of people interviewed confessed to having flirted with someone they should not have in a text message, said the survey of 2,000 people by mobile phone site Recombu.com. In 2008, Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston was reportedly sent a message from boyfriend John Mayer that read: “That’s it — the end.”
In April last year, actor Charlie Sheen said adult film star Rachel Olson sent him a text message saying she wanted to end their two-month relationship, while pop star Britney Spears sent a text to tell her husband of two years, Kevin Federline, that she wanted a divorce.
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Sleeping on a problem could worsen things
If you think sleeping on a problem is the best way to solve it, think again, for a new study has claimed that it could actually make matters worse.
This is because a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say that sleeping on a problem causes painful memories to remain more vivid, contradicting previous researches which claim that a nap can help one to come up with a solution.
The study found that unpleasant experiences stay more upsetting if people sleep immediately after the event than if they digest the memory while being awake, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Team leader Rebecca Spencer said: “We found that if you see something disturbing, let’s say an accident scene, and then you have a flashback or you’re asked to look at a picture of the same scene later, your emotional response is greatly reduced.” — PTI