We have all heard about the guy who breaks up with his girlfriend via text message. We have all groaned about how awful that is and how he should have just been able to man up and at least deal with her through an actual phone call. But the truth of the matter is that there is something really appealing about using the conveniences of modern wireless technology to avoid having to cope with ugly confrontations. There is something nice about knowing that you can just send a text message to break up with someone even if it’s something of a no-no as far as cell phone etiquette goes.

If you aren’t afraid to face the groans about what a wimp you were, you might want to consider using the following methods to avoid a woman, reject her without actually having to reject her or to terminate that relationship that you don’t want to be dealing with anymore:

The Rejection Hotline

If you haven’t heard of The Rejection Hotline then you’ve been living under a rock because this is something that the ladies have been using for awhile. And there is no reason that guys can’t use it just as well. Basically, it’s a phone number which looks like a legitimate phone number so that you can give it out to women and pretend that it’s your cell phone number.

When she tries to get in touch with you for that first date, she’ll instead get an answering machine message at The Rejection Hotline. The answering machine will basically tell her everything that could be wrong with her which may or may not have been the reasons that you didn’t want to give her your real cell phone number.

She’s probably going to be angry but she’s certainly going to get the point and you don’t have to worry about her bugging your real cell phone with her anger. It’s flat-out phone rejection without any interaction. And even if you decide that you’re not quite man enough to use this method of getting out of getting hit on, you might want to call up the number and listen to it for yourself because it’s quite entertaining.

Pay To Skip Straight To Voice Mail

Okay, so you know that you aren’t supposed to just send a text message to someone with bad news like, “hey, I don’t want to date you anymore”. It’s rude. Besides it is often ineffective since the person can claim never to have received the text message. So you figure that you should probably call and actually say something with your own voice. But the truth is that you don’t really want to have a two-way conversation where you have to explain yourself and justify your reasons for not wanting to date this person. And really, you don’t want to have to listen to her cry. The solution? Order a missed call service.

There are new services popping up which let you pay to place a call to the person’s cell phone that will go straight to voice mail. SlyDial is an example of one of these services. You pay a small fee and you get the ability to call the phone but not have it ring. You can leave a voice mail message breaking up with the person or saying whatever it is that you have to say to her. When you’re done, her phone will show that she missed a call and your voice mail will be there waiting for her. And you never run the risk that she might actually answer.

The Oldies But Goodies

The Rejection Hotline and the option to purchase missed calls are relatively new phone services in the mobile market. However, people have been using the mobile phone to avoid each other since practically the day that the cell phone was invented. The methods that have been used since the beginning of cell phone history are still useful to people interested in avoiding each other today.

Here is a recap of some of the ways that we can avoid having a real conversation with someone that we’re trying to get rid of:

• Don’t answer. The screened phone call is the easiest way to avoid someone and it’s ultimately going to send the message that you don’t want to talk to this person. Everyone knows what unreturned phone calls mean, especially when you can obviously see her number on the screen as she calls.
• Claim bad reception. You’re in the middle of a conversation that isn’t going well. You just don’t want to deal with her anymore. Even if you’re in a place that is getting perfect cell phone reception, you can always claim that you are “about to go into the tunnel now”. Of course, as cell phone reception continues to improve even in indoor and underground locations, this claim is going to get less and less believable.
• Lose the call. Just like with bad reception, you can hang up and say that you “lost the call”.
• Claim that you never got the message. Sometimes we don’t want to completely terminate a relationship with someone, we just don’t want to deal with them for awhile. You can always claim that you didn’t get the text messages or voice mail messages from the person until you’re ready to actually deal with her again.
• The text message. Yes it’s the thing we’re not supposed to do. But you can choose to go this route. You can send a message letting the lady in your life know that she’s no longer welcome to keep being a part of your life. Just be aware that you’re likely to get some pretty nasty text messages in return.

The Risk You Take When Handling Things This Way

Your mobile phone technology allows you a whole slew of options for not dealing with the women in your life that you don’t want to deal with. However, there are potential repercussions for dealing with things this way. You’re probably going to get those groans of, “you texted her to break up?!” But there are more serious risks as well, at least if she knows what she’s doing with a phone. Mobile phone spam is increasingly common and a vengeful woman on the other end of that line could result in some harm to your phone.