DitchMail — friend or foe?

Submitted by Lisa Steadman on June 23, 2007 - 2:56 am

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I’m a big fan of technology when it makes our lives easier.  But some technology just isn’t a good idea. 

Case in point: DitchMail

This new service offered by youmail.com allows you to pre-record a message that lets you break up with someone over voicemail.  The next time your soon to be ex dials your number?  They get your prerecorded dump.

Call me old-fashioned, but this just seems cruel and wrong.  Basically, we’re teaching the young and techno-savvy that it’s perfectly okay to blow someone off/hurt their feelings/break their heart without so much as a second thought on our part.

Think of all the times you’ve been dating someone and/or in a relationship with them and gotten pissed off.  In the heat of that moment, we say all kinds of things (especially after a cocktail or two with our girlfriends).  But ultimately, we don’t usually mean them.  We’re just blowing off steam.  But now, with services like DitchMail, drunk dialing takes on a whole new meaning.  We’re drunk dumping.  And I don’t know about you, but I think that makes the future of relationships for the young and techno-savvy incredibly temporary.

In this relationship journalist’s opinion, DitchMail is a foe.  But then again, if you’re not mature enough to break up with someone in person, I guess I DitchMail may be your friend.

What do you think?