Australians Spying on Partners Text Messages
A survey commissioned by Virgin Mobile Australia has reported that over a third of young Australians admit to checking their partner's text messages, and more than 280,000 having been being involved in a text-checking related break-up.
Author, relationship expert and text-checking guru, Samantha Brett says that text checking is rampant in relationships across the world, "With so many modes of communication available these days, it's difficult to keep track of your partner's whereabouts or who they're chatting to and when, and what it all means. No wonder so many of us are checking our partner's texts! But there's reason to take note as Virgin Mobile's research proves that thousands of relationships are breaking down as a result of our text checking behaviour."
The report also found that 73% of secret text checkers have found out things they later wished they hadn't and that nearly half (44%) of sneaky text checkers have discovered flirtatious or sexual texts, ranging from harmless flirtation (32%) to full blown sexual texts from someone else (19%).
The most common places text checkers operate is while their partner is in the shower (59%), whilst in the same room (41%) or on the toilet (35%)
Amber Morris, PR Manager at Virgin Mobile says, "Virgin Mobile couldn't believe the results of this research - in fact we were amazed so many of us are so snoopy! In a society when we very rarely let our mobile phones out of our sight, it's quite amazing to think that for a lot of us the minute we jump in the shower, someone might be checking up on us. To stop the average text checker in their tracks and hopefully make them think twice about what they are doing, we've launched the new text-checker service."
The study was conducted online among members aged 18-29 of a permission based panel - the number of participants was not disclosed.
Posted to the site on 27th August 2008
