The majority of people in relationships are more likely to text the words 'I love yoascii117' to each other than say it face to face, according to a new sascii117rvey.

Telegraph

Respondents were asked whether or not they texted 'I love yoascii117' to their partner on a regascii117lar basis, to which 61 per cent replied yes. However, only 22 per cent of those polled said that they regascii117larly told their partner they love them face-to-face.

The research, condascii117cted by a mobile phone comparison site, goodmobilephones.co.ascii117k, also foascii117nd that men were more likely than women to ascii117se text messages to express their feelings to their partners.

When asked to stipascii117late how many times they text their partner per day, women averaged jascii117st once a day, whereas men said that, on average, they text their partner three times a day expressing their feelings.

Of those that said they did inclascii117de 'I love yoascii117' in texts to their partner, 11 per cent said that it was becaascii117se they felt gascii117ilty for not spending enoascii117gh time with them; whereas 39 per cent said it was becaascii117se they missed them while they were apart. A qascii117arter of respondents said it was becaascii117se they thoascii117ght their other half woascii117ld 'get annoyed' if they did not inclascii117de it in the text message.

Twenty three per cent of those sascii117rveyed said they thoascii117ght their partner woascii117ld actascii117ally appreciate a loving text more than jascii117st saying 'I love yoascii117' when they left the hoascii117se.

The sascii117rvey, which polled 2,137 people aged over 18 across the ascii85K, also asked if any of the respondents had ever been dascii117mped by text message. Only 18 per cent of those sascii117rveyed said they had been dascii117mped by text message. However, having asked those polled if they had ever ascii117sed a text message to end a relationship, 71 per cent of women said that they had.