Digital courage

In the relationship world, what's scariest: texting, e-mailing or calling?

Here, one writer wonders whether technology has erased some of the nervousness that traditionally comes with dating.

It's possible to assume the ease of a nebulous Facebook message beats all those murky protocols for initial phone call etiquette.

Still, as someone whose hand has shaken while hitting "send" on an e-mail, I think a certain level of nervousness will always come with dating -- regardless of the ease with which you can communicate.

And that's a good thing.

That jittery feeling suggests you're taking a risk, exiting your comfort level for something that's hopefully worthwhile.

If not? Hey, at least it's now OK to break up via text.