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Love and Texting: a Doomed Match? Natalie Moore, a reporter for Chicago Public Radio, doesn't mind the occasional, flirty text message. But she dreads the idea that someday she'll see "will u marry me?" appear in tiny font on her mobile. In a recent article, Moore argues that text messaging is killing romance.

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Love and Texting: a Doomed Match?

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Natalie Moore, a reporter for Chicago Public Radio, doesn't mind the occasional, flirty text message. But she dreads the idea that someday she'll see "will u marry me?" appear in tiny font on her mobile. In her recent article, "Love in the time of wireless," Moore argues that text messaging is killing romance.