Are Emoticons The New Pick-Up Lines?
Who'd have guessed? Men are more jealous when a member of their own sex uses an emoticon in a text to their significant other than women. According to new research,“Men were more jealous when emoticons—specifically winking ones—were included in messages to their significant other,” says Dr. Denise Friedman, associate professor and chair of psychology at Roanoke College, and author of the study. She adds that women were more jealous when there were no emoticons. Say what? Now I'm lucky because my husband hates computers and only uses one when he absolutely has to. A few years ago his office moved to electronic medical records and he was forced, kicking and screaming, to enter the digital age. He wouldn't know an emoticon from a leprechaun. Men and women also reacted in different ways, depending on how the study questions were asked, according to newswise.com. Women reported more Facebook jealousy in general, especially when surveyed, but men reporte...