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. Unsaved emails disappear.well until the recipient replaces his or her cell phone. Today's love letters are short, probably no more than 160 characters long tops.Love letters just aren't what they used to be. With a text message, however, they can check out their love letters whenever they are feeling down and need a lift, no matter where they are. The army is even aware of this problem. Young people in love are not going to carry around love letters in their purses or wallets. I doubt there's much poetry involved Automatic Production Line either (now there's a definite improvement).

Today's courting, like the rest of life, is done on the run. And, then there's the problem of finding an envelope and a stamp with the correct value on it. I guess love will survive after all. That would be really cheesey and there's always the possibility of these falling into the wrong hands. The leader: text messaging followed by instant messaging and then email. The army is asking loved ones back home to save and print out any emails or text messages from service people overseas in Iraq or Afghanistan for chance that the unthinkable happens and lovers and young children will not know how much they were loved..

. Heck, even email is outdated today.

The love letters of today will soon be gone forever. These memories will never be cherished be the long handwritten letter of a young man away at college for the first time or serving in the military.

I doubt tomorrow's married woman will have a box full of yellowing love letters in a cardboard box in the attic. Instant messages are gone almost immediately. The passion of yesterday's Valentine's Day love letters have morphed into text and instant message affection.

How can they be? Today's love letters are electronic.

That's the real beauty of text messaging, isn't it? It's anytime, anywhere, anyplace. Confessions once sealed in envelopes and sprinkled with perfume are now nothing more than a 37 character text message that will be cherished for. And, the average American replaces his or her cell phone every 18 months. Today's love letters are sent by text message.

Of course, there are advantages to the electronic era. Text message last until there is a newer, sexier, and sleeker Razor phone available.

While young adults have long committed their love and commitment throughout the generations via pen and paper, writing with a pen and paper is so yesterday. In fact, recent studies show that only 5% of all written communication from 15 to 24-year-olds is done by pen and paper