Getting dumped is one of life's inevitabilities, missed only by the lucky or the homebound.

It may end up being for the best – as moms always say – but it's rarely a pleasant experience. It's only improved when the person dumping you does so in such a horrid manner that it becomes humorous, such as in the Sex and the City Post-it note tale.

I recently was dumped with an über lame text message – a first for me – and I almost immediately appreciated that this would make a great story in that "He did what?!?" kind of way. So I set out to share my tale and collect other excellent ones from the young and rejected.

One brave man owned up to authoring such an awful tale.

"A couple of years ago I was dating a girl and I decided I wanted to do my own thing – not be with her – so when she called me, I started pretending she did something terribly wrong," said Drew Garza, 24.

"I'd say, 'I can't believe you did that,' and she was clueless. I felt bad, but I couldn't come up with a logical reason to break up with her, so I just kept hanging up on her."

Technology seems to make "dump and run" more possible. Take instant messaging, for instance.

"She went away for the summer and IM'ed me: 'I think we're going to need to not see each other for a while,' " said Eli Luna, 30.

Even more entertaining is when dump is by proxy.

"I was dating a guy and he didn't return my calls for days then broke up with me through my best friend," said Dominique Gutierrez, 21. "He handed her $40 for a concert ticket and said, 'Give this to Dominique – we're not dating any more.' "

But at least Gutierrez realized she was in a relationship. The same was not true for Jimmy Hall, 35.

"I got dumped by a girl I didn't even know I was dating – only later did I find out she had this whole relationship in her head."

In the end, some sort of humor makes the situation easier, said Seth Kirkpatrick, 23.

"I called her and at the end of the conversation the phone started cracking so I said, 'We're breaking up! I can't do this anymore! We're breaking up!' And I never called her again."

Leah hates text messaging now, so e-mail her instead at lashafer@gmail.com.

Renting a movie

Litmus test for our future:

Chick flick or horror?

Too much 20s love

Can lead to Valtrex 40s

Not as romantic

Leah Shafer