20% Of People Have Sexted The Wrong Person

Everyone has sent a text message, perhaps amorous in nature, and re-read it after it made its way into the electronic communication soup. Did you fat-finger a word or two? Did T9 predictively text mangle your words? Once, I ended a text to a platonic friend with "I love you," which is way more embarrassing than saying it as you hang up the phone. I had to write back immediately that I was on a very powerful cough medication. But inadvertently sending a spicy little note to someone... can you imagine the embarrassment? 

According to Reuters, one in five Britons has had to imagine (nay, experience) the embarrassment firsthand. The number spikes to greater than 40 percent for people 25 and under, with both genders having gaffed equally. The survey goes on to say that 10 percent of mobile telephony enthusiasts have been caught sending a randy note to a lusted one or, as it happens one out of five times, to someone in your contacts. Text Message Flirting For Beginners

Frankly, the iPhone is no helper in this realm. The basic setting for Apple's foray into the smart phone biz has text messages appearing whole hog on the phone's display as the message arrives. There is a great chance for giney and ding-dong talk getting very public, very quick-like. But as for sending explicit messages to someone "accidentally," are one-fifth of Englishmen that dumb? Is it possible that Freud's statement—"there are no accidents"—is right-on, and that boobs pictures and sex talk are rarely, truly sent to the wrong people? The lesson, as always, is to be careful and put a password on that phone. 5 Ways The iPhone 4 Will Change Your Relationship

Have you ever sexted the wrong person? Do you think America's high schools owe it to the kids to teach Sext Ed? Finally, what do you think of the Ludacris song "Sexting"? Tiger Woods, you've been zinged!