Breaking Up

Okay so I was just answering a question about this on SodaHead. It was something along the lines of is it okay to break up with someone using email, text, IM, facebook etc...basically anything that wasn't face to face. Now of course around 80% of people said it was only okay to break up with someone face to face.

Now this makes me feel like a weirdo cuz I totally disagree. If a guy broke up with me face to face I think I'd just die! It'd be horribly awkward and I'd start crying in front of him and that would just make me feel even worse. While I agree facebook/texting/email is NOT okay, I see nothing wrong with IM-ing someone. I've found that by using AIM I can completely explain WHY I'm breaking up with them. When it happens face to face I can never really explain myself out loud properly, its all too emotional. Also, this way when someone is crying the other person doesn't have to see. I dunno, if the person you were dating was a good person than it doesn't matter how they break up with you. If they were a bad person its the same. One little act of breaking up with someone cant change who they are. If they were an asshole but they broke up with you face to face, does that fix everything else they did wrong?

I dunno, I just think that its okay to break up using instant messaging as long as you take the time to do it right. I know I take about 30 min to fully break up with someone online. We always stay friends after and they've never told me I was bad about breaking up with them. In fact one guy said I did a very good job at softening the blow. So I dunno, what do you guys think?