How do you tell someone...

[nminusone]

(Somewhat following up the Why do you hate the phone? post. I tried to make a poll, but LJ was having none of it.)

To do each of the following things:

• Ask someone out on a date?
  
• Give them an answer?
  
• Tell someone you love them for the first time?
  
• Ask someone to marry you or enter into an equivalent comittment?
  
• Give them an answer?
  
• Break up with someone?
  
• Give them serious bad news (ex: a loved one is injured or dead)?
  
• Give them comical bad news (ex: a house fell on your sister)
• Ask them for a ride to the airport next week? (Bonus question)
  

which of the following is acceptable (in normal circumstances)?

• snail mail
  
• fax/telegram/singing telegram/baloon-o-gram
  
• email
  
• SMS/txt messages
  
• voice mail / answering machine
  
• Instant Messenger conversation
  
• billboard
  
• skywriting, message blimp or similar
  
• winged monkeys
  
• phone conversation
  
• face to face conversation
  
• ... during sex
  
• ... immediately after sex