Facebook Relationships

I think it’s official that Facebook is straight up ruining people’s lives. As if it wasn’t bad enough that people who beat you up in high school now have the opportunity to contact you and know everything about your life but I think it’s truly detrimental to a healthy relationship. I’m talking about the whole “In a Relationship” status. Quite honestly, I find it hilarious, but I’ve seen how it can cause some major problems. I’ve excitedly been able to witness couple argue about why their profile doesn’t list them as “in a relationship”, awesome. Typically the dude doesn’t have it on his profile and the chick is furious. I feel bad for guys, how are you supposed to hit on chicks and cheat on your girlfriend when you’re basically branded as taken, plus it makes it harder for me to say “I didn’t know he had a girlfriend!”. The guys who don’t have it listed on their page are always the guys whose pictures conveniently show no sign of them having a girlfriend even though they’ve been dating for five years. The only time you see any sign of the girlfriend is when she tags him in a picture from her cousin’s wedding. Even better is when you get a status update “Jen is longer in a relationship”, humiliating. If you need an argument for not putting that on your profile, there it is. And I LOVE when people comment on it “OMG, Dave was a dick anyway”, “I love you, you’re so pretty, any guy would be lucky to have you!!! xoxo”.  Yea, now you’re damaged goods and every knows it. $20 says Jen’s next status update is “Going out with the ladies tonite!! Showing off my new haircut!!xoxo!!!”.

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