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Do you display your relationship status on Facebook? It's not my thing, but then again most girls I know say they're "married" to their best friends so it's not exactly a certificate of authenticity.
I was reading somewhere that people who display their status as "Single" on Facebook have more sexual partners between relationships than those who opt out of displaying it.
On the other hand those who posted "In a Relationship" reported being more committed to their partner. People whose primary photos include their spouse are less likely to split up six months later.
Funny enough, even the word "Facebook" was mentioned in a third of divorce filings in 2011. 80% of divorce attorneys in the U.S. say that social networking is becoming increasingly present in divorce proceedings. For instance some will cite their spouse's profile as an example of infidelity or bad parenting.
Ilana Gershon, an Indiana University professor and author of "The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting Over New Media" interviewed older and now-divorced adults who were breaking up and getting back together with the same partner. Apparently the most concrete way to end the relationship, according to Gershon was via a message on their Facebook wall:
"They would use a medium so unacceptable that it would make the other partner furious... 'How could I have been with someone who is willing to text this?'"
Some college students she interviewed said they deactivated their Facebook accounts to save their relationships. The ambiguity of a post could spark suspicion and lead to them stalking their partner's profiles.
There will always be people hooking up and breaking up and cheating on each other. The only difference is that Facebook makes things more concrete. "I am married." "I am single." Harry has been tagged in a photo kissing a woman that is not you.
Tell me, do relationship statuses make a difference to you or is it no big deal?
Fascinating!!
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