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Using facebook to air your dirty laundry
How many of you see this?
A friend just changed her relationship status to 'it's complicated' and she's married. I have seen this so many times and it's just so inappropriate. Don't you think that if you were having issues with your H/W/SO that you wouldn't want to announce it to the world but instead maybe, I don't know, work on them in private?
I understand changing it if you 'upgrade' (engaged to married), but the other way around just seems weird to me unless it's final, in which case you can take it off altogether. Otherwise you're basically just advertising that there's trouble in the water.
Is this coherent? Can I get a witness?
A friend just changed her relationship status to 'it's complicated' and she's married. I have seen this so many times and it's just so inappropriate. Don't you think that if you were having issues with your H/W/SO that you wouldn't want to announce it to the world but instead maybe, I don't know, work on them in private?
I understand changing it if you 'upgrade' (engaged to married), but the other way around just seems weird to me unless it's final, in which case you can take it off altogether. Otherwise you're basically just advertising that there's trouble in the water.
Is this coherent? Can I get a witness?
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Re: Using facebook to air your dirty laundry
I hope they don't have teenage kids.
"Mom changed her status to It's Complicated. Who are we going to live with?!"
J's cousin did that earlier this year. I called his mom to ask if something was up, and she didn't even know/hear about it! They changed it back but still...way to screw with people and be all weird and vague, etc. I mean really...whose relationship isn't complicated in some form, right? But even if you're on the brink of divorce...keep that sh!t under-wraps until you can definitively say so. sheesh.
I don't know why 'it's complicated' is even an option on FB. I don't get it. Why would you want everyone to know that?
"Just found out husband is actually a robot."
things along that line.
[QUOTE]I want more interesting options. "Just found out husband is actually a robot." things along that line.
Posted by jasmineh7777[/QUOTE]
HAHA I like this idea.
Planning!.....Married!
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"Not in a relationship due to vapid narcissism"
She does this at least once a month or something like that. I haven't really spoke to her in years, we use to work together. But I understand what you mean.
When my relationship was on the rocks I kept it "engaged" until I walked out the door and it was final that we weren't together. Then I just put "single"
[QUOTE]Mery, I'm pretty sure it was/is "in an open relationship"
Posted by kimheartsscott[/QUOTE]
<div>When I was young I had "in an open relationship" with one of my gay male friends as my status. He was sad when I got into a real relationship. </div>
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Married in Vegas - June 2011
[QUOTE]Two of my best friends, who have been together for almost seven years, changed their statuses to "Single." It was all a big joke to point out how ridiculous that whole concept is, but I almost had a heart attack. NOT COOL.
Posted by polichik[/QUOTE]
Yeah, my ex and I did that when we'd been together for about five years, as an April Fools joke. Our friends were pissed. They didn't take it well when we broke up for real a little more than a year later, either, lol. But they got over it :)
Why do people put their relationship status as " its complicated "?? We all know that means ur single but still doing ur ex.. why advertise that???
She has a point for non married people....and quite possibly for married people too?
Married! May 27th, 2012
Too many times I watch friends who are dating go back and forth with crappy sappy poetry, who's really shmoopie, who missed who more that day, bad lyrics to terrible love songs, updates like "had a grate day with teh bf!
And then all of sudden, the Taylor Swift lyrics change from "Love Song" to "Forever & Always" ...
And that's when you brace yourself for the inevitable crappy emo poetry, drunk status updates... Lyrics to Taylor Swift's "Picture to Burn."
And the best is when people of the opposite sex (or same!) pop out of the woodwork, "Hey, too bad about the break-up, give me a call, we should hang out and catch up!"
And then they go back to being in a relationship together.
And, yes, I'm basing this completely and accurately off of a recent break-up of two friends of mine on facebook. Well, and others, but this break-up was recent. It lasted all of two days.
Another thing that drives me batty? Girls who are "engaged" to each other. I of course have nothing against two girls actually being engaged but straight, (usually) single girls who are just best friends and think it's cute to say they're "engaged"? Huge eyeroll.
I freely admit that I'll update my status to complain about my craptastic job, but if Tim and I have an argument, the only people that will ever know about it are the two of us (maybe you guys if it's really bad and I need to vent).
I also hate when people update their status with a vague, cryptic message that just screams "ask me what's wrong".
This whole thread makes me want to change my FB status to some P-A status about P-A statuses. Like looking at yourself in a mirror in a mirror.
[QUOTE] Another thing that drives me batty? Girls who are "engaged" to each other. I of course have nothing against two girls actually being engaged but straight, (usually) single girls who are just best friends and think it's cute to say they're "engaged"? Huge eyeroll.
Posted by kathrynhabibti[/QUOTE]
A girl I was good friends with in high school did this, and it said engaged when I first friended her. I honestly thought she was now a lesbian and was shocked, seeing as how she ran through guys in school. But her pics had her all cozy with a guy so I was confused.
[QUOTE]I wonder if Facebook starts showing you divorce attorney advertisements if you go from married to its complicated LOL. I see wedding convention, invite, planning, etc. when I went from single to engaged.
Posted by vegasgroom[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Haha... my friend and I did the joke marriage just to see what the advertisements were. This was when I had recently broken up and had all these sleazy singles ads, and sure enough, we got a lot of real estate ads.
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[QUOTE]I hate that shiit so much. I never comment on any of it because I figure it's just a cry for attention and I don't feed drama queens. I freely admit that I'll update my status to complain about my craptastic job, but if Tim and I have an argument, the only people that will ever know about it are the two of us (maybe you guys if it's really bad and I need to vent). <strong>I also hate when people update their status with a vague, cryptic message that just screams "ask me what's wrong".</strong>
Posted by JenGin74[/QUOTE]
Ahh, vaguebooking. I have a friend that does it. Then when a ton of people respond, she posts back that she will message some of them privately, while the others are left to wonder what happenned.. Seriously?
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Using facebook to air your dirty laundry : Ahh, vaguebooking. I have a friend that does it. Then when a ton of people respond, she posts back that she will message some of them privately, while the others are left to wonder what happenned.. Seriously?
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]
I've seen that more times than I care to admit. I've recently started just posting random shiit when I see things like that. I also have to constantly stop myself from correcting people's spelling and grammar.