LookAtThisPOst Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) With Facebook and social media as prominent as it is these days as its approaching 2015. Is there such as a thing as one person in the relationship they are currently in an avid Facebook user, while their sig. other prefers not to even be a part of said social network of their sig. other? There's this one woman I know, she's a year into a relationship with this guy and they have no "Currently in a relationship"...well, there's no relationship status indicating if she's spoken for. She mentioned her bf is a very private person and prefers it that way. There's pictures of her out west, but out with mostly female friends or no pics of her standing even in an embrace with her man. Various photos out with a lot of female friends or just lone photos of herself. Is this not uncommon? Just wondering. Edited December 18, 2014 by LookAtThisPOst
MidwestUSA Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 I don't think it's uncommon. It sounds like she's respecting his desire for privacy, while meeting her own social needs. I have many friends with spouses I've never seen on Facebook.
Author LookAtThisPOst Posted December 18, 2014 Author Posted December 18, 2014 I don't think it's uncommon. It sounds like she's respecting his desire for privacy, while meeting her own social needs. I have many friends with spouses I've never seen on Facebook. Yeah, I've seen that, esp. with spouses (married). It's like the wife is the social butterfly, and the husband rather reclusive.
chimpanA-2-chimpanZ Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 This isn't uncommon nowadays. It seems like most people have their relationship status set to "private" and outside of college, people avoid posting much about their SOs (aside from anniversaries and other special occasions). Today we're far more aware of the importance of privacy, and most of my friends avoid relationship posts just to avoid any potential breakup theatrics. My boyfriend has Facebook, I don't; I have Instagram, he doesn't. He never posts about relationship matters. I post pictures of things we do together sometimes, but never post pictures of him. It's just what makes us comfortable. We're in our late twenties so it's not like we're Luddites. The important part is that we manage a healthy, active social life as a couple with each others' friends rather than worrying about who said or did what on social media.
MidwestUSA Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) Yeah, I've seen that, esp. with spouses (married). It's like the wife is the social butterfly, and the husband rather reclusive. In my case, it's the reverse. I married the butterfly. If he posts anything about us, he runs it past me first. He's a good man, I'm keeping him! ETA: Haha, forgot to mention we met via Facebook. So I can't say too much bad about it. Edited December 18, 2014 by MidwestUSA
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