allymac Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Just a general interest question really - what do you think when people display their relationships on facebook? A friend of mine was having relationship problems last year. It came to a head when they were on a big trip around Europe. The holiday was meant to reignite their relationship but ended up putting more strain on them because spending day in day out together lead to arguments. They ended up on a break for a couple of months and she was seeing this other guy for a while but ended up going back to her boyfriend. She was confiding in me a lot at this time about how she found it hard to move on but wasn't certain of her boyfriend. Anyway since they stayed together she has put a few photos of them posing together on facebook. Just today she put a picture of them kissing at the Eiffel tower saying she was reminiscing about their Europe trip. I haven't talked to her as much lately because I moved away so as far as I know she could have had a genuine change of heart but I find it hard to believe that someone who claimed to be unhappy and was nearly ready to leave her boyfriend for another guy could be this happy now. Especially since the European holiday was where things went wrong for them it seems funny to talk about reminiscing about it. Not many people know they ever had a break so from the outside they would just seem like a happy couple. It just got me thinking about what people put on facebook about their relationship versus the truth.
HereNorThere Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 "People who post Facebook status updates about their romantic partner are more likely to have low self-esteem, while those who brag about diets, exercise, and accomplishments are typically narcissists, according to new research." Read more at: Facebook status updates reveal low self-esteem and narcissism People who truly value themselves have no need to show off or prove their worth to others. Facebook, Instagram, etc. are simply mediums that people use to feed their fragile ego.
yxalitis Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Really...this? So if I share my happiness, I have low self esteem... OK, how about you take that "research" and return it to the orifice from whence it came... 1
ExpatInItaly Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 I don't put much stock into FB, to be honest. It can be entertaining but should not be taken as a serious measurement of anyone's happiness or life situation. A couple of my closest friends are in mediocre-to-unhappy relationships (by their description) but you'd never know it based on what they post online. Others are very happy and it shows. There's no way to tell. I think the unhappy folks are perhaps trying to bolster their unions by getting others to acknowledge their apparent happiness; maybe they hope that positive comments or "likes" will somehow lend more weight to it. Sounds to me like your friend has had a change of heart. Good for them.
h0000 Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 The more people flaunt their relationship on social media the quicker they break up. It's a fact lol
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