Five Ways Facebook Will Get You Divorced

[SoCalDem]

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2011/03/five_ways_facebook_

​Keeping in touch with old friends, networking, sharing with family -- all are excuses for people to keep running to check their newsfeed every 15 minutes. Since the explosion of Facebook in 2004, the site has grown to include over 500 million users. People from different sides of the globe can connect and "meet" through this amazing tool. This constant contact with millions of people globally has made the world a much smaller place. But a recent study at Loyola University says that Facebook is to blame in one of every five divorces. But how can a site based on "friendship" and "poking" cause so much harm? Is it third party apps like the new Breakup Notifier App, which actually tracks friends' statuses so jerks and bitches can pounce on the heartbroken? Perhaps. But here are five fundamental ways Facebook will absolutely ruin your marriage.



5. Profile Photos (AKA Relationship Headshots)
If you thought getting your nails done, hair did, and outfit right was all you had to do to keep your man interested you are behind the times. These days you better have a whole portfolio of amazing shots in your profile album. This new obsession with looking incredible on your profile has turned nearly everyone into a "model." Of course that fact has also made many more people increasingly good at photoshop.

4. Wall Tickling (via poking, liking, or otherwise)
Flirting with the girl at the supermarket or the guy at the gym are relationship papercuts compared to the constant bombardment of facebook flirting. A "like" on a picture or comment on a wall can explode confusion and cause even the most steady and strong pair to question each other. There are countless stories of people breaking up because of issues created from a miscommunication or change on facebook.

3. Privacy
Perhaps you are the type that does not want to advertise their relationship to the entire planet (literally.) Now with everyone making their newest fling a personal album, you better post a pic or face the wrath of a dissapointed lover. For all you players and pimps out there, it's probably best to avoid facebook altogether and dodge the drama.

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[Kolesar]

1. Everybody who posts on my FB are just as pissed off as DUers

and pissed off like DUers.
No threat to my marriage, there.

[AngryAmish]

2. I have to say there is something to that

(didn't read article but)

There is an awful risk of reuniting with old flames and people you knew back in the day. A buddy of mine is still single into his forties and is working on sleeping with every woman from high school that is still single or divorced and still good looking. He is making impressive progress.

[SoCalDem]

3. What particularly bothers me is how so many people

feel free to openly discuss way too many intimate details of their lives.. Spouses who read stuff the other one has written about them may not like it..

[ejpoeta]

5. well at least he drew the line at single or divorced. JK. my husband

has found people he knew as a kid in nebraska! He has found relatives. I have found old friends myself. But not those kind of old friends, like your friend. LOL!

[Serve The Servants]

4. Yeah, well I'm currently single

So I can poke whoever I want.

[Petrushka]

6. The link you posted isn't working. (eom)

[SoCalDem]

7. How odd.. it worked when I tested it.. Here's the google link to the page

It's down a little bit.. there are several other articles quoting the same study:)

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=Facebook+Will+Get+You+Divorced&cp=0&qe=RmFjZWJvb2sgV2lsbCBHZXQgWW91IERpdm9yY2Vk&qesig=fwEQDcE0izT4X3w2zgNOBg&pkc=AFgZ2tntnOYrj5tcFvMoIca6emgE1ohLRQxdw7XPcNyQ4r99N0MZw24lsZ2Ik0mDioGwVer6pSSYD_OCZRmEmbeNAwRGfkjqYQ&pf=p&sclient=psy&newwindow=1&site=&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=Facebook+Will+Get+You+Divorced&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.&fp=89e96c95c947f3f0

[Petrushka]

8. I was able to access the page by using the link at THIS link --->

http://villagevoicemedia.tumblr.com/post/3627628482/five-ways-facebook-will-get-you-divorced-a



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