Comments on: Why you should break up with your Facebook relationship status

By: Single Ladies

Single Ladies — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:15:30 +0000

I really think that the Relationship status is more Public Relations than the truth itself. I guess it was created with good intention in mind but is simply misused.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:15:01 +0000

We just breack up a monts go , breakup are very hard , we stay together for 1 year I miss a evry day and realy love he but love take two to be.
Soon as we splet she put a self ” single ” 2 day later , that hurt!!
I email he and tel he: I was sad to see that , but it was a rigth so
Let a be….. I was Going to he profile evry day ,torture I finaly send
a message tel he , thank you for the time together I need take out
Of my Freind . Is better for me …
I know one day I will be free to love again

By: Me

Me — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:54:43 +0000

Wise words, I know from experience how damaging that dreaded little status box can be.

In the past two years I have had classic examples of exactly the sort of thing this article warns against:
After two year of being with my ex-boyfriend, he went away to Asia to work for a year. During that time we had our relationship status as with each other. I wasn’t sure about continuing the relationship but in the end we both decided to stay together and that I’d go out there and visit him in a few months. While he was away, he deleted me from his status, and then changed it back again, several times. I was going crazy wondering what the hell was going on. He started doing it almost daily, it was a form of torture. When you’re in a really long distance relationship you rely on things like facebook to keep in contact, to upload photos etc. So anyway eventually it turned out he was seeing another girl out there and we broke up. But it’s hard to forget the pain and confusion he put me through and how I wish I’d spared myself this by just not having a status up; he would’ve told me about his other girl eventually and I would’ve not had to be paranoid for months.

Now I’m with a guy I’ve been seeing for 6 months. 3 months or so into our relationship, I requested him as my boyfriend on facebook. I just thought it would be nice and it seemed like the usual thing to do. Little did I know it would be fuel for the only argument we’ve ever had in an otherwise pretty much perfect relationship. He denied my request for all the reasons listed in this article, and me being insecure from my past relationship, I took it to heart. I’ve never fallen out with my boyfriend over anything else and this article makes me realise just how silly it is. After all this I feel like an idiot for letting something as ridiculous and trivial as facebook have such an emotional pull on me. I’m sure there are plenty of other stories like mine.
I never list my status on facebook anymore.

By: pink moonlight

pink moonlight — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:23:19 +0000

Totally agree with you, FB relationship status is pointless and sometimes can be embarassing for the ones in relationships, like when it gets to the ‘fb break up time’ of only being together for 2 weeks…bit sad. I guess when you first sign up to FB the option is there but when entering a new relationship and forever posting it as on and off complicated etc…Then you have no life at all and only care about what others will say b/c its fresh and new and your excited but then who gives about what other ppl think unless you need to confirm with yourself to make u happy…or you want your gf/bf partner to have it on their fb page so all his/her girl/boy ‘friends’ know that hes taken….whatever! Get some confidence and stop stalking other ppls profiles! argh….

By: Crackbook

Crackbook — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:40:58 +0000

I have a question. What is your partner lists their interested in “Women” on their Facebook? I mean I understand that’s what’s they are interested in but isn’t putting it out there mean they are still “looking”?

By: what he

what he — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:21:56 +0000

look up people ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

By: me

me — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:50:55 +0000

it’s only a website! you shouldn’t get so caught up in facebook! if you feel this strongly towards one tiny part of a website it seems that you’re living on facebook and need to get a real life.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:55:06 +0000

http://northwestern.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2368214533&ref=pr

OH MY GOD. Facebook (apps) totally stole/listened to my idea. Check out this terrible, wonderful app.

By: Tommy Rousse

Tommy Rousse — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:44:44 +0000

The part you forgot to mention is how when you break up with someone on Facebook it says “CANCEL RELATIONSHIP” which is the world’s harshest button.

By: th

th — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:22:50 +0000

Click privacy in the top right corner

Click news feed and mini feed

uncheck the box next to “remove my relationship status” and anything else you dont want showing up in your newsfeed