According to Telegraph, about 1/5 of divorces in UK were triggered by Facebook.
The managing director of Divorce-Online said: “I had heard from my staff that there were a lot of people saying they had found out things about their partners on Facebook and I decided to see how prevalent it was. I was really surprised to see 20 percent of all the petitions containing references to Facebook.”
The reason?
“The most common reason seemed to be people having inappropriate sexual chats with people they were not supposed to.”
Flirty messages, status updates and wall discussions can be great for relationships unless they weren’t directed to the right person. Jealousy is a killer and it’s super charged by Facebook. In fact, Computer firms saw a money-making opportunity by developing software that allows spouses to electronically spy on their other half on Facebook and other sites.
I am not sure if this would help save marriages or totally wreck them though.
A platform for the gutless?
Facebook has also become a platform for both proposals and divorces.
Emma Brady’s Facebook divorce was put into spotlight in February. She only discovered that her husband was divorcing her when he updated his Facebook status to: “Neil Brady has ended his marriage to Emma Brady.”
Did we lose our guts to talk to and confront someone face-to-face? Did we lose our respect for others along with that?
Living in this digital age, we should really start to watch what we share. Just because we are hiding behind a computer screen does not mean we don’t have to take up responsibility for our online behavior.
Even though we can’t blame Facebook for relationship problems, it does make things more complicated (especially when it becomes public). So watch out!
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