Until today, I was listed as "Married" to one of my good friends. It was a joke that started when one of his best friends, and my ex-boyfriend actually, thought there was something going on between us. We decided to mess with him and kinda play it up a little. (In reality, the boy is like my brother. Which made the entire situation kinda wierd. Except, I totally would marry him if I had to make a spur of the moment decision. I could live with him the rest of my life and be totally content, perhaps even happy.)
Anyway, so he got rid of the 'status' section on his facebook with in the past few days, leaving me as just being "Married" basically, to no one. Normally, this wouldn't bother me, and to tell you the truth, it doesn't. It was just strange. I've been so used to having it there that it was wierd to suddenly look at my page to find that I was no longer married to a person, but just married in general.
It made me wonder about what facebook really does to relationships. When my friend and I first "married" via facebook, a lot of people actually asked me if there was something going on between the two of us. Which to me was quite absurd. But I suppose that to them, it wasn't. There are so many actual couples on facebook that are listed as "Engaged" or "Married" even though they are like 16 years-old.
It also made me ponder the phrase, "Facebook official." It seems like so many things are really, real until they're on facebook. Relationships aren't completely valid until you're listed as "in a relationship" on facebook. But really, what difference does it make to other people if you're in a relationship? Perhaps it makes finding a person to ask out easier. If they're listed as "in a relationship," you know not to go for them. But why does everyone need to know when you've ended your relationship?
So what do you think? Are you facebook official?
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