irritated.
it really, really irritates me when couples parade their relationship on facebook, myspace, or other social networking sites. their statuses always refer to each other, they always leave messages on each others walls thanking them for the wonderful day they spent together and baby i love you SOOOOOOO much and omg that’s such a cute picture of us babe and my hobbies are hanging out with my baby and eskimo kisses and playing footsie…BARF.
i understand they’re happy. i get that. i’m happy for them, really. but do they feel a need to prove something to everyone? like yeah, we’re really happy together, we promise! look! LOOK HOW HAPPY WE ARE DAMMIT!
i’m not bitter or jealous, it’s just sickening to me.
i have held a deep-rooted hatred of facebook and myspace for quite some time now, and what you have spoken of is only one of the many reasons in which i find those social networking sites completely abhorrent.
it bothers me when couples seem to be trying to prove their “coupledom” to the world, instead of just enjoying each other’s company in a realistic and genuine way. i find the whole gifting on facebook and dedicating songs and taking tons of photos together kissing and, “omg i’m so proud of so-and-so,” just really frustrating.
i believe wholeheartedly that a majority of people—especially females—who use facebook/myspace cater everything they do to give off a certain impression, rather than just allowing themselves to be normal, natural.
i see girls in relationships doing this all the time. instead of just living in the moment and being happy, they can’t stop thinking about how great a photo may look on facebook, how fun it will be to change their status to “in a relationship,” and how all their friends will be jealous of their perfect, utopian happiness.
like you said, BARF indeed.
