Social Media within Relationships

Social Media is gradually invading people's lives. It has taken the way we communicate with each to new heights and new lows. It has especially had an impact on how we come together in the real world. Because social media is so fast and instant, people often take the easy road out when communicating. It is also such easy access into people's lives. This creates problems in everyday life and especially in romantic relationships.

You are tweeting or posting random thoughts on the web and suddenly, your ex responds to it. Not thinking about it, you reply back. Suddenly you find yourself engaged in a full, public conversation for everyone to see. Your current significant other sees it and is infuriated. What do you do? How do you explain? This is only an example of one of the many problems that can occur.  Social media fuels jealousy simply because things can become misconstrued over the web. A like on Instagram. A Retweet on Twitter. A Post on the Facebook Wall. All these open forms of communication heightens insecurities that may already lie within the relationship.

People also let so much of their live be publicized on social media, that there's no privacy left. And for the ones that choose not to post every little thing, their significant other has doubts on the seriousness of their relationship. Discretion is looked at as being secretive or sneaky. "Why wont you update your relationship status?" "Why don't you want to post a picture of us?" These are things that get asked when one chooses not to show the world wide web about their life.

Social media can cause much harm to a relationship depending on the people participating. It is really up to the people to be mature adults when involving social media in their relationships. It takes trust, responsibility and compromise to really look past all the woes social media can bring to the table.