Facebook relationship etiquette

OP: I am sorry to hear your news! Just change your status as soon as. Be easier all around I would say.

FB and the assoaciated online lark can be cringe-worthy!.

Some of what hits my FB newsfeed just should not be there. I've had people, both at dinner tagging each other there while there and speaking about the ambience I've had people go from single-relationship-complicated-maried-single all for attention! I tend to block their news-feeds for awhile though and check in on them when I think of them after they go through those '1st world problems'.

OP: You can always just not do anything with that section of your profile and not update or save your settings and not have them public. Just because you may be asked to change your settings doesn't mean you have to

Just do what you feel comfortable with, but I would suggest you change it to single for your own sake and not her something to be talking about (in the event she may)

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Very young, and I'm not going to go personal issues on this, but for two months after something happened,I've known today was coming and it all went smoothly.

Ah that makes sense. If your sure its over just take it down.. that is if you want the "aww hope your ok hun" bull!

If you don't want the attention from your FB buddies then leave it as is.

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Very young, and I'm not going to go personal issues on this, but for two months after something happened,I've known today was coming and it all went smoothly.

Nice to hear it all went smoothly frozenfrozen. As I said, just change the settings and be done with that section. It will help you

Stay strong okay! You'll be grand again in time, though you may not feel it now, you will be!

LyndaMcL wrote: »

I changed it to 'it's complicated.'

This...why do you do this...why do you and other people do this? It smacks of attention seeking. Why would you want people to know if your relationship is on the rocks, as that "it's complicated" line does?

frozenfrozen wrote: »

As much as I agree with all of you saying change it now as I am no longer in a relationship, I'll wait till she changes it, that way I can't be doing anything wrong. As soon as that happens it's going on private and I'm not bothering with anything so unimportant again.





Actually might just change it to widowed

Widowered might be better.

Just remove it, rather than change it to Single. Less drama.
Or wait for her to change it - then it should just disappear off your profile.

Those things cause far too much drama, better not to put em up at all.
It's kind of sad that society has got to this point though!

When I see "It's Complicated" as someone's relationship status the first thought that pops into my head is that they have become swingers or the like.

It makes for great conversations with mutual friends.
Me: I see that Jane & Mike are swingers now.
Friend: What the...! How do you know that?
Me: It says it on Facebook. It.must be true.

I believe you can change it to hidden so your relationship status doesn't show on your page.

frozenfrozen wrote: »

As much as I agree with all of you saying change it now as I am no longer in a relationship, I'll wait till she changes it, that way I can't be doing anything wrong. As soon as that happens it's going on private and I'm not bothering with anything so unimportant again.





Actually might just change it to widowed

She could be doing the exact same thing waiting til you change yours. Why does she have the upper hand in the relationship. You take the lead and show her who's boss. :cool: