Cosmo runs articles once every few months or so (less common than their monthly rewrite of "how to keep your man happy by doing weird kinky things in bed") about secrets of happy couples. They talk about how you have to keep your significant other happy by reminding him of how sexy you think he is, putting out in bed, not being spiteful during fights. Happy couples apparently always try to be kind to one another, take time out of their busy work lives to reconnect, try not to say mean things during fights, and make lots of time for love-making to keep the "spark".
This brings me to the newest phenomenon in dating: "Faking it on Facebook". Dear fake happy couples, stop putting up pictures of "the unit" in your profile pictures, talking about how happy you are that you are dating the person in your status, announcing anniversaries and talking about how you are looking forward to more in your statuses, and in general announcing every little thing that your significant other has done for you or bought for you ever. Please also stop with the vacation albums where you stand in front of exceedingly touristy landmarks and pose as if this may end up on your future wedding invitations, because you're probably not engaged yet. Statistically, you probably won't end up engaged to everyone you take these types of pictures with, they will just stay with you in your bedroom as reminders of what didn't work, what you could have done differently, the good times, and eventually lead to a mental breakdown of sorts if you choose not to do the healthy thing and burn them in the fireplace or feed them to your ex's dog when they're not looking.
The reason these "happy couples" need to stop publicizing their relationship is as follows:
1. Usually, if I know anything about the people in couples pictures showing coupley bliss, I know that they're miserable, insecure in their relationships, have trust issues, cheat on each other constantly, and fight continuously in between shots (the pictures kind, not the drinking kind - which may make them nicer and happier)
2. No one cares.
3. It makes breakups via facebook relationship status ---> single super embarrassing.
4. Makes single friends feel bad for not having someone to take cheesy pictures with
5. It's a coverup that most therapists would agree is unhealthy.
6. See #2.
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Haha a lot of this rings true and you def. have very valid points - I always get so frustrated and disillusioned when I open a women's magazine and see every article about pleasing your man.
ReplyDeleteThough, who would want to project that their relationship isn't great? When couples are in their lovey-dovey phase they can be oblivious that their actions seem cheesy or overdone (or TMI) to the rest of the world. Should they be faulted for that? I mean, don't you want to celebrate/share your friend's happiness w/ them?
Though, I agree that on the other side of the coin, people frequently abuse fb to feed off of their insecurity and jealousy issues. But, that's done outside of relationships too...telling your 'friends' the latest.