How Does Social Media Affect Romantic Relationships

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Social Media: The Killer in Romantic Relationships

Relationship arguments that start off with " why can't I see your phone?" or " why are you still liking her pictures?" result in expectations about how the women is supposed to look and what the man is supposed to act is all we see nowadays. Social media doesn't bloom on its own. As a society, we feed the fire of topics or situations that don't deserve the attention they get. Social media is very impressionable especially for those individuals who are insecure and want to feel the need of being wanted or being loved by someone. Romantic relationships shouldn't be so dependent on social media because its influence causes them to fail or endure problems. The overall obsessiveness of having social media as a guide in relationships is detrimental to its success.

Couples that are so focused on the aspect of social media tend to neglect the element of communication. The idea of a couple that is successful relies on their ability to effectively communicate with each other. But that is not possible, if …show more content…

The business between a couple should only involve two people not the whole wide world. This type of acceptance will allow outside influences to sway them into decisions within the relationship. The presence of other people will make the relationship feel as if there are more than two variables in the equation. These type of couples fail because the absence of their security and privacy is gone. Which means that their friends and everyone around, can place an input in their relationship. Therefore, this leads to different sides to any problem that may occur such as a misunderstanding argument. A simple resolution may be right around the corner but because they are a public couple, there seems to be no easy solution. This "community" relationship is so interconnected that right and wrong may not even be