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It’s Complicated: Breakup in the Social Age

2 pointsby eduover 12 years ago

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methodoverover 12 years ago
Woah. This article went from relatable to really fucking creepy towards the end there. If you and an ex have a shared account, unshare it. Don't snoop around in it, looking at pictures and notes and shit.<p>Anyway. The part of the article before it goes to creeptown isn't so bad. I don't particularly like seeing exes on Facebook, especially when I don't really want to reconnect with them. But on the other hand, I don't really want to unfriend them. Somehow that seems really cold.<p>Strangely, this also results in some internal struggle when dating someone new. "We should be friends on Facebook," he says. "Yeah, but odds are we're going to break up, and I might not really want to be connected to you after that," I don't say, but think.<p>I always seem to end up adding the person to Facebook anyway. Or breaking up with them right then.