Will you post in FaceBook a daily update of a disastrous relationship?

@yahnee (1243)
Philippines
January 14, 2012 2:31am CST
A while ago, I was browsing through my Facebook pages until I came upon the 27 comments under my friend's post of her disastrous relationship with her husband. I checked and found out that she has been updating all her friends on the daily status of the relationship. If you were having problems, will you consider posting all your feelings and frustrations on Facebook? If so, is this a way to get sympathy from friends or just a means to release pent-up emotions?
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@JER616 (545)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
Well, if one considers herself a celebrity or a public figure, no one can stop one from posting on Facebook one's emotion, relationship status and other intimate details of life. However, the poster should be ready for the consequence though as Facebook is a social media accessible to anyone. Personally, I believe Facebook is NOT a proper venue to release one's emotion whatever it is. Yes, one can get sympathy and empathy, but this will make the poster vulnerable at the same time.
@yahnee (1243)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
I pity her actually because she has to use facebook to vent her anger and disappointment. She is working overseas while the husband is in the country having the time of his life while the wife is away trying to make a a better future for them.
@JER616 (545)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
I see. The woman must be needing someone to talk to overseas. It could be that for lack of someone to voice out her feelings, she turned to Facebook. However, she should have just used its private message facility and not to shout this out.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
Sorry for the word but I find it stupid to post things like that at Facebook. That is a private matter and it should be dealt or settled between him and his husband. Now if she wants some comfort from her trusted friends she should rather talk to them in private rather than post everything on her wall. She should at least give some respect to her husband no matter what and besides that is a private thing and posting it for every friends of her to see and comment will not really help.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
If I may share this as well. You know I am quite irritated with people who post every bit of information about their relationship, their feelings toward their boyfriend or husband or partner at facebook. It is some sort PDA. Like one friend who always says how she loves her boyfriend in her status. Every things that she wants to tell her boyfriend she would post as if every one of us care. I mean this is between her and her boyfriend. What don't she just PM his boyfriend about these things. This is extremely annoying to me so what I did is to unfriend her and then I block her to completely avoid her.. I do love my husband a lot but never do I express this at FB. I tell this to him in private and even during his birthday I don't even write a dedication from him on his wall. Why should I? We are living together and I could very well tell this to him personally? I don't think my feelings for my husband should be broadcasted at FB. It is a matter between me and my husband and I also believe no one would really care about this more than my husband so why would I post for every one to see?
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@jordq7 (576)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
Hi there yahnee!!!! Well I guess I wouldn't post my relationship status everyday in facebook.Even if the people that will see it are my friends or close friends I still wont post it there.It's becoz I want my life to be private and I don't want to look like someone who's begging for sympathy and use this tactic in doing so.
@Woody7189 (247)
• United States
14 Jan 12
Personally I try to keep from posting details or updates about personal relationships on facebook. One reason is because I feel that others will tire quickly of reading such things all the time. Also, often when there are problems in a relationship there is a tendency to react based purely on emotions, though in a few hours people will change how they feel and regret there words. Once you post something it is there for everyone to read whenever they choose. Its best to use restraint in such matters.
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
I think broadcasting a disastrous relationship in facebook is childish and immature. Face it! It won't solve your relationship problem and most of your friends in facebook, don't really care. I personally just hide posts like that because I don't really care. I might read it out of curiosity but then I hide them later because I don't want to attract negative vibes from such a negative post. If I was on your friend's shoes, I'd rather keep it on my own. I think it's too personal for others to know that you're not in good terms with your husband.
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• India
14 Jan 12
My answer to this would be a BIG No.. My relationship with my girlfriend is a very private thing between us and if there are any ongoing problems and I want to share it with someone, it would be with my closest buddy and in confidentiality.. I wont let my life and our relationship be so public and require advice and sympathy from a host of my friends.. Well agian this is just what I feel but still everyday I see a lot of personal stuff on my wall where people use the social media to get more moral support in their tough times.. So each one to their own but such things are not for me..
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@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
16 Jan 12
I won't do that. I don't want lots of people knowing everything that is happening in my life. I don't even share my problems with all of my friends, I just choose a few closest to mine to have someone listening to me. I don't need attention and sympathy if ever my relationship is disastrous.
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
23 Jan 12
thats facebook sometimes many people forgot that their status when they tell about their husband or their wife, or their lover is their secret sometimes iam dizzy, why many people always update their status with a sad information about their life and love story.. i know that we need a friends for encouraging us..but i think facebook had menu message options so our problems is not becoming the world topic because of facebook..
@much2say (53940)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Jan 12
Such private stuff - nope - I don't need to air my business like that on Facebook (not that I have that sort of problem - but even if I did, I still wouldn't). I have a friend who's husband is in the military - and he is not home a good part of the year. And when he is home, apparently they do not have a close relationship. We all hear her complaints on Facebook about her husband (and kids) to the point where people just don't comment on it as much (I figure many are just ignoring these complaints now). I think she doesn't have many friends where she currently lives, so she has no one else to turn to - so perhaps Facebook has a been an outlet for her to release her frustrations (which isn't a good thing, I think). I don't like to be negative in that way on Facebook . . . I like to keep it light and not drag people down.
@much2say (53940)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jan 12
Awww, poor woman. Sadly, the woman needs to work it out with the person she is having the problems with: her own husband. I think sometimes it makes a person feel good to vent their problems "somewhere" - but it's not good to make that sort of business open to the public. Maybe she should join myLot - ha ha!
@yahnee (1243)
• Philippines
15 Jan 12
I believe my friend has Facebook as her only outlet since she is working in a Middle East country where she does not have so many friends around. However, I also know the husband and I believe all the accusations are true. I have heard of many things but I refuse to comment in FB. It will just make the situation worse. She will only be hurt with no one to console her in that far away country.
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
5 Feb 12
First of all i don't have any FB account, even if i have i won't put personal matters there or in any site lol. Best of luck. Happy posting, cheers. Kalyani
@cearn25 (3456)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
No I don't. I don't want to let other people that I am having a disastrous relationship with a person. I am not that vocal enough to share it to them. Also, I don't want their sympathy. I want to deal and close my problem only privately.
@yahnee (1243)
• Philippines
14 Jan 12
Same here with me. When I had the problems a few months ago, I posted n myLot my disappointment and pain but never in FaceBook. I still want to retain my privacy.
@francesca5 (1344)
14 Jan 12
that's an interesting question. i would like to imagine that i wouldn't, and that if i were at a disastrous stage in my relationship with a partner that i would have the emotional strength to sort it out, without resorting to posting the details on facebook. but then perhaps the fact that she has a disastrous relationship is an indication that there are emotional problems within the relationship, and therefore just sorting it out privately is too difficult. the rights and wrongs of it depends on how closely what she says resembles the truth. if he is being abusive towards her, then publicising that information via facebook would probably be a way of seeking support, and better than keeping it secret. but then again she might be painting him as more of a villain than he really is, in which case its a bad thing to do, but the truth could well be somewhere between those polar extremes. so i wouldn't like to judge whether its right or wrong unless i knew them really well, and could sort out the truth from the propaganda. but i can't say for sure there an no circumstances under which i would do it, though i would like to think i wouldn't.
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• United States
18 Jan 12
I have been through a relationship disaster a few years back and chose not to air any of it on facebook. My close friend and family knew what was happening, and I felt like airing my problems was just food for gossip. I do not put important personal information on my status, however, I may put 'having a hard day' or 'going through stuff' but that is as personal as it gets. Everyone is different and I've gotten a lot of information on a lot of people through their statuses, I'm not sure its wisdom to do this, but its always up to the individual user.
@sumatix (257)
• United Arab Emirates
16 Jan 12
i dont think so that it is a good idea.. i will never ever do that.. To me my relationships are extremely personal affair and i will not make it a public issue on some socialising site.If someone is having issues with his/ her partner its better to solve it by talking, or help of rally close relatives or friends rather than posting it on a socialising site wherein anyone can comment on your matter..and these postings can sometimes make you a topic of gossip & even worsen the situation.
@shaggin (71681)
• United States
14 Jan 12
I was the same way. Each day I wrote and since nothing good was going on I wrote about what was happening. I hate when people hide things they have a terrible marriage and pretend they have a great relationship then they get a divorce and your shocked and they say how all they did was fight. Its like why pretend your life was perfect when it wasent that just irritates me. I dont think people write this stuff to get attention maybe they just need to vent and want their friends to know how they are doing since they care about how their friends are doing as well.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
15 Jan 12
I understand releasing pent up emotions, but I don't think facebook is the way to go. I think it's too public. You'd leave yourself much for negativity. That would be criticisms or hurdles that you might have difficulty going over when it's time to focus on career or start a relationship. I don't know why some people think this is OK though.
@rajeev075 (1961)
• India
16 Jan 12
I visit Facebook about 15 days intervals and or more. When i have much time to spend and do nothing i used to waste time on facebook by playing useless games. I tried of them now and didn't visit Facebook unless i want to promote my blog. There are many of my friends who go just and login there and do nothing but wate and make funs by uselsees update. There is no way of puting relationship a serious privacy conern on facebook. It would not only harm my and the person pricacy but it will let other jealous person to break them up. So never
• India
15 Jan 12
I will never do anythin like that. people will think am a total loser. i dont care about comments or likes. its all bout social intraction.
15 Jan 12
That just waste of time.make you fill you are desperate for attention
• United States
14 Jan 12
My personal relationship with my husband is just that, personal. I do not share what goes on behind closed doors with others. If I need to vent about something, then I talk to a friend or my mom. I do not in any way post anything like that on my facebook. But everyone has a way of doing things differently. What works for one person, may not work for another.