Couples Fight in Facebook

Indonesia
April 2, 2012 9:23am CST
When couples fight, i think they should do it in privacy where no one should listen, but i often found my friend fight with their partner in facebook. Some written status, and the other answer it in her own status, then the men answer again. Some actually fight in facebook wall. I think this is bad idea since most of the people can read what the fight about and can end up damaging both reputation. What do you think about couples like this? Do you ever have a friend who fight like this? Thanks for sharing.
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33 responses
@cieldz (709)
• Indonesia
2 Apr 12
Hello lordcaocao2025 :) Yes I have friends who love to show to the world that he/she is having a fight with the partner.. And I think that is a stupid thing to do.. Don’t they ashamed to what they do, and using bad words to each other.. Why they must fight via facebook wall, and not calling on a phone and solve the problem? *sigh*
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@cieldz (709)
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Yes they make my facebook homepage full with their status and comments..
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
2 Apr 12
and it will full your facebook too maybe??
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
@cieldz : Yes i agree with you cieldz. I think it is a shameless thing to show all the people in the world that you have problem with your partner and using bad word to curse him / her. Maybe if they talk face to face, they can find a solution. Thanks for sharing cieldz. @adhyz82 : yes adhyz82, it will really full our facebook, since it will be a status update every single minutes.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
3 Apr 12
Yup! I agree with you, my friend. I experience something like that too, but I never confronted my partner in facebook. Better not to say something even if I see someone in her profile...
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
6 Apr 12
You are right, my friend. Even if I am angry with what happen It's not suitable for us to confront her in that social media site because there many people around that read the content of the message...this a great mistake that people doing that maybe because of sudden anger and disappointed in what they believe that their wife or husband is faithful to them but in truth those wife and husband is cheater...
• Indonesia
6 Apr 12
Well yes my friend, you should never confronted your partner in facebook. It will not do you any good. It might complicated thing and ruin thing that should not be ruin. It will only make troubles for yourself and your partner. So what you do is already wise and smart.
• Indonesia
6 Apr 12
Yes i agree with you, sudden anger and disappointed is a bad thing, and if we cannot control them, it will only lead us to a worse place. sudden anger is a very nasty thing. We could do something terrible that we could really regret when we back to our normal mind.
• United States
2 Apr 12
I think it's ridiculous when anyone fights on Facebook or Twitter or anywhere in plain view of the rest of the world. That's the kind of stuff that employers, friends, and future significant others could possibly see. Never-mind all the people who aren't involved and can see your fight right now. When couples fight, they should fight off-line where nosy friends and family can't read over their shoulders.
• United States
3 Apr 12
You're welcome. It was nice to share. I feel kinda strongly about limiting how much we use social media, especially in dramatic situations like a couple fight.
• Indonesia
4 Apr 12
Well yes, although the site doesn't make any limit about how we should use it, we as the user should limit ourselves about how far we should the social networking site. Fighting in social networking site should be outside our limit. Thanks too for keep participating in this discussion.
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• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Yes, i agree allyoftherain. Off line is the most right place to talk it off. Talking in facebook, twitter, or other social networking site will only make thing worse. Talking by phone is better if it is hard to meet face to face. Thanks for shariang your though with us, allyoftherain.
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@sassy28 (834)
• United States
2 Apr 12
My cousin does this and I think she is crazy. Her boyfriend does not respond to her post at least he has some dignity. Most everyday she is writing something strange and you know that it is meant for him. I showed my mom when she was visiting and it really does make my cousin look like she has lost it. I don't see her that often and from what she post I am glad about that. I have even thought about removing her from my friend list.
@sassy28 (834)
• United States
2 Apr 12
Not really sure, I know she has major issues. This is here most recent post. I don't want to be the filler if the void is soley yours. I don't want to be your glass of single malt whiskey hidden in the bottom of your drawer. I don't want to be the bandage if the wound is not mine. Lend me some fresh air. I don't want to be adored for what I merely represent to you. I don't want to be your babysitter you are a very big boy now. I don't want to be your mother, I did not carry you in the womb for nine months. Show me the back door. This is a typical post, not address to anyone. You know it is meant for him. Just very strange posts.
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
2 Apr 12
so what is the current situation in your cousin life??does she always update status for attacking her boyfriend in facebook??
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
@sassy28 : Yes, i also found a few couples, that the one mock the partner around. Complaining with many status. But the other partner is just keep silent. I think it wise to ignore those kind of status since answerring it with another status just only provoke her more. thanks for sharing sassy28.
@olliekobra1 (1825)
2 Apr 12
I think it is so sad when people have to use facebook to communicate, if you cant talk face to face maybe you shouldnt be together. I also think that poeple should keep things private and not air their dirty laundrey in public.
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Well yes, they should keep thing like this in private. It is actually very embarrassing to both of them. People will make fun of them when they read this. It is really annoying to see thing like this though. But some people do enjoy facebook this way, and as long it is not bother us, i will let it go.
3 Apr 12
I still think its wrong , Facebook is s social website and I think it should be used for happier things such as sharing pictures, playing gamed etc not sharing Intimate secrets.
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Yes you are right, it should be a place where we share our joy. Not a place to show our secret. Especially our partner secret. There is nothing good will come out with fighting in facebook. Both partner will be ruin in reputation and people will loose sympathy for both of them.
@nicegilr (214)
3 Apr 12
yes! . I'm also a person who often write my stuts what is happing with me .. so .. I should we don't do like this and avoid from writing about your personal life .. but what we do .. at that time .. ??????
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
3 Apr 12
Maybe , instead of just publishing everything about yourself , you can go and get some help from people that really care about you or maybe some professionals. If , let's say , you have a serius fight with someone , you better do if you try to work this out instead of writting a facebook status that blames that someone : Maybe you can consult with a professional that can say who is right and who is wrong , what is the best thing to do...If all of the world knows about the fight and remember what you said , what will come out of that ? maybe some comments that will support you , maybe some likes , maybe some comments that support the other side...
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
6 Apr 12
nicegirl, i think iam confused with your statement..you said that you want avoid sharing your personal life, but in the first line, you said that you are person who ofter write what happen to you so??it was so irony for me
• Indonesia
5 Apr 12
Well thanks for sharing nicegilr, but it is kinda hard for me to understand you. I think what you meant is that you are a person who like to updated anything in your life to facebook. But you think when you are fighting with the couples, you will not fihgt in facebook. but you still confuse about waht you should do at that times? Correct me if a am wrong nicegilr. @stringer321 : well thanks for sharing. I think instead going to a professional, you could try going to a friend first. Off course this friend should see thing from neutral position so he / she can assess the situation and tell you thing from the her view.
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
5 Apr 12
I think that not only couples but anyone who has a disagreement with another should discuss their problem in private. Not doing so in public for all to see the show.
• Indonesia
6 Apr 12
Well you are almost 100 % right jdyrj777. Off course a little discussion and debate in facebook its still okay, as long as it just a little debate and not involving too much emotion. Disagreement it's some thing that can exist anywhere, by removing it from facebook 100% will make facebook less fun and less interesting.
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
2 Apr 12
so we can say that they are so stupid how come they make their self become the centre of attention from many people include the unknown people?? how come they are so stupid when they fight and nobody of their friend smile for their fight..?? they never understand the meaning of social network.. why they don`t use their cellphone and solve their problem and nobody know what their problem??
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
so don`t be surprised if many people never respect your friend how come their weakness is told in the public place like facebook?? it was so nasty i think
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Well that is the way social network is. It is a site where is function is depend on the user. You can do what ever you want with it. Off course depend on how us using it, it will bring us a certain risk. off course i prefer not use social network to fight, because i am sure it just make things worse because it is hard to find solution and it only make the other people provoked.
• Indonesia
4 Apr 12
Yes you are right, if you show embarrassing thing in your facebook about your self and your partner. Off course people will not respect you if you put bad thing on your status. Anyway, thanks for relying this discussion my friend. Have a nice wednesday.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
5 Apr 12
It is actually quite rare for my husband and I to have a fight at all, but to fight via facebook is definitely something that neither of us would ever do. The reason that I wouldn't fight with my husband (or anyone for that matter) through facebook is because of the fact that would be airing my dirty laundry for the world to see and that is not something that I want to do. I would much rather keep my problems private.
• Indonesia
6 Apr 12
Good for you dorannmwin to be able to have a strong relationship. And you are wise to keep your problem with your partner private and not posting it all over facebook and all over other social networking site. It is smart to do that since posting it in facbeook will only make thing worse.
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
4 Apr 12
I agree it should be private. I hate when another couple fights in public and pulls me into it. They always want me to say what I think and I would rather stay uot of it all together. I have never known anyone to fight on Facebook, but that's probably because I don't use it much. If someone fights in public, sometimes their friends or family will pick sides, and then when the couple makes up it is akward for their friends.
• Indonesia
6 Apr 12
Yes cerebellum, I also hate when another couple fights in public and pulls me into their fight. Especially if they try to make me choose side, i hate that. I think they should keep their private life private, and if they want to share it with a friend, that should do it directly, not via facebook.
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
3 Apr 12
I have not seen couple fight in facebook but I've seen a few people expressing their disgust to another person to an extent that that person even posted a picture of the other person with hurting comments included. There are also cases where they express their disgust to another person but don't mention to whom the message is for so people end up guessing and the comments pile up for those who would want to find out who that person is.
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Well i know what you mean about this. People also like to express their hate toward a certain person in facebook. I think if they don't express the name directly and don't make a clue to other person about whose the person he hate, it is still okay. But if he make a clue, i think it is dangerous since there is a law that can be used to sue him.
• Indonesia
5 Apr 12
Well that kind of law is actually exist in my country, and i think it is really annoying. Anyway, i don't really agree about what a person do outside her school can give her punishment inside a school. Especially if what she do is only putting a pictures of herself.
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
4 Apr 12
I'm not aware if such a law already exists my country. Although there has been a lot of instances where facebook has been to a tool to resolve some issues, there had been a lot of instances where it was used against a person. A classic example is about a high school student who we wasn't allowed to attend the graduation ceremonies just because she posted a photo of herself wearing bikinis in her facebook account. I know, it sounds stupid for the school to do that but it happened.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
12 Apr 12
I think that's just sad! When couples try to use facebook to air out their dirty laundry. Like you said, fights and misunderstanding should be done in privacy, preferrably face-to-face. They should spare other people from reading and knowing all about their bad habits, and ill-feelings towards each other.
• Indonesia
14 Apr 12
Yes i agree with you bounce, They should spare other people from reading and knowing all about their bad habits, and ill-feelings towards each other. I like your quote, "to air out their dirty laundry". I think it is very funny, i might use it from time to time now. Thanks bounce.
• India
2 Apr 12
Now many people are like that, They dont know to keep their family problems secret. now this is the fashion and update everything happened in their life. facebook unknowingly killing privacy of the people.
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Well it is actually not facebook fault. When people do this, when they update their problem, their fight, and their deepest secret, they should know by doing that they open their own secret to the public. It is their fault, not facebook fault, that they secret now know by many people.
• Indonesia
5 Apr 12
Yes, you are right. It is not facebook fault. About people don't know how to use facebook, it is actually not all true. Some of them actually realize the risk about what they do. It just seem that they really not care. I know a lot of people who don't give a thought about what other people think about them.
• India
3 Apr 12
yes, of course it is not facebook's fault. people don't know how to use facebook. they are not in their control.
@Runite (307)
• United States
3 Apr 12
If you're going to have a couple fight on facebook then you're probably not serious as you think you are. :| Nice Three Kingdoms avatar.
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Thanks Runite for recognizing my Avatar. It is Cao Cao, my favorite three kingdom character. Back to the topic, yes you are right. Maybe they not really serious seeing many actually turn n 180 degree and become flirt again in facebook wall after some serious facebook fighting.
• Indonesia
14 Apr 12
Well i don't think those two are a one night stands couples. They are very young, and i don't think the already go into that kind of relationship. So i think it just what they do to get attention to each other. It is funny though to see them doing things like that, although some time it is stop being funny and become simply annoying when it happened so often.
@Runite (307)
• United States
5 Apr 12
Was wondering why it looked so familiar. :P OP: Those couples are good as one night stands.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
3 Apr 12
I think that family matters should remain at home. I have a friend whose daughter tells everything that goes on at home. I would be furious if my child posted things like that. The child is 17, and should know better.
• Indonesia
5 Apr 12
Well yes, you are true. Family matters should remain at home, the same thing also apply in relationship. They should keep it for them self all of their trouble. I am sure it will not give you any good thing by posting it. It will only bring trouble. Thanks for sharing Thoroughrob.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
3 Apr 12
I can never understand why people do this on facebook and I think that you are right that if you are going to have an argument with your significant other, don't embarrass yourself or the other person by fighting with them on facebook. I think that it is just childish and makes you look really dumb (and I normally don't call people dumb) but it does that you are sitting there having an argument over facebook. I normally try to ignore the posting and move on and not try and get involved. I think maybe they want attention from their friends or maybe they want someone to jump in and take their side and justify that they are right and the person that they are arguing with is wrong and they need someone else to tell them that they are wrong as well so that they can feel good about themselves. I too can never understand when people talk bad about their significant other on facebook. Saying that they are jerks or whatever and they just got in a fight. I could never do that with my husband. No one ever knows when my husband and I fight over facebook. Because I never post anything about fighting and we never fight on our walls. The things that happen with us argument wise is left between us and that is it. I think it is ridiculous that people try to bring others in their relationship when they are arguing. That is just childish once again is what I will say.
• Indonesia
6 Apr 12
Yes you are right, people who do this it usually childish and it sure makes you look really dumb when you put your whole life secret in front of so many people. The reason they do this usually to gain attention and support from friend, which actually back fired since most people don't like this kind of story.
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
3 Apr 12
with reference to your post, well, i do saw a news on yahoo this morning regarding a couple who fought using their facebook account. well, i really dont find it okey. as what you have said is truly right. that, their quarrel should be done privately. and not be divulged over the social networking site like this one. however, maybe they had their own reason why they decided to post it on facebook. maybe they want to feel the celebrity feeling, thinking that their issue will be going on trending.
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Well yes, since facebook shown up, many people feel that they are like celebrity. They feel that they are the center of attention. They feel that what ever they do, people will watch them and that make them hungry for more attention. it is a very sad thing to do though. Thanks airasheila for your respond.
@Cutie18f (9551)
• Philippines
3 Apr 12
It is obvious that this couple are not longer talking.
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
I don't think that is true. I see a lot of couples ( mostly youngster in highschool ) who fight like crazy in facebook and then become flirty again with each other in a single day. I hate that kind of attitude because it simply annoying. If you can do that, i wonder why they are fighting in the first place.
@pjha1975 (214)
• India
3 Apr 12
"Facebook" is a good site if used correctly & appropriately. As a matter of fact, I have gotten connected to my friends from decades ago... Its just amazing. But, at the same time, if its used inappropriately, it can severely damage reputations of people. Regarding the topic - fighting on a social networking site is so darn immature!! You are exhibiting all of your personal problems to people all around the world.. What's up with that?? Why do people do such immature things??!!! GET REAL.. whoever is putting their husband/wife fights on "Facebook"...!!!
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Yes, it is really a place where you can find many old friend, new friend, current friend. A good place to reconnect with friend before you met them in the real world again. I agree with you that fighting on a social networking site is so darn immature. They should know this better.
@yrallih (147)
3 Apr 12
I think it's unappropriate for people to fight over the internet or in any social networking site because both of them are ruining each others image and it's not good to see someone fighting over serious matters online right? because people or the public would be able to see it and not only would it be shameful but at the same time it both degrades you and the person involved. The tendency is the situation might get worst than what you expected because it would already be influenced with external factors. Come to think of it, people who has this attitude should learn to be more private when dealing with personal matters like arguments with your boyfriend/girlfriend. I also had a friend like this who was very vocal on fb and it didn't do her any good.
• Indonesia
3 Apr 12
Yes yrallih, they should be concern about their private life. Sharing thing like this to the social networking site is simply stupid. What can they gain for doing thing like this is a big question mark for me. They will got nothing, not even attention because most people will see this kind of fight as annoying and childish. Tahnks for your respond yrallih.