Where… just where do you draw the line on what to say or not to say on social media platforms? Everyone has that one friend that likes to rant and rave about all of life’s problems and then gets upset when someone judges them. These days it’s so hard to keep things in your life private because your day-to-day life is put out there for all to see. If you start a new relationship, break-up, or get a divorce, etc., it’s front page news especially if you partake in the whole “relationship status” function on Facebook. Some people will opt out of this by keeping this setting private but a lot of people let it be known when their status changes and await the slew of comments. To me, this is just a lot of drama waiting to happen. I think things like break-ups, divorces, and fights should be kept private. Airing out your dirty laundry or bad mouthing your EX does not make you look good at all especially if it’s a relationship that is on again off again. If a relationship ended badly… more reason to keep it private. As much as you may think people want to know, they don’t. Only your close friends do and you should do it with them off of social media.
If you are broken-hearted, sad or upset over someone… please by all means don’t post “secret” signs, messages, songs or music videos on your page for them. We’re not kids anymore (at least most of us are not) so gone are the days where you send out dedication songs to someone in hopes that they know you are referring to them. Two reasons why you shouldn’t do this: 1) If this person is in your friends list OR circle of friends they will see these posts and think you are really EMO and crazy. You will decrease any chance of reconciliation with this person if you wanted to get back with them in the first place. 2) People in your friends list will get annoyed and tired of seeing your endless rants about being sad, broken-hearted, missing someone, and the endless slew of songs going out to that person. You will get labeled as EMO and crazy. There is no need for any of this! If you feel the need to express yourself, you can start a private journal or blog and post away! We don’t have to show everything we are feeling for the world to see… this can do more harm than good. Only do this for people who you trust, your inner circle.
To me, posting your drama on the internet is only going to attract more of it. Like attracts like… remember my past posts on law of attraction? What are you trying to gain or benefit from this? Social media doesn’t serve the same purpose as your own personal diary. It can get pretty judgmental and nasty out there in cyberspace so tread carefully.
